C.6 . 
Of the Bees [for he. 
or the like, po defendit from cold rough winds in the fpritig, 
and from the Sunne when it is hot. Ac which time keepe the 
Trough full, left the water befooneouer-heated:and in cold 
weather let the water be (hallow, that the Bees maydrinke 
fafely below, out of the chilling wind. 
^ i Bcfprcad the ends of the Trough with covv-cIoomc,to keep them 
from chapping. 
{ i Infroftic nights couer all the Trough, to keepe the water from 
freezing. 
^ 3 Keepe all Poultrie,and fpeciilly Ducklings, and Hens with chic- 
ken, out of your Garden j for, drinking at tlie Troughe$,they will trou- 
ble, and tread vpon the Bees. And the brood-hens vw!l kill them, for flare 
of flinging their chicken : and fo will Ducklings alio at the firit, taking 
themforfliesj which when they haue tailed, they will afterwards let 
alone. 
60. 
Bee-troughet of 
fiont. 
6 1. 
Sometime they 
water in the 
fireets. 
6u 
jtnd after a 
fh»*rt, aU *- 
bout the garden. 
y. r.^o Wo 13. 
You may alfo make good Troughes of Free-ftonc, with 
Woodden partitions let into the ftone : but they are more apt 
to chill.the Bees in cold weather, vncill theybemoflie. 
Sometime they will lie fucking attheneereplafhes, pud- 
dles, and mire intheftreets : where many are trod vnder 
foot of men and beafts. S ee therefore that fuch places be kept 
cleaneanddrie. 
After a fhowre they water for the mo ft part in your Garden 
vpon the bare earth,the grafte, and wherefoeuer they finds 
it wet from aboue.In the chiefe breeding months Aries {Tau- 
rus and Gemini, v. when the cold raine or wind hath kept 
them in fome part of the day, they will lie fo thick vpon the 
ground, if you haue any ftore j that you can fcarce tread be- 
fidethem. Ac fuch time therefore let no heedlefte ftranger 
come among them. 
Chap. 
