S4 Directions to guard againft the Sting of a Bee. 
to get in; but the perfon muft take care to re- 
main clofe prifoner, till his winged enemies re- 
tire. But if there be no houfe of refuge at 
hand, where he can retire by rapid flight, he 
fhould by no means retire gradually, but rath- 
er ftand ftill like a ftatue, or ly down flat upon 
the ground, without any motion, with his face 
downwards, in which cafe he may get off with 
only two or three ftings ; but if he attempts to 
fly and the bees overtake him, they will {ting 
him in fo many parts at once, that he may 
not come off with lefs than one or two dozen 
of wounds. 
After their fury is abated, and the remem- 
brance of the affront entirely obliterated, the 
bee-mafter may then renew his acquaint- 
ance with his winged labourers ; and if he 
comes in a humble manner, and walks gent- 
ly and fubmiffively among them, they will 
treat him kindly. In every bufinefs one has 
to do with bees, he muft do it in a calm, 
foft, gentle, and fubmiflive way; he mutt 
take care not to approach them ina rath, hafty 
manner, puffing and blowing, or accom panied 
with any thing that has a dilfagreeable or un- 
favoury fmell, as their organs of {melling ap- 
pear to be very acute. In a word, gentle read- 
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