132 THE HISFORY OF BEES. 
truq ‘Bees are left inevitably to die thro’ famine, which 
is far worle than fudden ceath, | 
Sometimes, it. is not only, a fingle flock that is “thus 
employed, but feyeral are in. arms at once, and not  eafi« 
ly compofed, i have before direéted how | to prevent 
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this mifchief, 5 aaah, 
Another enemy is the ee efpecially ‘the field- 
moufe.. ‘Thefe are dangerous, and deftroy multitudes 
every winter in Our Kingdom 5 3 therefore carefully guard 
againft ‘them. ‘Tonée loft a ftock by this means, and | 
only that OPSeg ag had made a neft among the combs, 
and_bred young... pk. 
Keep the door therefore fo clofe that a toute can- 
not enter, and examine the hackle, to diflodge them from 
thence. An effectual prefervative would be to place 
your hives. fo, that it may be impoffible for a moufe to 
afcend ; as many of mine are. Alfo place traps in your 
Bee-garden. I caught no lefs than thirty mice in one 
garden the laft winter, and the fame number of tit- 
mice. 
~The ‘titmoufe is a great devotes of Bees, ten or 
twelve being {carce fufficient for his breakfaft, often re- 
turning for a frefh feaft. Tearing the Bee to pieces, he 
eats the entrails, and drops the rett. | 
Frequently have I found him knocking at the door, 
when no fooner doth the poor innocent Bee appear to 
enquire what gave the alarm, but fhe is feized, and be« 
€omes his prey. The fame enemy often {eizes them 
when abroad. Shoot them, or fet traps for them. 
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