. /<?/ 
'Of the IBrnWorke. C 9 6 . 
nukes, ttifheo uli regem payfre ftib intro, yirg, Geor, 4. And afterward,, 
when they would wake him mimortaljbecaufc of the long-prdcruing ver- 
»ue that hony hath, (v.r. 10. far. they fained it to be his immortall 
food, Jupiter Mmbrcfia future/} & neflart vivit. Mart.l.l i.Ep. 58. 
§ S ’ ^ 
The groffe hony is gathered by their fangs : from whence Hw^mirofa 
it is conueied by the fore-legs to the thighes of the hin-Iegs. or z r °Jf‘ ^ 
C Quaflores comportant priortbtu pedtbsufoemina oner ant prop - £* tl,e . re d‘ y a ' 
tend natura fcabra, pedes priores roflro : totac^ onufht remeant ^ ac *hift. Is. ts» 
farcina pandatet ) and that fo nimbly, that vnlelFeyou haue a & 19 ° 
quicke eic, you can fcarcepercciue it. 
Thisworke may beft be feere inthefpring, when they gather vpon 
the blackthorne : for then by tcafon of the cold they are not fo quicke. 
When they haue broughtthefe burdens home j they vn- y m ^ 0 p‘ 4j u t f ie 
load them into the dry cells for the young to feed on, which Schadwsfood 
are notyetableto flicabroad. And in the beginning and xwfw their 
ending of the yeere,lookc what they faue when the weather * Trn k. 
is faire,thcy lay vp for themfelues againft a rainy day. W hich, 
while it is good, they will feed on , to faue their Ncffar as 
much as may bee. But this kinde of hony ishkevntofrefli . 3 °\ 
filh : itmuftnot long be kept. For if being laid vp in the f^nenrrJptti. 
cells, by reafon of plenty that comes in frelh and frelh, it lye — — - 
vnfpent 5 after a while it corrupteth , and of fweet becom- Mndthe'nbecom* 
meth the fowreft and the moll: vnfauory of all things both to "uth mofl ynf a ~ 
tafte and fmclhwhich then they commonly call Stopping or _ 
Coome. Where there is any {lore of this ftuffe, it doth fo of- 
fend the Bees, that oft times ic makech them to forfake all. 
Mod of them will that yeeregoeforth infwarmes :and thofe 
fewthat areleaft will neuerprofper. 
Anent this l?g ftuffe or gFolfehony thereis a generall er- 
ror. For, without all fcruple or doubr,men doe count it and 
call it wax : (as did fomealfoin time of old, whofe opinion 
jtriftotle doth thus deliuer: Ceram apesperreptando flares ca- 
pimt friorttm ac amine pedum : mox priores in medios abfler- 
gttnt, & medios in bUfapofteriomm. ) But againft (as I fhall 
Ihcw you) both fenfe and reafon. 
If you put it to your tongue, it hath the tafte of hony t 
Which wax hath not. Jf youfeele it betweene your warme 
Sr yzty-y - 
as. 
Much flopping 
rruki th the Bets 
forfak( their 
bines. 
z 3* 
Thu ^ mbrefia 
u commonly ta~ 
fyn fo* wax. 
Hif.l ? . 4 o. ; 
24. 
Which error h 
difpromd by 
fenfe. 
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