Of the Bees Enemies. 
e 
fie them well hackled, v.c.^.n. 15. 
And if the cold continuing kecpc them long in, it maketh 
them fo ficke, heauy, and chilly; that many dye alfooneas 
they come abroad into the aire, vnlellc it be very pleafanr. 
v.c. 3 . ». 6 z. 
Alfotheraine doth oft-times foake into theHiues, and fo 
corrupteth the Combes, and killech the Bees : fpecially 
where the company is final}, not hauing heat enough to drie 
them againe. Wherefore prouide that alwaies your hackles 
be good. And for remedie ( if any fuch chance happen ) 
pull off the hackles in warme daies, that the Sunnemay dry 
the Hiues againe. 
But the greateft lolfe is in the Spring. For the Bees, fpe- 
cially theyoung fric (being laded and wearie with their la- 
bour) fome at their worke, fomein the way home, fomeat 
the Hiue-doore are beaten downe;not onely through fud- 
daine ftormes , but alfo through cold rough winds : and 
then, vnletfe the Sunne fhine or the wind lye, they ne- 
uer come home againe: infomuchthat fometime you may 
fee the Lanes v: ftrewed with them. 
And therefore, when being a field cheyTec a ftovmie or 
rainie Cloud ariling, prefently they hie them home for 
life : tumbling totheHiue as thicke as Haile, thronging, and 
throwing downe one another before the doore for hafte. 
Where, if the cold raine catch them before they can recouer 
the Hiue, they are in no better cafe than thofethat the ftorme 
beat downe by the way : although, when -they are fredi and 
light, they will flye abroad in the midilof a warme /hower, 
not caring for it. 
They which arethus taken abroad, muft take their chance: 
but if you defend your Bee-garden as you oughr, v. you fhall 
preuent the fall of many at home. Andthofethatyoufin.de 
chilled with cold (though they be quitedead, without fenfe, 
motion, and breach, yea and haue lien fo all the day) you 
may, if you be difpofed, rcuiue with the warmth of your 
hand; fothac it will feeme a miracle vnto you. For prefently 
( their fpirit returning ) you (hall fee them begin to pant and 
breath againe : and anone they will flye awayasluftieas the 
beft. 
17 - 
Jlnd the coil 
continued ma- 
kftb them ficke. 
S*. 
The mine rot- 
teth the Hines. 
S9- 
T he remedy. 
6 o . 
The great? fllojfi 
hy weather is in 
the /firing : for 
then infinite 
multitudes are 
beaten downe, 
laden and wea- 
ry, with fiormes , 
and wind. 
V. c.l. n. 
61. 
oit the rifing of 
a Cloud they 
fiofl home. 
61. 
Tet will they go* 
4 field in the 
midfi ef a warme 
fiowir. 
V. 1. 2. n. i.fic 
4- & S'. 
How to reflate 
Etes to life. 
