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forne of their Company to {py out a Place, if they 
return with the News of ir, before {warming-time 1s 
paft for that Day, then (it they are not hived) they 
will prefently unclufter and away; otherwite they 
will hang until the next Day. It is therefore very in- 
difcreet to let them hang till Night, asfome do, for 
the Swarm, may be loft, befides the hindrance to 
their Work; for if they be hived early in the after- 
noon, they will immediately tall to work, and fome- 
times make aComb an handtul long before Night, 
and fill much of it with Honey ; as hath been ditco- 
vered upon uniting two Catfts. ’ 
- ‘There are other Inconveniences which attend a De- 
lay ofhiving them, for by too long hanging they will 
befond of the Place, hanker thereabouts, and neglect 
their Labours,.. Where there are many Hives, there 
is great likelihood of other Swarms rifingat the fame 
time, if they be withinvhearing, and fometimes two 
Prime Swarms will rife and fly together ; all thefe 
Circumftances require ‘particulat Directions in the 
hiving, which fhall be next laid down--=- though af- 
ter all, Ufe and Experience are better Mafters, when 
guided by Reafon and Difcretion, than any Rules 
which can be given; for the diflerent manners of hiv- 
ing depend very much uponthe different Circumftan- 
ces of lighting and pitching. 
Jf the. Swarm. fettle upon fome Bough of a 
Tree within reach, or upon Pales, or an Hedge 
where you can come readily at them, the firft thing 
to. be done, is to fhade them witha Sheer, till your 
Hive be ready to receive them; and if it can be con- 
trived to prop up the Hive any way over chen, till 
they crawl. up into it, (which will happen fome- 
times in halfan. Hour to a'Top-Swarm) it is the bet | 
way, otherwife you muft, as gently as you can,fhake 
them into the Hive, leg they are there, place 
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