g§ THE HISTORY OF BEES, 
ed, they rofe again four times, and I returned them a9 
often ; at twice I took from them two commanders, four 
at two other times, and another time three; being nine 
in all: after which they rof no more. The remaining 
Sovereign, and theother which went out with the fwarm, 
made them up eleven in all, which I concluded was the 
whole number bred in that colony, not finding any o- 
ther expelled and flain. 
But as a fingle flock feldom fwarms oftner than twice or 
thrice, and a few of the blood royal are fufficient, it is 
very probable the number feldom amounts to fo many. 
Our numbers thus multiplying, and hives Alling a- 
pace, and ready to grow up into more families, in 
{warms foon expected, the next thing to be done, is to 
provide them convenient habitations ; which leads them 
to take a furvey of their {kill in geometry and architec- 
ture in the following chapter. 

