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ethy ine? GANS AEANED EEA DE NCTM CANS 
CRab gad aD eNID CH ONDER WTED aii tao 
Got. P, v. 
Of the Bees Works, &e. 
| tif y the reader, and proceed the more re- 
gularly, I will begin with the new {warms; 
and follow them gradatin thto’ the whole 
: uperas feafon. 
_. No fooner is the fwarm of Bees hived, but they be- 
gin to. build their combs, whether for increafing their 
“numbers, or treafuring up their honey. So earnett ig 
their application hereto, that i ina week’s fpace (the wea- 
ther favouring) the hive fhall be half, or two thirds 
filled with combs; which furely muft be on all hands 
acknowledged an inimitable performance. A diligent 
obfervance of the moft admirable ftrudture; it’s regular 
contexture, it’s ftrength, beauty, and defigned ufefulnefs, 
muft force one to acknowledge ita moft curious and in- 
comparable piece of architecture ; 3 which, however it 
may, be imitated, can never be equalled, much lefs ex- 
ceeded, by the greateft artift among mankind. ; 
But the firft thing here that demands our attention, 
are the. materials of which this noble fabrick is compo- 
fed. 
_ Some ancients were of opinion, that fome tough and 
glutinous matter (they knew not what) was the 
G2 foundation 
