c 
Of the Bees Worke. 
for their paines part, but continue ftill their trauaile vnto 
death:?/. In the three fti.ll moneths indeed , ' Sagittarius ?Ca- 
prtcorms, and s^fquarms, becaufe then there is nothing to 
gather, they worke not: ( yet when a faire day or hourecom- 
n*eth*as wearieof reft, they will abroad, imploying them- 
felues in diuers necelTarie offices: v.) but fo long as any good 
flowers grow, eucn from Pifces or a little before, vnto Sagit- 
tarius and, fomc yeares, fomewhat after, (which is full nine 
moneths ) they lofc no time, ( Nullus, dum per caelum licuit, 
per it dies ) but follow their buflneffe tooth and naile. Which 
mcchant labour while the timepermittith, with the three 
Angular effects thereof, the( i ) working of Wax, the ( 2 ) 
maxing of Honic, and the ( 3 ) feeding of their young?/: 
the Poecin few words hath elegantly expreffed all together. 
ffuod fuperesl, ubi pulfam hjemcm fol aureus egit 
Sub terras, caelum^ aftiva luce recluft; 
Wet continuo fait us filvafy peragrant , 
Purpureofo metmt fores dr flumina libant 
Summa loves. Hinc nefcio qua dulcc dine Ut<t 
00 Vrogeniemnidof^ fovent: hinc arte recent es 
Excudu* * ( I.) ceras: dr (i.) mella tenacia fngunt, 
iirji „ y. 
T Heir fi»ft worke is the ground of the other two, the A r- The firft,a»d 
tificial Cells feruingboch for Coffers to lay their fweet ground of ad s 
treafure in and for neafts and nurferies to breed their young "**'-*• 
in. The natter thereof they gather from flowers with their " 
e. i.z*. yf # 2- 
a. 5 
In three monthts 
they cannot 
xvor^e. 
r.c.i.n.6061. Tist&S . 
•Ad the yeare af- 
ter they lofe no 
time. 
Nat. hift.li.Ti* 
cap. 6 . 
4. 
Three fruits of 
Bees labour » 
Virg. 
^r 
Fangs : vh’fch, being kept foft with the heat of their little HoWfyjX 
bodies, ff the Aire, ,and of their Hiues, is wrought into thlredand*^’ 
Comb. This worke is fo nimbly and clofely done, thatit rvro'ghl. 
canhrdly be perceiued : infomuch that Avflotle plainely ~ 
confffeth , Nec vero quemadmodum operantur vifum adhuc Hif.l.p.c. 40. 
e f. But Plinie. willing to goe a little beyond him , telleth 
V fd tale ofaLanthurne-hiue made at through which, Nat.hift.li.ir. 
frfooth,thcir doings in the Hiue were difaied : and in ano- 
her place of another like dcuke. Main alvearia fpeculari Nat.hift.li. ai. 
apide fe-ere , ut operantes mtut fpettarent. But vnlelfc the c. 14. 
Ices alfo wererranfparent as well as the Hiue, this cannot 
ic: feeing they doe alwaies frequently compaffe the Combs 
round 
