
140 . Lhe FHiftory of Bers. ; 
{tood thro’ the enfuing Winter, and prof- - 
pered well. | eee 
~ When you obferve your Hives well re- 
plenifhed with Bees, and begin to lie forth 
about the Hive’s Mouth in the Day-Time, — 
and go in at Night, and alfo the Drones ap- | 
pear, you may expect Swarms, efpecially if — 
the Weather be clear, calm, and warm; — 
for ina cloudy, wet, and ftormy Seafon, the 
firft Swarms feldom or ever rife; tho’ the Cafts 
or fecond Swarms often rife In indifferent 
Weather. 
And whenever you fee them gathering 
together in little Clufters upon the Hive, or 
Stool, you may infer they are preparing, © 
and even ready for a Dance; and may expect 
them to rife prefently. 
Get your Hives in Readinefs, and of dif- . 
ferent Dimenfions, that you ‘may the better 
{uit them to the Swarms. To over-hive - 
them will be a great Difadvantage. If un- 
der-hived the Prejudice is the lefs, and it is 
eafy to give them Enlargement, 
An Hive holding three Pecks, or two 
Pecks and an half, will be a fit Size for 
-an early Swarm of eight or ten thoufand 
“Bees. An Hive of lefs Meafure will he 
large enough for thofe that come later in 
the Year, and in lefs Numbers. 
It may perhaps be of fome Service here 
to. acquaint the Reader with an Experi- 
meat I made in Offober lat; when PUES 
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