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When full finches 
that banc not 
fwarme cl , 
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thhen thofe that 
are otierfxt armed 
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Sometime the 
Bees cafl out 
euen the white 
Cephens. 
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Timely ridding 
of Drones a o-ood 
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Sometime they 
nd their Drones 
i>‘ the Sp ring. 
And afterward 
breed new azain. 
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Semethne it is 
govU to helps tile 
Bees in this wn f 
Of the 'Breeding of Bees 3 
Thofe flockes that being full haue notfwarmed at all, bc- 
caufe they are rich and feare no want} vfe to fuffer them fo 
long andfometime longer, euen to the end of this moneth. 
Thofe that haue ouer-fwarmed themfelues, finding their 
paucicieand weaknefle, waxdefperateandcarelelTe of their 
eflatejand therefore fometime keepe their Drones till to- 
Ward the end of Virgo , fometime kill them not at all : but let 
them alone, vntill they die by nature : which is not long 
after. For few of them can liue till Libra, and theyoungefl 
not to the end of that moneth. v. Take heed to f'uch flails, 
for they are likely to die. 
Some are fo prouident, that, to preuent this trouble and 
faue their Honic, they draw the poore Ccphens out of their 
Cells before they’ be ripe, or come to their fecond life. Such 
you may fafely trufl. 
Thofe that foonefl rid their Drones, arc likely to be for- 
wardeft the next yeare. 
Sometime the Drones are beaten away in the Spring. For 
when forward flails (which in their hear are bold to fly a- 
broad when others dare not wagge ) haue loft many of their 
Nyraphes in a tempefluous and flormie Spring ; they will 
therefore deflroy their Drones alfo.But hauing formerly con- 
cerned by them, they then begin the world anew, as after 
an other Winter : and firfl breeding Nymphs, in the end 
they breed Cephens againe. Which if they can compalfe 
before fwarming time be pafl, they will fwarme that yeare : 
otherwife they will be fat and full, and excellent good either 
to keepe or kill. 
Becaufetheflockes that haue cafl often, doe beare with 
their Drones fo long, although there be twife fo many as bee 
needfullforthe Bees that are leaft ; therefore (to faue the Ho- 
me which thofe Wolmores would deuoure'jir is not amilfe to 
preuent the Bees, and pref ently after the laft fwarme ro dimi- 
mfh their number, with a Drone-pot doomed to the doore: 
fpeciaily of them you rneane to take, or fee much opprefl 
with fuperfluous multitude, v,c. %,n, 44, 
Chap, 
