and of their Queette. 
the Queene her felfe. After this manner doe they deale 
with jt^e Drones at the time of the yeere, when they will not 
otherwife be beaten away, v'.c.q.n. 24. 
Bur their fpeares or flings they vfe chiefely againft things 
of other fort, as men, beafts, and fowles : which haue out- 
wardly feme offenfiue excrement, ashaire or feathers, the 
touch whereof prouoketh them to fling : although fuch flin- 
ging bealwaies mortall to themfelues ( as anone is fliewed. 
v.) For the skinnehauing receiued the fling, holdethicfo 
faflj that when chey would be gone, they Icaue both it and 
part of their entrals which are faftned to it. Aculemn apibtts 
natura dedtt ventn confer turn. If they light vpon Poultry, 
although their defire bee to the quicke, if they can quickly 
come at it j yet will they put forth their fpeares as fooneas 
they touch the feather: and if they chance to hit the hard 
part thereof, the fling flick eth faft, as in the skinne 5 and 
therefore Goofe-wings are naught to be vfed in the hiding 
of Bees. 
Likewife, if they light vpon the hairc of your head or 
beard, (faue onely when they come home loaden,or the wea- 
ther is cold ) they will fling, if they can reach the skinne ; al- 
though Wooll and Woollen doe nor offend them : and if 
being otherwife angered, they ftrike their fpeares in Wool- 
len, they can eafily pull them out againe. B ut the nap of new 
Fuftian difpleafeth them, becaufe it feemeth hairy ; and the 
ftuffe is fo faft, that it holdeth the fling. Wherefore fuch ap- 
parell is not fit among Bees: as alfo Leather in Gloues or 
otherwife, for affoone as they touch it they will ftrike, if they 
beany whit mooued, and their fpeares they cannot recouer 
againe. Veluctin facing of hats or elfe- where, doth anger 
them as much as any thing, making them ftrike alloone as 
they touch it : but it hath not power to hold their fpeare. 
When they are angry, their aime is moft .commonly at the 
head, and chiefely about the eies, as knowing that there they 
may do mod harme, for that part fwellcth moft and longeft: 
andyetlneuer heard that any euer flung theverie eye, as if 
they were forbidden to touch that tender part. But the bare 
C hand 
c 
f 
1! 
H- 
The fpeares torn* 
tncnly vfed a- 
gainfl ether crea- 
tures. 
15 - 
Hair e and fea- 
thers caufe the 
Bees to fling. 
V. H.31. 
Nat.hifr 1.1 1 . 
c.18. 
2 6 . 
Wood and voonL- 
len doe not of- 
fend them . 
17. 
Fuftian, Leather, 
and Veluet 
naught among 
Bees. 
id. 
The Bees in their 
anger aime at the 
head. 
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