I, therefore, at the end of a fortnight admitted them into the large bell-glass by withdrawing the slide, which, when closed, cuts off the communication between the pavilion and the said glass. They (the Bees) inunderiately reconnoitered it, as it were, and examined it round and round, and presently took possession of it in great numbers ; and in the course of the second day afterwards I could perceive that they began to continue their work upwards from and upon the conbs in the box. Here I was again inexpressibly gratified by daily observing the progress of their beautiful work, and by the busy thousands in perpetual motion. When they had about half-filled the glass, and before I was aware that there was any occasion for their admission into either of the collateral-boxes, they suddenly threw of'a swarm. That event I attribute partly to my own inexperience in apiarian matters, and partly--principally to the want of a thermometer by which to ascertain and regulate the temperature of the crowded pavilion, so as to keep the Bees _at the working, and below the swarming point of heat_. Mr. Nutt assures me that a barn would not contain a colony of Bees if its temperature were raised above a certain degree. What that precise degree of heat is I leave to Mr. Nutt to determine and explain : at present it is enough to state that I am convinced it is possible, may, quite easy, to keep Bees at work, and to prevent their swarming, by giving them plenty of room, and by proper ventilation. After my Bees had thrown off the swarm, as abovementioned, the work in the glass progressed but slowly, indeed it was for some time almost deserted, owing, I presume, to the room made in the pavilion by the absence of the thousands that had left it : for whenever the weather was such that they could get abroad, they were always busy. The season, however, it is well-known, was so wet as to be very unfavourable for Bees :-the summer of 1830 was not by any means what is called a Bee-year; and early in the autumn I could see that, instead of adding to their store, they were under the necessity of living upon it. They were, however, abundantly provided for the winter, and lived through it almost to a Bee. In the spring of this year (1831) they appeared to be strong and in excellent condition. As early as the middle of May they had replenished the emptied combs in the glass, and, it may be presumed, in the pavilion too. In the first week of June, the glass was completely filled in the most beautiful manner. I therefore opened the communication to one of the end or collateral-boxes, and two or three days afterwards, viz. on the 10th of June, I took off the glass and replaced it with another. So rapidly did those industrious little insects proceed with their work, that in about six weeks they completely filled the end-box. I then opened the way to the empty box at the other end of the pavilion; and a few days afterwards had the full box taken off by Mr. Nutt himself (who happened to call upon me, and who handsomely volunteered his services on the occasion), without any stifling of any sort--without the destruction, or the loss, of--scarcely a Bee,--as nearly in the manner described in your last No. as circumstances would permit; for the Queen-Bee being in the box taken off made it necessary for Mr. Nutt to vary the operation a little; not a person was stung, though ladies, very timid ladies, and children too, were among the admiring lookers-on; only, in returning the Queen-Bee, found in the box, to the pavilion, I myself was stung, owing to my over-anxietyto see how she would be received by the Bees in the pavilion. Her majesty's presence in that box (the box taken off) at that time might probably have puzzled me ; but to Mr. Nutt it presented no difficulty ; and to witness his operation was to me a most instructive lesson, and would have delighted any friend of humanity. It was performed in the middle of a fine day. That box contained, as nearly as we could estimate, about 85 lbs. of honey, incomparably purer and finer than any I ever saw, except from Mr. Nutt's boxes. The glass beforementioned contained 12 lbs.- so that I have this year taken _forty-seven pounds_ of the very finest honey from one stock of Bees ;-I have all my Bees alive--and they are at this time abundantly provided for the ensuing winter ; nay, without impoverishing them, I believe, I might take 6 or 8 lbs. more ; but I have already had enough ; and, if my Bees have more than enough for their winter's consumption, they will not waste it ;--it will be found next year.