and the Drefsing of them . C 3 . 
andallouerthe Hiue) vntilt toward the end ofrhismonetb, 
when they be gone vp from thedoore, and their number is 
fomewhat diminilhed. j i. 
In the end of this moneth isthctime tokill and driue ,a k 
BeeSjV.c.iO'part.i.n.z.gr 13. Some Bees faile after F’trgo: c " m ^ s - 
and therefore it is good to make triall of them in Libra alfo, j 
by pdyfing and knocking the Hiues 3 for as they that rhen — — — — - — 
make * a little noife will die for lacke of company ; fo they Try them amine 
chat are light willdiefor lacke of meat. And alwaies haue iulilraal/o, 
an eye to thofe that the Robbers doc eagerly haunt : which 
is a figne that they percciue in them fome defe&or other:and 
therefore will not be anfwered without their errand, 
* A little fliort noife aboue in the Hiue, fpecjally when in the end fome 
lew (ingle Bees endenour by their earned and continued found to feeme 
many, bewraieth their paucity and decaying. 
Such as by thefemeanesyou finde vnbkely to liuc, take 
or driue: thofe that you fufpett, and yet are willing to keep; 
marke them, feed them in due time, andproue them againc 
in Pifecs and Aries. — — — - 
At Liha, or before if you fee caufe , fetvp the Winter- 
dooresof the bill, and then diligently in theeuenings Ihut 
all thofe in with the Barre, that haue leaft watching at 
thedoore. For in the cold mornings, whilethetrue Bees 
keepe in,becaufeitisnot fit rime for them to gather in 5 the 
theeues, both Wafpes 6c Bees will be abroad, feeking where 
theymaybreakeinandfteale. But Hill let the weaker haue 
their Wickets halfe-fhut. 
This lh£itting 6c opening of the Wickets mull be conti- 
nued throughout Scorpio aifo ; vnlelfe abundance of cold 
rainedo looner challcn th^Walp^s, Bucfor thepooreftalls, 
it is bell to keepe them halfc’lhut all the day long, as in 
Virgo and Libra , — — — 
At Scorpio drefe your Hiues for Winter. Firft lift vp the net '>*lfo- 
Halls (except thofe that be full of Bees* which will not need 
your helpe) and fweepe the ftooles cleane: then fetting them 
downe againe warily, v. that you hurt no Bees,cloome them 
clofe,and mend all brackes and faults about them : and where 
the hackles be worne, fet new in theiriteads, that may keepe 
G 3 the 
14 ‘ 
7gnw fet vp tin 
Vrickftl to the 
heft, and peep the 
reft [bit till the 
Beet offer togoe 
abroad. 
Sf. 
SCORPIO 
56 
Continue the 
(hutting and o~ 
fer.ing if the 
he. 
rv- 
Howto dreffe 
the Hinofor 
Winter. 
V. », z6. 
