Of the Sees Enemies . 
thehoal,to (mother them with Brim (lone or Bunt,asyou kil 
Bees. If in the Thatch of an houfc, ( when you hauemade 
Way to the Combes) to fealdthem. If in the ground (as 
moftcommonly they are) you may likewife feald them , and 
fo take the Combes out whole , and giue theGrubs to your 
Chicken : although the Boyes make better fport in burning 
them. But ffyou be in hade, and care onely to difpatch them 
quickly and quietly, thus doc. Firft, flop their way clofej 
that they within breake not out vpon you (for thole that arc 
abroad comming home wearie and loaded are more gentle. ) 
Then prefently with a * Wafpe-fpade fearch for theNeft: 
%hich,if it be (hallow, is quickly found. When you hauc 
found it ( which you (hall know by the eafie entrance of the 
Spade) then dig downe round about it : and hauing thus 
rounded the Neft,ftamp the earth downe vpon the Combes, 
and fo haue you done. If you finde not the Ned becaufeic 
lycth t deepe ;then dig vp the ground a foot about the 
hoalejand hauing found their way, flop it fad with earth, and 
tread in that you digged out, and let them alone. If this be 
done in the day when many arc abroad } the eucning or 
morning following you may kill them with your foot : but 
in the cuening you may take them all together. 
* Which is a thin Iron one, whofc Padle isnotaboue foure inches 
broad next the Socket, and thence taperd vnto threeinches at the Heeled 
point, and eight or niuc inches long. If it bee broader it is not foaptto 
enter, and fo to finde and round the Neft : and a thicker one is apt to let 
outthefrclh Wafpes, that will trouble your worke : but you may makea 
flhift with 3ny ordinarie Spade or Padle-ftaffe. 
InCorne-groundtheNcttisbegunnevuderaFurrow, and there* 
fore is alwaies (hallow : inoldlaine it is begunne ina Want-Hole, and 
therefore it is fometimc (hallow, and fomecime deepe. 
And to defttoy thole that refort toyourHiues, fetby them 
Sider,Vertjuice,fowreDrinke,orGrounds,ina(hortnecked 
Viol! open, or odierGIalfe couercd with a Paper that hatha 
hoalc in the middle: and foyou (hall catch many. Alfoyou 
may take of fweet Apples, or Peares,or beads Liu cr, or other 
flefh, or any thing that they loue,foure or flue dices or more, 
and lay them info many feucrall places among your Bees i 
vpon < * 
