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“ fomething flat, that they may the eafier be bent, 5 
“ then bend each of them outward about the fourth 
“ part of a Circle, and fharpen the Points of them, 
“ and! with a pointed Stick: make four Holes 
«< through the Hive within five Rounds of the Bot- 
“ tom, but if it ftands on an Hoop, within four 
“ Rounds of the Bottom, then fet the Notch to the 
«¢ middle of the Stick fixed inthe Crown of the 
“ Hive, and put cach of the Ends of the fplit End 
“through the Sides, where the Holes were made, 
<¢-and two Rounds lower than that exaétly to an- 
“ fwer, between each of thofe) Sticks thruft: two 
“Sticks, the ‘Vhicknefs of that on the ‘Top of the 
“Hive, through the Hive, . and thefe will be ex- 
actly acrofs each other, as you may fee °in 
© Figure 11. Om | (hotell 
' Having thus prepared the Hive, it may be hext 
proper to let you know how you are to ufe it. 
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Cuarp. HI Of Swarming, 
HE, old Stocks having bred in the Spring 
‘B. and the -Bees by reafon of their Num- 
| I . bers being) ftreightned for Room,’ prepare 
7 to fend torth a Colony. or Swarm, >and 
fometimes afterwards another, asthe Seafon proves 
favourable ;, the; firft Swarm that goes off is. called 
the Prime Swarm 5:iand whatever Swarms go off 
afterwards, as fometimes. there will two or three, 
they are called Caftss a: ¢ > 
‘There, is no precife Time that can be named for 
the {warming of»Bees,; generally {peaking the two 
{warming Months, -are-May and “Fane, tho’ there are 
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