Where straw-hives are used, or where boxes are surmounted by them, _a very simple method_ of taking the honey, without destroying the bees, was _adopted by_ +J. F. M. Dovaston, Esq.+ a Salopian gentleman. I will suppose that he took off the hive with a middle board and divider underneath it; he then inverted it upon a kettle of hot water, fitted to receive the hive without any part sinking into the water; the whole being surmounted by an empty box, and the divider withdrawn: in ten minutes the heat so annoyed the bees, that they were heard marching, _magno cum fremitu_, into the empty hive. In a few minutes, when all was quiet, the divider being introduced again, the hive was replaced by the box containing the bees. Mr. D. found that on this plan not a single bee remained among the combs. I see no good reason why a similar practice should not be adopted with boxes or Moreton-hives; in this case the water in the kettle should be heated gradually by a chaffing-dish, and the box or hive should have a perforated divider under it, like that for uniting stocks: the empty box had better communicate with the open air, lest the heat of the steam should be intolerable to the bees. Having the top unscrewed would probably answer the purpose, as it could then be easily pushed on one side. +Dr. Evans+, when he could not readily dislodge the bees from the box, had recourse to +Dr. Warder's+ plan of placing it over an inverted empty box, that contained a lighted sulphur match, the fumes of which stupified the bees'; and on the upper hive being rapped, they fell down in a state of insensibility, but soon revived and joined the family, by the usual entrance. The fumes of sulphur answered as well as those of the narcotic fungus recommended by Thorley and Keys, which it is sometimes difficult to procure and troublesome to prepare. Immersing the bees in cold water would answer, with a glass or earthenware hive. +Dr. Evans+ was led to adopt it in consequence of reading Wildman's account of Madame Vicat's method of clearing her bees from vermin, by plunging them in water. The chapter on Bee-maladies contains some remarks on this subject.