*o 
T o freuerst the 
death of pocre 
fvearmes. 
Vu.io.p. l.n. 
12 . 
r.e.io.p. i, it . 
IJ.' 
Many killed in 
fwarmintr, 
52. 
iq.Tbe weather. 
S 3 - f 
Jn Summer heat 
hurt el h the Bee., 
54 - 
In Winter ahe 
Sun-Jhine in 
froft and Cnow. 
55 - 
Theremedie. 
56 . 
\Alfo the Eafiern 
winds and great 
frofls. 
£T.c-l.n. 6 \. 
Of the 'Bees Enemies. 
the death of feme few, and being mingled together confi- 
rm e with them as oneftall : but for the moftpart they die 
cuery each one. v.c. t.n.iz. 
To preuent this Idle, ( 1 ) when you perceiue them to 
wax light and weake 5 driue them into a ftall that hathproui- 
fion enough, v. ( 2 ) If it be your hap to fee them emring a 
Hall that is well ftored, lift vp thehhue and let them in toge- 
ther, and fo perhaps they may fcape: and ( 3 )ifyoufinde 
any hanging abroad, you may put them into what Hall you 
lift} by rearing the ftall before a handfull from the ftoole, 
and laying the Bees vpon the T able, v. dofe to the doore. 
Lartly,the Bees doe much deftroy one an other in fwar- 
ming-time. v.c. 5 ,n. <64, 65 ,66, 68,75, 76,77, 80, d* Si. 
Nextrnto Bees, the greateft Enemy that the Bees haueis 
vrikinde Weather: whereby at all times of the yeare both 
they and their fruits are much empaired. 
In Summer extreme heat melteth the Combes (fpecial- 
ly of Swarmes) and fo ftieddeth the Honie } if the Hmes be 
not (haded, and well hackled. It aho caufeth the Bees to lye 
our, andfohindereththeitfwarming. v, c. $.n. 20. 
At Winter, the Sunne lhining in froftie or fnowie wea- 
ther, is dangerous to the Bees. Tor the fhine tiller h them 
abroad, and the Froft chilleth them : many as they f]ye, that 
they cannot returne : and many that returne, while they reft 
on the ground before the Hiue. But the Snow amazeth 
them, and dazeling their eyes caufeth them prefently to fall, 
and with his vehement cold to rife no more: and moft of all 
then, when, to fhun the wind, they light in the fhade. And 
therefore if, the Snow lying, the mildnelle of the weather 
draw them abroad ; it is good to ftrew the Snow with ftraw, 
notonely in your Garden, butalfo without the fences, lpeci- 
ally mthc Lee-fides, if conueniently you may : andfo lhall 
you faue a number jwhich elfe you might fee lying about, like 
flaine men in a foughten field. 
Alfo the freezing Eafterne winds, and all great Frofts kill 
many in the Hiues that be open, or vneouered : and there- 
foreat fuch times it is good to fhut them vp clofe, v. and to 
fee 
