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latter, I believe, will, for the moft - 
Part, (efpecially in 3068 Situations) 
turn to beft Account. After the firft 
Swarm, it will be a greater Advantage 
to you than is commonly imagined, to 
sive them the fecond Box, which will 
bea Means of preventing, but will not 
always prevent, fecond and lateSwarms. 
By this Method, your Colonies will 
be well ftocked with Bees, in which 
their Safety chiefly confifts: For when- _ 
ever a Hive is reduced, by over-fwarm- 
ing, or otherwife, to a {mall Number 
‘of Bees, they commonly become a Prey 
to Robbers, or Moths, or fome other 
of their Enemies: And though they 
efcape ‘their Enemies, they feldom 
profper. 
3. Your Bees will be much better 
protefed from their Ewezies, in thefe 
‘Boxes, than in Hives. Mice pretty 
frequently make their Way through 
Straw-Hives, and deftroy them; but 
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