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cpecaeCar os Sonos ot Dom not ron ton etre tion es 
©, PAS Py ML fogs 
Of the Swarming and Hiving of Bees, 
* eee HE principal Reafon why they 
S| T lee “ {warm is the want of Room. 
‘¢ Therefore in Colonies, where 
“* they are not at all. ftraitened, 
they feldom or ever fwarm, except (fays 

‘* Mr. Ru/den) thro’ Diftafte, Difturbance, or — 
*« Mifmanagement. 
‘* And in Hives they {warm not merely 
** for want of Room, without other concur- 
* ring Circumftances; fuch as a King in 
‘* Readinefs; Multitude of Subjects, Prof 
pect of Plenty; together with Weather, 
‘© which is inviting, hs 
Every Swarm is compofed of all th 
three Sorts, viz. a Queen, great Numbers of 
common Bees, both old and young, and 
Drones, whofe Number are uncertain ; fome 
Swarms have more of thefe than others, 
Dr. Butler is of Opinion, that thofe Swarms 
which have moft Drones will ‘moft furely 
profper, but I doubt it, till I fee it proved. 
~The Multitude of Swarms does not prediét 
or promife the Profperity of an Apiary. 
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