33. TIE HISTORY OF BEES, 
maifitain ‘the Bees of both; it fhould be fall twenty 
pounds 10 wei othe heavierthe better.) wiv 
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my Of the Madea or yates “of pideaats 
“Tam now to inform my ‘readers what the materials 
ate, ‘and afier that the manner of operation. 
* The narcotic, or ftupifying : fume, is the Fungus maxi- 
mus,* or larger mufhroom, commonly known by the 
name of bunt, puckfift, or frogcheefe; it is as large or 
larger than a man’s head. I had one of thele brought 
me the laft fummer (unripe and white) which weighed 
fome pounds ; ; but when ripe, of a brown colour, and 
turning to powder, they are exceeding light. 3 
Shepherds and herdfmen, &"c. frequently find them in 
the fields, and will fupply you with them, towards the 
Jatter end of the feafon. / 
When you have procured one of thefe ti put it 
into a large paper, preffing it down therein to two thirds, 
or near half the bulk, tying it up very clofe. Put it in- 
to an oven fome time after the houfhold bread is drawn, 
Jetting it continue all night. When it will hold fire, it 
is fit for your ufe in the method following, 
With a pair of fciflars cut a piece of the puck as large 
as an hen’s ego (better at firft to have tog much than 
too little) and fix it to the end of a {mall ftick, flit for 
‘that purpofe, and fharpened at the other end, which 
place fo, that it may hang near the middle of an empty 
hive. This hive you mutt fet with the mouth upwards, 
near the ftock you intend to take, in a pail or bucket, 
This 
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