and the Drefing of them. c.f. 
When you would haue no more fwarmes,as namely after the 41. 
firft blowing of Blackberries, v: which is commonly with- Tokfepe.ibm 
in a feuen night after Midfummcr: fet vp thofc Hiues that f r<,m (waTrrin X- 
are full with thr ee Tile-lhards, or other things of likethick- 110 
neffe, andcloomc vp the fpace betweene the hiue and the 
ftoole:If yet they chance to fwarme, asfoone as they arc 
hiued, put them backetotheftocke,-^. c. $.n, 1 1, 
Alfo rearc the fwarmes that being vnder-hiued doe lie 
forth, with bolters of that thickneffe that may but let in the 
Bees. 4 x. . 
In Leo, or prefently after the laft fwarme, kill the Drones, LEG. / 
of thofeftalls you meane to take, with a Drone pot doomed T' 
tothedoore. V.c, 4 «< 35 . , ... 45 
And if you fee any other fo peftered with multitudes, 
that they are loath to meddle with them 5 you (ball doe well 
to hclpcthem fome warme afternoone, and then will they 
take the worke out of your hand, andfpend the Idle time 
about it. 
Tothe plentifull Summer fuccecdcth wartfull Autumne. HARVEST 
At Virgo therefore, or a little before, ( which is the mod ^ “ 
dangeroustimeforBees, becaufeofWafpes that then, ifnot VIRGO, t 
fooner, learne the way into the Hiues, butchiefely of rob- ' 46. ’ 
bing Bees, which then begin tofpoile) v.To the Gates of the Tekfefetberrea- 
wcaker (tails, (whether they be fmall fwarmes, or flocks that h r ^ MS f nm 
haue cart twice and late) fet vp the Winter-doores, and fa- — — — 
ften them with good cloome, v: and fee that the Hiues bee c ’ 7 ^' 1 ’ 
clofe in all places. (Thofe that haue lien forth orotherwife set yp the Win* 
be verie full, you may let alone and not ftraighten their en- ter-doores. 
trance till the weather bee colder, for fuch arefafe enough.) y.n.14. 
But firft view your fwarmes whether they fit their Hiues : 
thofc that haue not now wrought downe within a handfull 
of theftoolc, if you meane to keepe them ( to the end they 
may lye warme the Winter following, and be ready at the 
doores to keepe out robbers) cut off fo much of the skirts 
as will ferue the turne ( the bigger the Hiue is, the more you 
may leffen him) and fo fet him downe, cut a Summer-doom 
•v: in the skirt, and put to theWinter-doore.' Withoutfuch V.n,x% 
help the cold will kill many, and weaken all, whereby they 
G 2 become 
