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INSTRUCTIONS 
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MaNAGING BEES. 
T is propofed in the following Paper to give 
fome fhort Account of Bees ; to lay down In- 
ftrnétions for the due Management of them, 
in fuch manner as to procure with Eafe and 
Plenty, the ufeful Produce of Honey and Wax 
which they afford ; and then to confider the great 
Profit that arifes from this Branch of Husbandry, 
as an Encouragement to the Farmer to beftow fome 
pains upon what will afford him fo plentiful a Re- 
compence. 
Mott People, when by Exchange, Gift, or other- 
wife, they have got an Hive of Bees, (for there is 
a ridiculous Superttition,that if they are bought,they 
won’t thrive) leave them carelefsly upon aStool, in 
any Situation: If they happen to thrive, they are 
well pleas’d with the Produce, but never mind whe- 
ther they door no, till they come to enquire what 
they can get from them ; but if thro’ Neglect they 
mifcarry, if they be plundered by Vermin or other 
Bees, or ifthey perith for iNet of Food, they then 
