
How to furnifo the Colonies with Inhabitants. 149 
Never plant a colony with a fingle fwarm, as I have 
fometimes done, but with little fuccefs. But your uni- 
ted fwarms will yield you a box of the pureft honey at 
the end of June, or beginning of ‘Fuly; which makes a 
very great difference. Here is both profit and pleafure, 
with a quick return, 
_ When the fecond Box, or the box under the hive, ap- 
pears full of Bees and combs, it is a proper time to raife 
your ‘colony in the dufk of the evening; when all the 
Bees are at home, in manner following. 
Place your empty box, with the fliding fhutter drawn 
back, behind your houfe, near the colony to be raifed; 
and near the heighth of the floor, by the help of another 
empty box upon the ground ; then lifting up the colony 
with what expedition you can, fet it down upon the 
empty box, with the mouth of the colony clofe to the 
piece of wood nailed upon it-(as before directed) that 
not a Bee may get out thereat. wie 
_. This done (immediately with or without an affiftant) 
lift the hive and two boxes, or the three boxes, into the 
houfe again, putting them in their proper place. Ifafraidy 
you may make ufe of a thin veil during the operation. 
DireGiions how to take the Straw-Hive or Box. 
WHEN by the help of the back-windows, you find 
a {ufficient quantity of honey, and fealed in the middle 
box, and the loweft box half full of combs, alfo few Bees 
in the uppermott box, proceed thus. 
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