. An enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees ... Bees. io8 THE HISTORY OF BEES. c H A P> VI. O/- *&? Swarming and Hiving of Bees. HE principal reafon why they fwarm is «« the want of room. Therefore in co- " lonies, where they are not at all ftrait- " ened, they feldom or never fwarm, «c except (fays Mr. Rufden) thro' diftafte, difturbance^, €i or mifmanagement. " And in hives they fwarm not merely for want of *f room, without other concurring circumftances; fuch " as a king in Treadinefs ; multitude of fubjedts, prof- " pe£t of plenty; together w
. An enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees ... Bees. io8 THE HISTORY OF BEES. c H A P> VI. O/- *&? Swarming and Hiving of Bees. HE principal reafon why they fwarm is «« the want of room. Therefore in co- " lonies, where they are not at all ftrait- " ened, they feldom or never fwarm, «c except (fays Mr. Rufden) thro' diftafte, difturbance^, €i or mifmanagement. " And in hives they fwarm not merely for want of *f room, without other concurring circumftances; fuch " as a king in Treadinefs ; multitude of fubjedts, prof- " pe£t of plenty; together with weather, which is in- *e viting. Every fwarm is compofed of all the three forts, viz. a Queen, great numbers of common Bees, both old and young, and Drones, whofe numbers are uncertain; fome fwarms have more of thefe than others. Dr. Butler is of opinion, that thofe fwarms which have moft Drones will moft furely profper, but I doubt it, till I fee it pro- ved. The multitude of fwarms does not predict or promife the profperity of an apiary. Witnefs the laft fummer; m which 1 had no lefs than 86 or 87 fwarms; a confide- rable number of which at Michaelmas, had not honey half enough to maintain them till the fpring. The. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thorley, John, 1671-1759. London, J. Waugh, printer
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