C.6. 
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Howtopreuent * 
the droupittg and. 
death of a 
f varme. 
9 °° 
How to (urea 
drmping f warm. 
J. 
Bees tnofi tndu- 
firiotu creatures. 
Of the Bees Works. 
of death, if they be not prefently reheued. 
Topreuentthis cuill. It thefwarme light in your Gar- 
den within a Pearchof the Seat thatij appointed for him, 
fee it there at the firft: : and fo will they lefe . o time in han- 
kering about the hiuing-place. And if it light farther off; 
(whether in yourgarden or other place where they may ftand 
fafe, fpecially the weather being vnkinde or vnconftanc) 
leaue them there till it mend v for thofe that are not remo- 
ued,butkeepeftill their firft (landing, becaufe they are noc 
tofeekeof their way home, they fearethe foule weather as 
little as the beft. And therefore need not to b p fhut in in the 
morning, as thofe that are remoued : or to hauc any white 
ouer them for their dire&ion. 
Thcmeaoes torecouer fuch a drouping fwarme is this. 
The firft Sunne-fhinie day turnevpthe Hiueto theSunne, 
that his heat may reuiue them : and befprinkling the fides of 
theHiue,theSpleets, and the Bees alfoa little withMedeor 
Honie- water ; hold them fo in the heat of the Sunne till you 
fee many of them fly abroad. Then fet downe the Hiuc 
gently vpon his Scat againe, and coucr it not til it be through 
warme, and the Bees play cheerefully,as at other Hiues. 
Chap. VI. 
Of the ‘Bees JVorkg. 
Nto the induftrious nature of Bees no- 
thing is more odious than flothand 
idlcneffc : while there is matter to 
workevpon (vnlefle they be let by 
vnkinde weather) their workeneuet 
ceafctlnyea the old Bees, which haue 
fpent their daies in continuall la- 
bour, will not at thelaft allow them- 
felues any immunitie or reft in their Hiues, as a recompence 
for 
