C.7. 
18. 
r.The M»th, 
c.19. 
19. 
t. The Snail*, 
ifhat barm* the 
M ,ih doth. 
ii. 
fl TheEmtt. 
Of the <Bee$ Enemies, 
vpon which you (hall haue fomctimc as many as will coucr 
the Bait, which you may kill at once, as Butchers kill Flies. 
^ri/?«r/e teacheth you an other way : Impugnantur ( faith 
he) Apes a veffis : cjuamobrem Apiary eas venantur ccsftitutA 
olio , , & name in ea pops a. Vbi entm malt a ad carnem acceffertnt , 
appojito operculo Juper ignem olU.m pomtnt. You may alfo vfc 
other meanes to kill them your felfe. How to helpe and de- 
fend your Bees againftchem, fee c.3. >7.46, 47.54, $5. 
The flying Moth lycth betweene the Hackle and the Hiue, 
and breedech little Wormes, or crawling Moths, fome in the 
skirts of the Hiue, fome within vpon the Sroole, wrapt iq 
the drolfcor lconring of the Combes, and fome without vp- 
on the Hiue , fpecially in the cracks of the daw bed Hiues. 
r Plt»ie fpeaketh thus of them \Papilio etiam ignavus lamwibut 
accents advo titans pefhfer , nec uno mode : nam dr ipfc ceras 
depafeit , dr re liny ait excrem nta y at bus teredines gtgnuntur. 
They offend the Bees alfo with their mcalinelle, as the 
Snailes doe with their (liminelle. Wherefore rd your Hiues 
of thefeguefts. The Moths are eafilvcrufht before or vpon 
theHiue: and the Snailes , though you kill them not , will 
not long abide,if there beno harbour of long Graffe, Weeds, 
or other things abouc the Hiues. Bur as for the Moth, if you 
fufferher, your felfe (hall haue more caufe than your Bees to 
bee offended. For albeit in the cold Spring (hee breed about 
the Hiues, hatching hir young by the heat of the Bees ; 
yet when the heat of theaire will fuffice for that purpofe, 
(hee choofeth rather to lay her b'otes in woollen, their natu- 
rallneftandnouriftiment : cfpecially if it beenappie, that 
there (he may fafely hide them. In which place, till they be 
grownc to their bignelTe, they lie fretting and eating the 
Cloth : and then after a while they creepe out of their skins 
flying Moths.The Maides that funne their clothes to rid the 
Fleas, let them take heed how they doe it neere the Bee-fold, 
left they bring in worfe enemies than they carried out. If the 
Woollen bee oylic'or greafie they like it the berter : and for 
that caufe good Hufwiues Yarne ly cch not long vnwouen. 
If Emets bee neere your B ees , they will much trouble 
them , biting them and hanging vpon them : although the 
Bees, 
