Of the Bees Enemies. 333 
The houfe-lark, a little dun bird with a black bill, in 
fummer time is the death of many Bees ; fhe watches 
near the hives or colonies, feizing them as they fettle, 
and many times in flight, and carries them to her 
young. This bird builds her neft in the wall of an 
houfe, where I have often found it, and deftroyed both 
old and young together. 
_ The fwallow likewife feeds her young with Bees, as 
i have found by diffection ; if pofible deftroy their 
nefts. 
. The fparrow do them little or no prejudicg, only 
feeding themfelves or their young, with the white mag- 
gots, or the unripe nymphs caft out of the hive. 
The moth is not the leaft enemy to Bees: concealing 
herfelf, fhe lays her eggs, which by the heat in the hive’ 
turn to worms or maggots, fecreted at firft in the fkirts 
of the hive (which ought to be ftopped with lime and 
hair) but afterwards getting into the combs, generally ! 
prove the ruin and deftruGion of the whole: for the 
Bees, not able to endure. fuch difagreeable company, 
abandon their habitation, leaving the enemy it in full pof- 
feffion. Deftroy them if you can, 
The fpiders alfo deftroy many, catching ogi in 
their nets at their return home, being, heavy loaden. 
‘They fpread their nets about the hives, or colonies with- 
in the Bee-houfe, round the boxes, upon. the walls, 
flowers or.bufhes, wherein the Bees are immediately en- 
tangled and killed. To preferve your Bees, difpatch 
~ the: fpiders, and break down their fatal and enfnaring 
néts, 
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