7^ 123. Of keeping beasts. 



place ; and soo watche them all that daye, that they go 



24 not away ; and at nyght, whan al be goone vp into the 



hyue, take it away and set it where it shall stande, and 



take awaye thy shete, and haue claye tempered to laye 



aboute it vppon the borde or stone, where it shall stande, 



28 that noo wynde comme in, but the borde is better and 



for^theljeel^ Warmer. And to leaue an hole open on the south syde, 



ouf ° '° ^^^ of three inches brode, and an inche of heyghte, for the 



bees to come in and out. And than to make a couerynge 



32 of wheate-strawe or rye-strawe, to couer and house the 



Set the hive hyue about, and set the hyue two fote or more from the 



on stakes, •' -' 



feVtTrom'^° erthe vpon stakes, soo that a mouse cannot come to it, 



ground. ^sidi also neyther beastes nor swyne. And if a swarme be 



36 caste late in the yere, they wolde be fedde with honnye in 



wynter, and layde vpppn a thynne narowe borde, or a 



thynne sclatte or leade ; put it into the hyue, and an other 



[Foi. 52.] thynne borde wolde be set before euery hyues mouthe, 



40 that no winde come in ; and to haue foure or fyue 



lyttell nyckes made on the nether syde, that a bee maye 



comme out or go in, and so fastened, that the wynde 



blowe it not downe, and to take it vp whan he wyll. 



If a hive is 44 And that hyue that is fedde, to stoppe the mouthe cleane, 



stop the ' that other bees come not in ; for if they doo, they wyll 



fyghte, and kyll eche other. And beware, that noo 



waspes come in-to the hyue, for they wyll kyl the bees, 



48 and eate the honny. And also there is a bee called a 



Drones. dronc, and she is greatter than an other bee, and they wyll 



eate the honny, and gather nothynge : and therfore they 



It is said, wolde be kylde, and it is a sayenge, that she hath loste 



the drone 1 1 , i i 1 11 



hathiosther 52 her stynge, and than she wyl not not labour as the other 



sting. 



do. 



123. \ Howe to kepe beastes and other cattell. 



How to If a housbande shall kepe cattell well to his profytte, 



keep beasts. 



he must haue seuerall closes and pastures to put his cattel 



