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Mouth uppermoft ; then nimbly apply the Mouth 
of the Hive you intend to drive, to the Mouth of 
the empty Hive, and by taking up the Corners of 
the Cloth, and tying both Hives with a String, join 
them together, turn them fo that the empty Hive 
may be uppermoft; then gently knock with the 
Palms of your Hands upon the Sides and Crown of 
the under Hive, changing the Place, and fometimes 
making a little ftop, that the Bees may have leifure 
to afcend ; and in half an Hour or alittle more, they 
will all be gone up into the Hive prepared for their 
Reception, and leave the Honey and Wax for your 
Ute, after you have placed the new inhabited Hive 
upon'a Stool, or in the Bee-Houfe. ‘This Praétice 
is much gone out of Ufe, for Reafons obvious enough, 
and therefore I need not infift any longer upon it: 
‘The old and common Practice of {mothering the Bees, 
and fo taking the Honey and Wax, will I: believe 
upon Experience be found the eafieft and leaft preju- 
dicial to the Bee-Matter. 
Cuar. VIL. Of the Enemies of 
Bees, Robbers,&c. and the 
Methods how to deftroy or a- 
void them. 


*™ IL. E'S themfelves are the greateft and moft 
a dangerous Enemies to Bees, for they will 
Dp attack one another, and fight defperately 
~—“© upon feveral Occafions; as where two 
Swarms join together, they will fight till one of the 
Queen-Bees be killed ; where they attempt to rob 
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