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156 The Hiffory of Bess, 
Take a {quare Piece of Deal above four 
Inches long, and cut a Door-way in it the 
Length of three or four Inches, and more 
than a Quarter of an Inch in Depth, that 
a large Bee or Drone: may eafily pafs it. 
Place this at the Mouth of the Hive, to be 
enlarged or leffened according to the Seafon 
of the Year, and as you fee Occafion: « 
**"When ‘the’ Hives are full of Bees re- 
move it, and replace it after the Swarme 
are come forth. sie ba 
_ If in this, or the following Month, you ob- 
ferve any Hive daily attempted by Robbers; 
but efpecially if you find the Drones in an Hi ve, 
after they are expelled all the other Stocks, 
you have great Reafon to fufpect the Lofe of 
the Queen, and confequently the total Dit 
folution of the whole State ; and {6 the moft 
prudent Way will be to take them in time, 
The Month of Oéoder is the beft for feed- 
ing Bees, or taking them for your Ufe, either 
thofe Stocks which are very rich, or thofe that 
are too poor to ftand till next Summer with- 
out your A fliftance, Keep none that weigh fot 
twenty Pounds. I wonder what Stock could 
ftand at fourteen Pounds! * | 
If you have not watering Places near, fet 
a Trough of: Wood or Stone in your Gar- 
den, filled with Gravel, and ‘kept always 
moift, for them to drink, | 
* Dr, Warder, | 
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