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Their Swarming and Hiving. 141 
the Bees of a {mall and late Swarm, into an 
empty Hive, and afterwards upon a Table, 
I took a particular Account of their Mea- 
- fare, Weight, and Number; in Meafure 
a Quart, in Weight one Pound and a Quar- 
ter, in Number two thoufand. I firft im- 
prifoned the Queen, and having a Perfon 
at hand to affift me in the Operation, par- 
ticularly in counting them over, which took 
up the greateft Part of the Time, we had 
gone thro’ the whole Trial, and perfectly 
finifhed it, before the leaft Sign of Life 
_ could be feen in one fingle Bee. But in a few 
Minutes more, fome Signs of Life began to 
appear firft in their moving Legs, and then in 
other Parts; upon which I put them into 
another Stock, where they are {till in being. 
From hence it is eafy to compute the 
Number of Bees in a Swarm, of four or five 
Pounds in Weight, vz. eight thoufand, or 
upwards; proportionable to which would 
be an Hive of fuch an Extent. 
Your Hives thus at Hand, you may drefs 
them agreeably to your own Fancy. I rub 
mine only with a {mall Handful of Fennel, 
dipped in a little Ale fweetned with Sugar ; 
fometimes with nothing at all, except it be 
a new Hive. An pStah et: 
It is a common Practice with moft ‘to 
place Sticks in the Hives, the better, as they 
fuppofe, to faften the Combs. But if your 
Hives are of a right Form, and narrower 
at 
