Ci. 
44 . 
Their fmeUlng 
very quiche. 
v.c. 
Lucret.1. 4,7 
Hearing and fie- 
fag- 
Hift. an.l. 9. 
cap, 40. 
4& 
Taftin^. 
Of the TSlature and properties of Bees , 
it,theymuft flye againe before they can finde it. As many 
as fall befide the ftoole when it waxeth darke, ten to one they 
lye abroad all night: yea, if at fuch time being troubled by 
any thing they come forth from the ftoole, though then they 
be frefh and luftie, they will leape vp and downe, runne and 
flietoandfro, till they beweariejbutby no meanes can they 
findetheway in againe. And therefore it is thatwhenthey 
flieabroad, they take fuch paines at the doore in rubbing 
and wiping their glazeneies, that they may the better di- 
fcerne their way forth and backe. 
But their fmelling is excellent, whereby when they fliea- 
loftin the aire,they will quickly perceiue any thing vnder 
them that they like, as Honie, Rozin, or Tarre, though ic 
becouered. As fooneas the Honie-dew is fallen, they pre- 
fently windc it, though the Oakes that receiue it v. be a farre 
off : which the Poet,fpeaking of the excellencie of fome crea- 
tures in thisfenfe before others, doth thus exprefte, 
per auras 
< ‘JMellis apes, ejuamvis longe , ducuntnr adore. 
And by this fenfe they findeourany ftrange Bee, which is 
not otherwife to be knownc from their owne company, and 
that inthedarkc Hiue : where, when they are difpofed, they 
will by the fame meanes cull out the Drones, yea and pull 
out the Cephens v . thatare (hut vp in the cells, not medling 
with any of their owne Sex. 
Their hearing and feeling are verie quicke. If you touch 
their Hiue but lightly, or the ftoole, or the ground neere 
it jthcy prcfently perceiuing it, make a general! noifc : al- 
though Artftotle doubt whether they heare, or not. Quan- 
cjmm incertum eft an audiant. But if they did not heare, 
to what purpofeis thatmufickemadein the Hiues, before 
the fwarming ? v. c, s.n. 2.8. and in the battaile, vid;c. 7. 
».34.or his tinging of fwarmes to make them come downe, 
v: (Cr 8 inc. 5. n. 57. 
And of their fife fenfe I makeno queftion, Athens they 
are vfed to things of fo different taftes : although there 
may feeme thelelfevfe of it, becaufe their fmelling is fo 
perfect 
And 
