Well Sir, now let me have your opinion concerning the manner of placing or ſetting of them.

Touching the manner of placing of them, Maſter Southerne hath written very well, and therefore I will diſcent from him very little, becauſe I hold his Iudgement the beſt therein of any that I have read. And firſt to begin with all, I would have every Hive placed upon a ſeverall plancke board or ſtone, within two foote of the ground at the moſt, for ſo the winds will have the leſſe power over them at the entrance into the Hive. And the plancke, board, or ſtone whereupon the Hive ſtandeth, muſt be ſome three or foure Inches at the leaſt broader then the Hive on the South part, where the hole or mouth of the Hive muſt be, for ſo the Bees ſhall have roome to light upon it, before they creep into the Hive, and I hold it beſt that the South part of the plancke board or ſtone, ſhould ſtand ſomewhat lower then the North part, for by that meanes no water, ſnow, or hayle, can runne into the Hive but will preſently fall off againe as it melteth. Laſtly, let the upper part of the mouth of the Hive bee but a little diſtance from the board, leaſt Snayles, Myce, or ſome other vermine creepe in, to the great danger and hurt of the Bees; nevertheleſſe you may let it be ſome three or foure inches broad in the Summer time, or elſe they will want convenient roome, to goe in and out at their pleaſure. But round about the Hive, except at the mouth let the Hive be dawbed up cloſe, with Clay, Cow-dung, or Morter, or rather a mixture of the two former with Aſhes or Sand.

In every place where I travaile (except with you) I ſee them ſet upon a plancke, or board, almoſt cloſe one to another, wherefore then ſhould you place every one upon a ſeverall board, which, as I think, requireth much more planck or board, and alſo many ſtakes, with a great deale more labour.

I confeſſe, the manner you ſpeake of is moſt uſuall, eſpecially in this Country, but how hurtfull it is, might eaſily bee perceived, if thoſe that uſe it would diligently obſerve the ſame. For at ſome times by ſtanding ſo neere one another, they will undoubtedly infect one another with their ſmell, eſpecially when any infection or diſeaſes happeneth amongſt them, as many times there doth. Secondly, they will bee the more ready to run one to another, and fight, and by that meanes the weaker are often oppreſſed by the ſtronger: Againe, their neerneſſe will hinder one another in ſwarming time, and when they do labour much. And laſtly, their coats cannot be taken off and on, as occaſion ſhall ſerve. And whereas you object, that it will ſpend more planck and board, that is not ſo, for the planck or board, need be no longer than the breadth of the Hive, only it muſt be wider, and ſo it muſt be the other wayes: now for a few more ſtakes, and the greater paynes, it is not worth the ſpeaking of, conſidering the benefit that will ariſe by it, prove it who that will.

But do you hold it of neceſſity that the mouth or hole of the hive muſt ſtand towards the South?

No verily, I would not have you take mee ſo, yet do I hold it abſolutely the beſt, both becauſe the Bees delight chiefly to fly that way, as alſo it is the hotteſt; and the South ſunne in his heat will cauſe them the readilier to ſwarme: Nevertheleſſe, I have ſeene ſome ſtand towards the Weſt, that have done prettily well; but to the Eaſt, I hold it not good, and to the North, much worſe; becauſe thoſe winds are moſt cold, and the Sunne hath leaſt power upon the hyves that ſtand with their mouthes that way.

Mr. Southern holdeth it not good to place them neere a river, or great pond, if it bee on the South part of them, becauſe (ſaith he) many of them will fall into the water, eſpecially in windy and tempeſtuous weather.

If the river or pond bee very neere them, it is true, but if it be any diſtance off, as ſome furlong, or quarter of a mile, it mattereth not much, for then the Bees will fly high out of the danger of the ſame. Marry this I know to be eſpecially good, to pare the ground under and on the South ſide of them, ſome foure or five foot off, ſo that no graſſe or weeds may grow thereon, or elſe keepe the graſſe very ſhort, becauſe if the winde beat them down, they will get up much the ſooner: againe, mice, toads, ants, and wormes, will the leſſe reſort unto them to hurt and anoy them, becauſe they ſhall finde no covert or ſhelter there to hide them in.

I thinke you ſayd that you would have them ſtand privately, as farre from noyſe or much reſort as conveniently may be, what ſhould be your reaſon for that?

I did ſay ſo indeed: for Bees of all other creatures can worſt away with any great noyſe, eſpecially in the winter time, or in the night, for then they doe for the moſt part continually ſleepe.

How farre doe you thinke it convenient that one hive be placed and ſet from another, without danger of anoying his neighbour hive: and what forme would you obſerve in the placing of them?

I like beſt the ſetting them in rowes from Eaſt to Weſt, and being placed in that manner, I think if there be a foot, or halfe a pace between the outſides of the hyves, that is enough although where there is plenty of roome, it ſhall not bee amiſſe to ſet them a yard aſunder. But if you ſhall be conſtrayned to make more rowes than one, in this caſe you muſt place South and North at the leaſt ſome fifteen or ſixteen feet aſunder, before or behinde the other, both to have ſufficient roome upon any occaſion to go between them, as alſo to prevent any hurt that may happen amongſt them, by their over neerneſſe, in their going out and in. And thus much I think is ſufficient to inſtruct you, what ſhall bee needfull to be done concerning the removing and new placing of your Bees.

But all this while I have heard you ſay nothing, what houſe or defence were fitteſt to bee made for your hyves, to keep them from wind, raine, and cold of the winter, for I cannot imagine that it were good to let the hyves ſtand bare and naked to the extremities of our cold winters and violent ſtormes.

No, nothing leſſe, for aſſure your ſelfe, the well defending them againſt the extremities of heat and cold, is one of the principall meanes of their welfare and increaſe, and therfore I will at large declare my opinion, which way I take to bee the beſt to defend them from the wind and weather. In many places (as you know) they uſe to make pentiſes or low houſes covered with board, thatch, or tyle, and ſo ſet them upon plancks under the ſame, which indeed keepeth them from the raine, but neither from the heat of ſummer, nor cold of winter, for the hyves ſtanding naked, the heat or cold eaſily taketh hold of them, eſpecially any great and long froſt. Againe, the winds many times maketh a great noiſe in the hollowneſſe of theſe kinde of houſes, which ſore annoyeth the Bees in their reſt. And therefore with Mr. Southern I utterly miſlike thoſe kinds of houſes and pentiſes, as unprofitable and hurtfull unto Bees; yea I may boldly ſay, I never ſaw any great ſtore of Bees where they were kept in ſuch houſes. I will therefore ſhew two manner of Coating or Covering of hives, the one of Mr. Southerns invention, the other of mine owne; ſo that you may accept of which you like beſt; for either of them will ſerue for that purpoſe very well.

Mr. Southerns way is this, upon ſome rainy day, when the Bees are all at home, ſtop them up cloſe, thruſting in a little quill to giue them ayre, but not to let them come forth, for troubling you and themſelves; then take ſand & Cowdung, or clay with Cowdung, tempered well together, and amongſt it temper good ſtore of ſtraw cut very ſhort; then take wheat, rye, or barly ſtraw, and lay a good deale of it upon the hyve, and upon that a good thickneſſe of the morter aforeſaid, and faſten it on, ſo hard as you can with a trewell, and ſo let it ſtand; then with a payre of Taylors ſheeres or other ſheeres, cut away the ſtrawes that hang to low, round about the hive, and when the morter is dry, you may take it off or on at your pleaſure, and it will hold well together, and not breake, one of theſe (as ſaith Mr. Southern) will laſt two yeeres.

Now thoſe of mine owne invention, I make thus, with wheat or rye ſtraw only, without any dawbing at all, in this manner; I take a pretty handfull of ſtraw, and towards the one end I bend it up againe, and there, within foure fingers of that end, I tie it faſt with rope-yarne, or good Elme peeling, then do I take another handfull, uſing it as before, and tie it faſt to the other with a ſingle knot between them, and ſo tie handfull after handfull, untill it will reach round about a hive: then do I tie the firſt handfull faſt to the laſt handfull, and put it upon an empty hyve, which I have of purpoſe ready by me; and when the lower end that is ſo faſtned together, is within ſome ſix inches of the ground, I gather all the upper ends of the ſtrawes together, and tie them all faſt together right above the crown of the hive, and as nigh it as I can, and then cut the ſtrawes away a foot above the place where you laſt tied it above the crown of the hive, and if any looſe or ſhort ſtrawes ſtick out, cut them away with a paire of ſheeres or ſuch like. And thus can I make as many as I liſt, and afterwards at my pleaſure in an evening or morning put them upon my hyves without troubling or moleſting my Bees at all. And if the lower end of my Coat come neere the planck or board whereon my Bees ſtand, as ſometimes they will do, I cut away the ſtraw right againſt the the mouth of the hive, for troubling the Bees in their paſſing out and in.

And theſe kind of Coats will hold out raine, and keepe the Bees both from the heat in the Summer, and from the cold in Winter: and are done with little or no coſt, but onely a little paines taking twice or thrice in the yeere to renew ſuch as decay, or to make new for the ſwarmes in ſwarming time, for once or twice a yeere at the leaſt theſe muſt be viewed, and ſome of them amended or renewed as need ſhall require.

Although theſe Coats or coverings which you teach the making of, will defend the Bees as you ſay from the raine, heate, and cold, yet me thinke Mice, Flyes, and other vermine ſhould have great meanes to hide themſelues, yea and to breed alſo under them: which muſt needs be very perillous and hurtfull to the Bees, as both your ſelfe and all others that write of them confeſſe.

It is out of all doubt, that without looking unto once or twice in a moneth, it will fall out as you ſay: for no commodity is without his diſcommodity, and therefore to auoyd that, you muſt as I ſaid before, ſometimes lift up, or elſe take of their Coats, to ſee if any ſuch offenſiue vermine be there, and to drive them away or kill them if it be poſſible, and alſo to looke that it be not periſhed, ſo that the raine may runne in and hurt the Hive, for whoſoeuer will haue profit and commodity of Bees, muſt ouerlooke them many times, and be viewing and repairing their wants as need ſhall require, becauſe they require much more diligence, paines and induſtrie, then either expences or coſt. Notwitſtanding to thoſe that loue them, it is rather to be tearmed a pleaſure and delight, then any irkſome or labourſome toyle at all, for what is it to ſpend a quarter of an houre amongſt them once or twice in a moneth or ſixe weeks, to overlooke them: which will ſerue although you had halfe a hundred Hiues.

I doe not perceiue that they need any great paines, and that may be done at idle times for the ouerlooking of them. But one thing I muſt aske you more concerning their remoue. I find them now cloſe ſtopped up, except one little hole to the South not much bigger then will ſuffice for one Bee to come out at. When I remoue them ſhall I ſtop them up ſo cloſe againe?

If you remoue them before the latter part of March, ſtop them up againe as cloſe as you found them, but alter that time, whether you remoue them or not, open their holes or mouths by little and little, vntill it be mid Aprill or toward the beginning of May, for by that time you may open them as wide as ſhall be needfull, namely, as I haue ſaid elſewhere, ſome foure Inches at the leaſt.

Why may I not open them as wide as need ſhall require at once, rather then to make ſo many workes of it?

You may doe ſo if you pleaſe, as many others doe. Yet me thinke reaſon ſhould teach you, that as a man or woman hauing long time kept houſe and beene out of the ayre, if at their firſt comming abroad, they continue long therein, or be in a place where much ayre commeth, it will much offend them, and therefore ſuch are wont, by little and little to accuſtome themſelues, to the ayre: euen ſo, to let much ayre come into the Hiues upon a ſuddaine, at that time of the yeere. there then hapning after many cold blaſts, it cannot be but with great danger to the Bees, eſpecially if they be weake or feeble (as my ſelfe haue often ſeene) for a little thing helpeth or hurteth them at that time of the yeere. Againe at the time when you begin to open them, or within a while after, lift them eaſily cleane up from the board whereon they ſtand, and ſcrub and ſweepe away all the filth and ſharings of Combes or other things that you ſhall find vnder them, and then ſet them downe gently againe, for ſo ſhall they haue the more pleaſure to labour, and to repaire their Combes, thoſe noyous and filthy things being taken away.

What if ſome of my Bees be poore and weake in the Spring time, ſhall I not ſeede them, or doe ſomewhat elſe to cheriſh relieue them?

Maſter Southerne doth utterly miſlike the feeding of Bees, and alleadgeth ſome reaſon againſt it, namely, that old honey will make them to ſcowre and dye, or elſe the vſe of feeding will make them fall to robbing, and ſome other reaſons which for mine owne part I cannot abſolutely allow. For I haue ſeene Bees euen almoſt dead reuiued againe by a little feeding. Truth it is, it muſt be very warily done, and not often vſed but it an extremity. And when neceſſity ſhall conſtraine to doe it, you muſt take eſpeciall care that the other Bees come not vnto them, and therefore you muſt ſtop them vp ſauing a little hole to giue them breath, for otherwiſe the ſtronger Bees will fight with them for it, and not onely get it away but will kill them for it. And yet I muſt needs confeſſe that in the beginning of the Spring I haue ſeene more hurt then good come by feeding of them. But this I haue both ſeene and proued, that when in the latter end of May, or beginning of Iune a cold and Eaſterly wind hath continued long, or ſome continuall rainy weather hath hapned, the Bees haue firſt brought out the Drone ſpat, and after that their owne ſpat: and laſtly if it hath continued, haue died themſelues.

In the yeere 1600, between the 17 of May and the 6 of Iune, I had twelue as goodly ſwarmes as euer I ſaw, and then there hapned a dry and cold Eaſt wind, that my ſwarmes for the moſt part periſhed, and my other Bees alſo hauing brought forth their brood or ſpat, began alſo to die themſelues, which I eſpying (by the great number I might ſee dead on the ground at the mouth of the hive) did a little feed them in the euenings and mornings, and it did preſently ſtrengthen them, that no more died. And euer ſince at that time of the yeere, I do diligently obſerue, that when I ſee them begin to bring forth their ſpat, being forced thereto by any cold and dry weather, preſently to feed them, as I haue taught you; and whereas for the moſt part euery yeere ſince about that time, ſuch a like cold hath hapned, yet by this meanes I haue preuented the danger that would haue falne upon my Bees. But to feed them in February, March, or Aprill, is ſurely to no great purpoſe, without a great chance.

Is there no courſe to be taken at the beginning of the ſpring, for the help and ſtrengthning of ſuch hives where the Bees be poore and weak?

Mr. Southern affirmeth that if about the later end of March, you perceiue the Bees in any of your hives to be faint, and that they go but ſlowly out and in, it is good to buy ſome Olibanum at the Apothecaries, and take a little of it bruiſed in a morter or ſuch like, and ſprinkle it upon a chafing-diſh of coales, and then hold that Hiue of Bees ouer it, that the ſmoake of the Olibanum, may aſcend vp into the Combes amongſt the Bees; and it is, ſaith he, much the better, if a little dryed Cow-dung bee mixed amongſt the Olibanum. This he conſtantly affirmeth will make them abide the ſharpeneſſe of the weather the better, and will ſtrengthen them very well. One groats worth of Olibanum he ſaith will ſerue forty Hiues, if need be. But how good it is for that purpoſe I never yet made tryall, nor any that ever I could learne, yet do I hold it very probable and likely to do good. The Bees being quickly ſet down againe, and well cloſed up; for this I forgot to tell you when you begin to open the mouthes of your Bees, if they be weake, open them the leſſe, and if ſtrong, you may be bold to open them the more:

Well Sir, I ſuppoſe I am now ſufficiently inſtructed how to order my Bees in their remorſe, and after the ſame vntill the ſpring of the yeere, or beginning of May. I pray you let me alſo underſtand what is further to be done, for then (if I miſtake not) beginneth the chiefe and principall time of their breeding, with the exportance of increaſe and profit by them.

It is very true, and therefore you muſt at this time (if not before) prouide hives, plancks, board, or ſtones, and all other things neceſſary for the receiuing and keeping of thoſe ſwarmes that you may probably expect.

I haue ſeene (as I remember) ſome hives wrought with oſyers, or woodbind, or ſuch other like ſtuffe, and dawbed on the outſide with Cowdung and aſhes mixed together, but of late dayes I haue ſeen moſt of our hives made altogether of ſtraw, whether of theſe two faſhions do you hold the better?

Diuers countries haue their ſeuerall faſhions, as well for the matter whereof they are made, as alſo for the manner and forme of their making. But in our country (as you ſay) the hives made of wickers or of ſtraw are principally in uſe; but whether of them is the better I will not peremptorily determine, becauſe I have ſeene Bees proſper and increaſe well in both: and I hold it not a materiall part of the well ordering of Bees, to uſe the one or the other, yet do I like beſt thoſe of ſtraw if they be well made, as the warmer and moſt agreeable to the nature of Bees, for we ſee that humble Bees, Waſpes, and other Flyes (whereof no doubt theſe are a kind) preſerue themſelues all the Winter, onely in the warmeneſſe of ſtraw, as in thatch and ſuch like.

Is there then ſuch difference in the making, that you ſo much preferre the one before the other?

Yea verily, and I had rather give ſeuen pence a peece for ſome, then foure pence a peece for other ſome, and yet are the beſt commonly as good cheape as the worſt.

How then ſhall I know them aſunder, for I am like enough to buy the one as ſoone as the other?

You ſhall eaſily know them aſunder, for the goodneſſe will ſoone appeare in the faſt and well binding of them, and in their good and handſome forme and faſhion. For if they be looſe and thinnely bound, they will not laſt, and beſides that, when they are laden with honey, the weight of it will preſſe downe the crowne of the Hives, and ſo marre the Combes and kill the Bees. Of ſtrawen Hives the beſt that ever I ſaw are made in Suffolke and Norfolke, were it not, that they make them for the moſt part ſomewhat to great.

Doe you not like great Hives? me thinke they ſhould be the better, becauſe they will hold good ſtore of honey, and the Bees have the more ſtore of roome to worke in, and therefore ſhould caſt the greater ſwarmes.

It may peradventure ſeeme ſo indeed unto many, but experience and proofe doth declare the contrary, and therefore in any caſe avoid the buying of great Hives as hurtfull to the increaſe and proſperity of your Bees. For I aſſure you, I did never in my life ſee a great Hive yeeld any good increaſe, or almoſt come to any good: for if you put into a great Hive a ſwarme that is little or that ſwarmeth late, the roome is ſo large that they cannot any thing neere fill it the firſt yeere, by meanes whereof ſo much vacant place remaineth empty, that it maketh all the Hive ſo cold in the Winter time, that it is great odds if it die not. And if you put in a forward ſwarme that is great, yea though it be a duble or treble one (as often I have ſeene) and that it fill the hive, yet will it ſeldome or never caſt any ſwarms, as experience hath taught, and the reaſon ſeemeth to be, for that ſo much labour is ſpent in repairing of their Combes, renewing their brood, and filling ſo great a ſpace with neceſſaries, that they cannot, or need not ſend forth any Collonies, but have enough to doe, to keepe and furniſh their owne.

Againe, let not your Hiues be over broad eſpecially at the Crowne, for in ſuch Hives Bees doe not delight, and therefore I had rather have my Hives high ſo they be narrow, then broad although they be ſhort. And thus much I ſuppoſe is ſufficient for the choice of your Hiues. I know that many preferre the Hiues that are made of Wheat ſtraw, before thoſe made of Rye ſtraw, as beſt liked and agreeable to the Bees, yet I could neuer perceiue any great difference for that matter, but like them as well as the other if their making be alike.

But yet me thinke that the Hiues made of wickers ſhould be much more profitable in one reſpect, becauſe it muſt needs be granted that they will continue longer then thoſe made of ſtraw.

Surely if the ſtraw Hiues be well made as I have ſeene ſome, and withall well preſerved from the weather, namely, from the Sunne and Raine as before is taught by coating of them, they will laſt many yeeres, and I thinke verily as long as the wicker Hives, and alſo they haue another commodity, for they are not ſo deare as the other, yet is all this nothing to the benefit that will grow if your Bees proſper well.

When I have provided them according to your direction, what then ſhall I doe to them, for I haue ſeene ſome put ſtickes into their Hives faſtned to both the ſides which I iudged they did to keepe the Combes, from ſtirring or falling out of the Hiues.

You gueſſed rightly, for to that purpoſe they ſerue indeed. But firſt when you haue bought and provided your Hiues, you muſt with a knife or paire of ſheers picke and cut of all the ſtrawes ends that ſticke out within your Hives, and make them as ſmooth as is poſſible, for the Bees will like them much the better. Now concerning the ſticking of your Hives, ſundry men haue ſundry faſhions according as they conceit or like the ſame. But if your Hives be of ſtraw, I hold it good that you make a Crowne tree for them in this manner. Take a ſticke of Sallow or Haſell about the bigneſſe of a mans thumbe, let it be a foote long or ſomewhat more, then cleave it croſſe wayes from one end untill you come within a handfull or thereabouts of the other end, and no farther: then bend every quarter a ſeverall way, cutting off the ſharpe edge in the midſt of every of them: Then muſt you put the end that is not cleft to the crowne of the Hive, and bending every of the parts a ſeverall way, ſticke them into the ſides of the Hive, that they may force the upper uncleft end hard to the crowne of the Hive. But if the Hive haue a little hole in the crowne (as the moſt ſtraw Hives haue) then cut the upper end of your ſaid crowne tree where it is not cleft ſmall enough to goe thorow it a little way, leaving a ſhoulder on the inſide to ſtay it and this is good to keep the crowne of Hives from ſagging downewards (as they will doe except your Hiues be excellent good) when they are heauy laden with honey, but this you muſt obſerue, that if you put your crowne-tree through the crowne of your Hive, you muſt make it ſomewhat the longer as experience of it ſelfe will teach you. Laſtly, take a ſmaller ſtick, and cleaue it cleane through in the midſt, cutting both the parts flat and ſmooth, and put them croſſe▪ wiſe into the hive, within foure fingers of the board they ſhall ſtand upon; and this is all the ſticking that ſhall need for any hive, only this you muſt note, that the foure lower ends of the crown tree ſhould come and ſtick within halfe a foot at the leaſt of the lower part of the hive.

Do you not uſually dreſſe and trim your hives with ſome hony, or other ſweet liquor, before you put any ſwarm into them?

It is a common matter ſo to do indeed, yet if the hive bee new and ſweet, I hold it not materiall to do any ſuch thing, but the Bees will like it well enough without it. Neuertheleſſe, becauſe it is a thing that may help thoſe that bee old, and ſomewhat unſauory, and cannot hurt any, I will ſhew you what my ſelfe and diuers others uſe to do in this caſe. Gather ſome fennell, mallowes, or other ſweet herbs, and dip them in fayre water, drink, or ſweet wort, putting a little hony into them, if you haue it, and ſprinkle or rub well the inſide of your hives and ſticks, or if you haue no hony, do it with any of the former, or with milk that is ſweet, and it will ſuffice. But this kinde of dreſſing would not bee done untill you are ready to put the ſwarme into it, or a very little time before.

Mr. Southern ſaith, that if your Bees bee froward, ſo that they will not tarry in any hive, then it is good to take your hive whether it be old or new, and pull out the ſticks, and put therein two handfuls of barly, peaſe, or mault, yet the laſt (ſaith he) is the beſt, and let a Hog, Sow, or pig eat it out of the hive, turning the hive as hee eateth, with your hands, that the froth hee maketh may remaine on the hive, then wipe the hive lightly againe with a cloth, and put in your ſticks as before, and hive your Bees againe, and they will undoubtedly tarry in the ſame, as he ſaith.

True it is, he affirmeth ſo indeed, but whether it be ſo or no, I know not, becauſe I never made any triall thereof, for I neuer had any ſwarme that I could not make take liking of one hive or other that I had by mee, and therefore I neuer trouble my ſelfe to make triall of Mr. Southerns experiment; yet do I beleeue that hee would not ſo confidently haue written it without ſome good proofe, and alſo the knowledge thereof, if it be true, is worth the noting, and the triall alſo if occaſion ſerue: and thus much I hold ſufficient for your inſtruction in the dreſſing and trimming of your hives.

Well Sir, I thank you for your paines, I would now intreat you to let me underſtand about what time of the yeere I may in likelihood expect ſwarmes, becauſe of giuing attendance and watching of them, as I beleeue we muſt in ſwarming times.

Concerning the time of the yeere when Bees accuſtomably begin to ſwarme, there can no certaine rule bee giuen, becauſe the forwardneſſe of the Spring, warmneſſe of the weather, and buſineſſe of the Bees may make them ſwarme much ſooner than otherwiſe they would do. Yet do I hold it good to haue all neceſſary things ready by the midſt of May at the fartheſt, it not before; for then euery day you may probably looke for ſwarmes, if the other circumſtances be fauourable; and therefore you muſt from that time forwards, ſo long as their ſwarming time indureth, diligently watch and looke unto them. Now concerning the uſing of your ſwarmes, thus much; when any hive beginneth to ſwarme, haue a good eye upon them where they light or ſettle, yet ſo that you trouble or moleſt them not, with running to and fro amongſt them: and when they are ſetled, take your hive made ready as you are taught before, and put them into it in this manner; If they bee ſetled upon the bough of a tree, buſh, hedge, or ſuch like, that you can put your hive under them, lay firſt a fanne or board right under them, with a ſtick or twaine upon it, for keeping the hive that it ſtand not too cloſe unto it, ſo that the Bees cannot go out and in, and then turne your hive upward, and ſhake as many of the Bees into the ſame as you can, and ſet it gently upon the ſaid board or fanne, and ſpread a ſheet ouer the hive, to keep away the heat of the Sunne, yet ſo as ſome one place be open for the Bees to finde the way to the hive, and to work and make cleane the hive. But if any of them cluſter againe about or neer the place from whence they were ſhaken, ſhake them off againe, or elſe ſweepe them off with a wing, and lay Mayweed or wormwood about the place, and they will forſake it, and follow the reſt of their fellowes into the hive. But if your ſwarm light ſo low in a hedge, or ſuch like place, that you cannot put your hive under them, nor ſhake them into it, nor ſweep them into it with a wing, then may you ſet your hive ouer them, ſo that it touch the upper part of of them, and by laying Mayweed or wormwood under them, and about them, you ſhall make them run up into the hive without any other trouble, ſtill following them with the Mayweed or wormwood, as they go up from it, though peraduenture it will bee ſomewhat long ere they be all gone up, yet they will go up at the laſt, without ſtirring.