Of the Breeding of Bees, 
and an other, increafing flill in the fame place till Summer 
be done. For they goe not forth in fwarmesas Bees doe. 
A'fijpo, ut apum, nuila vel crabronum vel vefparum fieri folet : 
fed qtti fubinde orient nr novelli ibidem manent, & alvenm, ter- 
ra egcftaficiunt ampliorem. W hen their breeding draweth 
toward an end, namely in Virgo and after, (befides the fmall 
or ordinary Wafpes, which liein all the vpper combes) in 
the lall: or lowed: combe, made for the nonce with larger 
cells fit for larger bodies, they breed alfotwo other forts. 
Drones or Malc-wafpes (which are fomewhat bigger and 
longer then the fmall Wafpes, and withoutftings as the 
Drone-bees) and Mother- Wafpes, which are likethe fmall 
ones in all refpe&s, faue that they are twice fo bigge. Thefc 
when they are' fledge hauing concerned, as the B^es , by the 
Drones ; in Libra, and fometime fooner, doe flic abroad ( as 
their Drones alfo doe ) gathering for themfelues , and fear- 
ching and prying into euery corner as they goe, for their 
Winter-lodging : and after a while , when the aire waxeth 
cold, leauing both Drones and fmall Wafpes to the mercy 
of Winter ( which with his firfl: cold- wet wether chilleth 
and killeththem as they flie abroad ) doe forthwith betake 
themfelues to fome warme place, as thethatch of an houfe, 
a mortice in a pod, an auger-hole, or the like ; but fpecially 
into hollow trees, (which is the caufe, why in grounds ad- 
ioyning to Woods their neafts will be mod rife) where they 
abide till the next fpring withe ut any meat, as it were in a 
deadfleepe: out of the which neuertheleflea little warmth 
of the fire, or of your hand will awake them at any time. 
At the blowing of Palme, if the wether be warme, they flie 
abroad for food : and in Cancer or Cjemini , as I hatie laid, 
they begin to neftle and breed. He that killeth one of them, 
killeth a whole neaft of Wafpes. * 
* When the old Mother-Wafpe hath done breeding , and hir wings 
are fo worn?, that flic isnotabie to helpe her felfe , the little ones keepe 
her fo long as they line together. Btforc the young Mother-Wafoes are 
bred, yot may ealily finde her among the little ones ■■ but when they are 
fledge, you cannot know her Atom one of them , but by htr ragged 
wings. 
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