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f6that you may afluredly"infer! their Safety, 
“They will “bett defend “themElves.' Butt at 
“the Timie you are'thus employed) it is néed- 
‘lefs ‘to“ give you a Caution to -take cate “Of 
yourfelves, “ But {hould your Hives thus at- 
tacked have'but’a few Bees; and’ little H6- 
“ney, it is better ‘to take? them/othan ftaild 
_ i never loft any Stocks by the Robbers 
“bat once, which was occafioned “purely by 
“thy Abfence ; paying a Vifit at Woodfocky at 
“my Retutn'I found two Hives in a°Manner — 
“ruined, and took what little Honey was deft 
‘in them. . ig tae ES Na = 
“TV have at other Times been a! Witnefs of — 
“fatal Battles, of mote than ‘two Days ‘Con- 
‘tinuance, ‘occafioned by a ftrange. Swarm, 
“forcing their Way into ‘a fingle Hive or:Co- 
“Tony. ao , POR Ig a VED ‘ . 
“Alfo’ two Swatms going together fomie-_ 
“times quarrel,’ till great Numbers- have — 
“been deftroyed, or’ one of the Queens flain, 
‘which ends the Conteft, when the Commons — 
“on ‘both Sides unite under the Survivor! > 4 
VAIL Stocks of Bees, whether in Hives or 
Colonies, are fo many diftin® Communities 
“or Kingdoms, and entirély'independent, As 
“fuch, they ‘live in’ perfedt’Peace and Unity 
“Aaniong themfelves, bit have°no Intercoutle 
“of Priendthip' with one another, ‘bat ‘rather 
“dive In perpetual’ Enmity and’ Wars, etme | 
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