Direttions to guard againft the Sting of a Bee. 83 
er, you muft approach your bees, as you would 
appear before your patron, when you are going 
toafk a favour of him; and not, as you would 
meet an opponent in a duel, unlefs you be 
armed cap-a-pee. 
When the bees attack a perfon who is walk- 
ing among them, let him put them gently a- 
fide from his face with his hand, or thruft 
his head into a bufh, and they will foon leave 
him. | 
When they are offended at any perfon, the 
chief parts they aim at are the face and hands, 
knowing thefe parts are moft vulnerable. But 
if the face and hands are covered, they will 
furround him, and try to difcover any aper- 
ture in his fhirt, neck, breaft, fleeves, breeches- 
knees, &c. and if they find an opening at 
the fmalleft flit or crevice, they will pufh in at 
it, and leave their ftings, with their venom be- 
hind, though they lofe their lives in the con- | 
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The hair of the head, beard, and eye-brows, — 
are all very offenfive to bees, and if they acci- 
dentally light on any of them, they will fting 
that very inftant. When at work in the field, 
they never offer to fting, let them be ever fo 
much affronted. One may then chafe them 
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