BEE DRESS. 2t 



or chafms be left under the chin, or about 

 the neck ; and for better fecurity, it will be 

 proper to tie a handkerchief over the gather- 

 ing round the neck, befide that of the tape. 

 An apron before will be ufeful to prevent 

 thefe prying infects from tickling the belly. 

 Thus apparelled, defiance may be given to 

 millions of bees, or wafps, and all the opera- 

 tions may be executed without dread or dan- 

 ger. Or if, by accident, hives are thrown 



down by cattle, hogs, &c. and the bees en- 

 raged ; having this drefs on, the creatures 

 may be affifted and the hives replaced. 



Women mould not meddle with bees, 

 without this bee-drefs ; nor then, without 

 the addition of a man's coat, and I had al- 

 iinofl: faid breeches alfo. 



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