C.6. Of the Bees Work t. 
Left the Bees, flying ouer the water vntoit,bee throwne downe by 
tempeftuous winds, and fo drowned: for which caufe it is good toby 
lugs ouerthwart the water,ind o-her ftaiesjihat recoueiing them they may 
dry tberafcluesagainc,andfoefcape, 
Virg. Geo*. fn medium, feu fahit imrs feu profluet humor, 
Tranfverfae fatten ty-grandiactnijccfixa, 
Pontilue ut crebrit pojjir.t conjiflere, & altu 
Tandtre ad *Jftrumfolem,fi forte morantet 
Spar font, out jrrtceps 2djptu»o immerfeut Eurtu. 
4 That they may fafely fettle tpon it, and that it may alwaicsbe kept 
moift by the neerenefle oi the water. For they choofe rather to draw their 
drinke out of moift earth, than from the water it fclfe, though it be neuer 
fo deare: peraduenture that the earth hauing rcceiued his earthmeffe, 
which before was infenfibly mixt with thewatcr, their triple fearching 
tongue might the better trie oat the pure element of water. 
d Which otherwife will be the death of many : for they are fo eaejuft 
in their bufinefle, that though you offer to tread vpon them, they will not 
moue. 
*<L. 
Zte-troughtt in 
Gardens frofitd- 
ile . 
Butbecaufein the cold windic weather of the Spring, (at 
which time of the yeare the Bees haue molt vfe of water, v. ) 
thefe watering places of Ponds and Brookes arc dangerous j 
(whereyoumay then fee many throwne downe and drow- 
ned, and others, that fcape drowning, to be fo chilled, when 
they haue filled rhcmfelues with cold water;that they are not 
able to endure the wind, butfaileand fall by the way) there- 
fore it is behoueful to haueTroughes in your gardens,made 
for the nonce : whence the Bees may both fooner and fafer 
fetch their water. 
The forme and For the forme and fize of a Trough, let his hollownelfe be 
Jfleoft tBee- two foot in length, feuen or eight inches in breadth, and 
9rotl gb- fours in depth* the bottomefoure inches thicke; the ends fix 
or feuen ; and the Tides halfe fomuch. Moreouer,let thehol- 
lownelfe be diuided into foureequall parts^by one partition 
of inch- board, in the middle from fide to lide $ and by two 
partitions of halfe-inch-board, from each end vnto the mid- 
dle partition : after thisfalhion. 
