Chap, ,V. 
Of the Swarming of "Bees 
Hiuing ok them. 
H '" E flocks hauing bred and filled their 
Wfifa Hiues doc fend forth fwarmes. A fwarme T j )e *’ * 
doth confift of all fuch parts as the ttoeke f Wi rmi. * 
||lp: doth : namely of a Qoeer.e-'bce , Honic- ~~~ 
||g bees as well old as young) and Drone- 
If any man defire to fee the Queene, Men you may 
he hath now opportunicie, when Ihe goeth forthwith bir ^ leent ' 
fwarme : v. and dead oneshee may finde many before the — — — 
ftooles, when the flocks hauecaft thejrlaft fwarmes, v. and 
alfo when many meet in one fwarme. v. c. i . ». 7 . But then, 
being dead and Ihrunke together by the force of thepoifon, 
they lofe much of their flaturc and comlinelfe. 3 . 
Men thinkc that the fwarme confifteth onelyof young T,}e fameno 
Bees, and that the old Bees onely tarrie behinde: but indeed theu the 
( though it may feeme ftrange ) the fwarme is no younger, — - — 
then the ftocke: for there are in both of both forts. The 
young Beesremainein the flock with the old for their de- 
fence, and for the greateft labours -,v. and the old ones goe r.t, 1 J7. 
withtheyoung in the fwarmefor their aid and guidance in 
their worke. 
The Drones they take with them for propagation of their 
kinde. v. And therefore thofe fwarmes that baue many 4. 
Drones will furely profper: and if they be rathe will fwarme Many Drones >'» 
againe, vnlelfc they bee ouer-hiued : whereas thofe that a f warme 
haue few or none, Will increafe little or nothing all the Sum- %—■ — — 
m “ after - , .... , , 
Awarme, calme, and Ihowringfpringcaufeth many and f or farma. 
