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Their Swarming dnd Hiving. 143 
If you fhake them into. an empty Hive, 
and many (as is ufual) return to the Place, 
repeat the Action as often as there is Occa- 
fion; knocking them out of the empty 
_ Hive upon the Cloth, you will with Plea- 
_ fure fee them crowd to their Companions 
in the other Hive, like Sheep into a Fold. 
But if. they fettle, as fometimes, upon 
the Body or large Arm of a Tree, &c. the 
beft Way is with a Brufh, or a little Hand- 
ful of fmall Branches, to {weep them into 
the Hive. 
Being thus fixed in a new Habitation, 
in the Evening when they are all within 
and quiet, carry them to the Place you 
have appointed for them; leaving them no 
Paflage. into or out of the Hive, but only 
at the Door, which may be gradually re- 
duced to a narrower Compafs. . 
When they are fwarming, and dancing 
a Levalto in the neighbouring Cloud, I ne- 
ver entertain them with any Sort of Mu- 
fick, as do the Country People, which 
drowns the delightful and more melodi- 
ous Sounds of the Bees. Nor is it of 
any Service, fave to prevent Difputes, and 
to preferve Peace among Neighbours. 
I have often known the Queen fall upon 
_ the Ground, not being able to fly, thro’ fome 
Defec& in her Wings; then the Swarm re- 
turns Home again; and the next Time they 
rife, they have another Sovereign. I have 
: known 
