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ly fome few do firft fly forth, to and fro about the 
Door of the Hive, with a grearer Noife than ordina- 
ry, and as they encreafe in Number, the Noife made 
bythem is more fmart and vehement ; then they be- 
gin to dance before the Hive, and make many cir- 
cling Motions with an humming Noife, at length 
they go off with an unufual Humming, are very an- 
gry at that Time, and will fting all that come in 
their Way: Bees will fwarm any time of the Day, 
between Bight in the Morning, and Four in the Al- 
ternoon, but the chief time ot {warming is between 
Eleven.and One. — 
Bees when they alight, generally fettle all to- 
gether, fometimes, but feldom, they divide intotwo . 
or three Parcels in their fettling, which fhall be 
confidered hereafter; fometimes they will go clean 
off, tofome Place they have beforehand provided, 
as an Hive of old Combs, an hollow Tree, or the 
hollow part of fomeBuilding, perhaps a Mile ortwo » 
diftant from the Place where they {warm ; but often 
in thefe Cafes, they take fome ftand firft to mufter 
their Strength, and fee if they have the Queen-Bee 
with them: For the Queen-Bee fometimes goes off 
firft, fometimes ftays to fee the Flight go off, and 
then follows them, and becaufe her Wings are fhor- 
ter in Proportion to the Length of her Body, than 
that of other Bees, it fometimes happens ‘that fhe 
falls down to the Ground by the way; in any of 
which Cafes the Bees will never fettle right, but re- 
turn totheir own Hive, or difperfe elfewhere, or 
be loft. Dr. Warder fays, he has frequently reme- 
died this Inconvenience by finding the Queen-Bee, 
_fomewhere between the Hive whence the Bees 
fwarmed, and the Place®where they firft alighted ; 
and fo hiving her with the Swarm, or by hiving 
them with another Queen-Bee, hath faved them ; 
but thefe Cafes do not often happen, for generally, 
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