C. i. 
Of the Nature and properties of Bees } 
3<?. thou mud be ( 6 ) no Stranger vnto them. In a word, thou 
The fix proper- mull be chaHe, cleanly, fweer, fober. quiet, and familiar : fo 
tjestfaBee-ma- will they loue thee, and knowtheefrom all other. 
At any time, when nothing hath angred them, one may 
Safer to walfa boldl y walke along by them: but if hee lhnd Hill before 
then to [laud a- them wichinthe fpaceof a pearch in the heat of the day, it 
mongBees. ismaruell but oneor other fpying himfrom theHiue, will 
haue a call at him. 
3 S. If you haue any thing to doe about yourhiues, the fictcfl 
The fittefl time to timeisinthe morning, when the Bees are new gone abroad; 
fine about Bees . anc ] j n t h e euen j n g before they be come in : for then the 
weather being coole, and the company few at home, they are 
not fo apt to be quarrelling, vnlelle they be much prouoked. 
Likewife at other times of the day, when the weather is cold, 
wet, or windie, they are patient enough. 
3 1* But about noone in hot weather, and fpecially when they 
Sn the heat of the haue tailed of the Hony-dewes, they are foonc angry , and 
day they are wo[l very eager. 
But whenfoeuer you haue occafion to trouble their pati- 
Hrnto teamed cnce > or to come amon g tbem bein g troubled, it is better to 
whentheBees Hand vponyour guard, then totrull to their gentlenelfe.For 
urecmzpry. the fafeguard ofyourface (which they hauemoll mind vnto) 
prouide a purf-hood made of courfe boul tering, to be drawn 
and knit about your collar : which, for more lafetie, is to bee 
lined againll the eminent parts with Woollen-cloth. Firil, 
cutapeeceaboutanincharidahalfe broad, andhalfeayard 
long, to reach round by the temples and fore-head from one 
eareto the other : which being fowed in his place, ioyne vn- 
to it two fhortpceces of the fame bredth vnderrhe eyes, for 
the balls of the cheekes : and then fet another pecce about 
thebredth of a (lulling againll the top of thenofe. In Head 
of this, you may vfe a Cypres Band ora Boulter, hauinga 
Handkerchiefe betweene your fore-head and it, to beare it 
v out from the skinne, and your hat on your head to hold it 
1 fall. And if they be fo earnell that you fcare Hinging your 
hands, put onapaire of woollen cuffes orgloues. When 
you haue on this Helmet and Gantlets, as a man armed 
at all points, you may boldly deale with them, being out of 
