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defcending lower and lower from one cell to another, vntill 
Vtrgo : after which time they lay vpno more in ftorc. For 
home then waxeth lcarce abroad : and chence-forth they can 
gather no more wax to fhut it in. As for thac which they 
purchafe by fight and forraging , it doth them little good. 
Forthemoft part of it they prefentliefpend : and if they 
faue any, they halfe fill a few cels with it : which being vn- 
couered, either thcmleluesor fome other theeues quicklic 
deuoure: according to the Prouerbe, Euill gotten goods are 
foone fpent. 
This Netlamnd Arubrofja , together with thofe fweet 
and holefome vdfells that doe containe them , are gathered 
from infinite varietie of herbs, flowers, and trees, which God 
in his prouident bounty hath ordained to fucceed one ano- 
ther. Sothaefrom Pifces to Sagitt. there ncuer want fome 
plants or other, containing thefe fweets : which the Bees 
featly draw from them,withoutany hurt to the fruits; Frutti- 
bus yttillis nocetnr. 
The Dent-delion, or after the French pronunciation Dan- 
delion, may well be called aptafirum or mellijfophyllon. For 
the Bees gather vpon it almoftalltheyeerc. The Dazyand 
Yelowcrea are next for continuance, but nothing fo much 
regarded. 
The Winter Giliflowre and the Hizell are the firft. For 
they fpring in Pifces, and fometime before. After them the ; 
Dazy and the hearb Bearefoot, the Violet, &c. 
In Aries befides thofe before named , the Box, the Wi- t 
thy-palme, both greene yeelding Nefiar, & y clow y eelding 
Ambrojia , Daffadill, Lide-lilie, blarkthorne, &c. 
In 7 darns Slow-tree, Plum-tree,Goofebery notblovvne, 
and blowne, Cherry, Peare, Cockbell, which is a Wood- 
flowre. About the middle of this month the chiefeft plants 
begin to flourifh in great abundance: as Apple, Crab, Bar- 
bery, Beech, Crowpickes, Charlockc, Rofemary, &c. But 
fpecially the plcntifull Vetch and Maple. They gather on 
the flowre of the Maple a whole month together, and fome- 
what on the flowre of the Vetch w'hen his time i$,^. but the, 
greateft ftorc of hony is drawne out of the black Spot of the 
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