C. i. 
I9 ‘ 
Hirfeete. 
20. 
Hir two weapons 
XI. 
Hir fangs com- 
monly vjcd a- 
gajnfi mfethi. 
xx. 
Hir fpeere fame- 
time. 
Vs-i-n. 3 6. 
Vj.l .?M9* 
Nat.hifUi.ii. 
c.13. 
Stinging prcfent 
death to Bies. 
Of the Nature and properties of 'Bees, 
with hir precious lading beare her backeagaine, vntill hir 
inceflTant labour hath worne them out. v.n.56. ' 
Hir rough and dew-clawed feet apt to takeholcrat the 
firft touch are in number fixe, that fhee may ftand’faftvpon 
foure, while fhe vfech the other two to wipe hir eyes; hir 
wings, hir tongue, or any other part, and to conuay the ga- 
thering of hir fangs to hir thighes.-y. c.6.n. 18. 
For hir defence fhe is doubly weaponed. Hir fangs fhee 
vfeth when fhc is not much angry , againft all infetta, as o- 
ther Bees, Drones, Wafpes, &c. therewith pinching and 
holding them commonly by the legs or wings, and lcme- 
time by the homes : but this is rather a chiding, then a figh- 
ting, and a warning, rather then a pumfhment j though 
vvithall fometime (he bend her fpeere againft them, as if fhee 
would kill and flay. 
Hir fpeere fhe is very loth to vfc, if by any othermeanes 
flie can fhift hir enemy, as knowing howdangerous it is to 
hir felfe : for if flie chance therewith to Alike any hard parr, 
as thebreftor fhoulder , fhee is enforced toleauehir fpeere 
behindeher, and fo fhe killech and is killed v. with the fame 
ftroke. Yetwhen the Bees arevery angry ; as namely when 
they are alfaulted with a multitude of robbeVs at once, z>. or 
when in the fpring a hungry ftall forfakinghis owne home 
preflfeth into their hiue,«y.they fallfodainly vpon them with 
their poyfoned fpceres ( Apbus natter a citjptdes dcatt , & c> ai- 
de r/t venenatas ) but then they make fhort vvorke. For by that 
time they haue put vp their weapons, lome die prefentlyv 
others lofing the vfeof their wings tumble on the ground 
like mad things, vntill in a while they lefe their hues too: 
others when they are wounded, runne away in great haftc 
(as hauing their errand ) either drawing on the ground one 
ormoe of their kgs, or doubling their nether part toward 
the ground, or turning the faffieawry to the one fide or the 
other: butasmany as are ftricken, wirhinan houreafter will 
not bee able to wag out of the place, and within two or 
three at the moft,.they will be quire dead. 1 haue loo- 
ked on, while thus they quickly cutoff a whole ftall, anda- 
mong the reft, making then no difference , they fpared not 
the 
