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Hflbing *r 
it* winter <*t*d 
finmer but lit- 
she 
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mere earnejt. 
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£ 8 . 
fhemofi fitihh 
muieinUamefi. 
% 9 > 
M 'ut Stalls *tre 
Mtft fubitit t& 
fibbing. 
3 O. 
What Bees 4 ft 
the fibers. 
Of the 'Bees Enemies. 
open that they may haueeafiepaffage to and fro^ they will 
hauc rid him cleane. And therefore all Bees, of all their ene- 
mies, doe moft dread Grange Bees ; knowing well in what 
danger they are to bee robbed by them both of goods and 
life. 
This robbing is pra&ifed all the yeere. In winter, as oft 
as the weather is faire and warme, fome will bee prowling a- 
broad. And fome are fo theeuifhly difpofed, that all the fura- 
merlong, when abundance of Honie is euery whereto bee 
had for a little labour, they will yet be filching though they 
die for it.In theSpring they are more earneftjfinding now fit 
time to fetch after that which they lcaft behinde at Harueft,z/. 
and to repaire their decayed Gore, both of Honie and Bees. 
v. And therefore now haue an eie vnto them : and defend the 
weaker £*-yarmes from their violent irruptions, v. Thofc 
Stalls that hauc loG their Queene,or too many of their corn- 
panic , or are offended with the corruptnelfe of their 
Combes, or doe difiike their Ganding for coldnelle, moi- 
finelfe, mufti nelTc, blectnelIe,or vnfauorinefTejas taking no 
plcafurc in their lines, doe now eafily fufferthcmfeluesto be 
robbed. And if none will come to rob them jthen on fome 
faire day they will away together, fometime leauing both 
Honie and young ones behinde chcm. % 
But in Virgo is the moG dangerous time of all. Then fhall 
all the Stalls in your Garden bee tryed of what mettle they 
aremade. And Libra would not bee much better , but that 
thcmoG fpoile is done before. Little and poore fwarmes are 
nowfubieft to robbing. Likewife thofe Bees that are offen- 
ded with the blackneffe and rottennclTe of their Combes, 
caufed through age, or wer, or with abundance of noifome 
flopping; will moft of them goe forth in the fwarmes, lea- 
uing a very few, fometime not paG a handfull,in the Gocke : 
which yet in robbing-time will keepe the doore , as though 
the Hiuc were full : but the Robbers finding their wcakndTe, 
will furely fpoile them , if they bee not preuenred. Howto 
know fuch weakc Bees , and what to doe to them , fee 
further c.3.»4& 
The Robbers are thought t© bee poore fwarmes and 
flocks 
