me ’ 
E24 3 othe Fi iftory: of; BERS atc 
ceived. it, from .a.,.good Hand, there were. 
bred i in one Hive no lefs. than fovaaiiiends 
_I dare, not, deny .the Truth. of the Re- 
port, but. take the Liberty to) obferve,: that 
~ fome, Circumftances. in.the {Story make» ‘it 
(with me); the lefs, credible; for Inftance, 
that two.went) out with the firft or prime 
Swarm ; which I never. found, -unlefs.once 
or twice in forty Years; five brought out 
dead before the fecond: Swarm rofe, with 
which five more were brought forth ; and 
the fame Number. brought..out deat, the 
next Day; and yet one. continued) calling 
the. Day - following. I only. note, it is 
not nfual with the Bees to. expel. the Royal 
Iffue, till after. the Swarms are all come 
forth; nor are they fo long in. expelling 
thefe Supernumeraries; the Doom being once 
pafled, the. Execution is quickly accom- 
plithed. 
It is above twenty Years ago fince one nd 
my Colonies rofe contrary to Expedtation ; 
but I prefently found it was entirely owing to 
my own Management and Neglect, in not 
fupplying them Time enough with another 
Box. About ten Days after, the Caft arofe, 
which I prefently returned to the Colony, 
and which I was very fenfible would greatly 
fuffer, by taking away from it fuch a Body, 
after the Swarm was gone. After they 
were thus returned, they rofe again four 
‘Times, and Frewurnen them as often ; at twice 
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