Chap. VII I. 
Of the Feeding of "Bees 
Of the Feeding of (Bees. 
wealth : and as incorrigible as /heep-biting Ctirres, which 
being once fleflu,doe feldome defift 5 vncill the bones 
fomewhat elfc doe happily choake them. 
Hree moneths of the twelue are rich and 
plcntifull ( in which the Bees gather 
abundantly, and ftore themfelues for all 
the yeere) (jemini , Cancer, Leo $ but Car. > 
cer is better than both the other. In Virgo 
and Libra they line of their daily labour 
from hand to mouth: little increafing or 
diminilhing their ftore 5 vnleile they fall into the hands of 
Robbers, and then, without reskue, they lofc all. Butin the 
other feuen, either wholly or partly they feed vpo that ftore, 
which the three rich moneths did afford them. For Scorpio 
hath but the poore gleanings of decaying plants : the three 
ftill moneths nothing at all. Pifces beginneth to put forth 
frefh plants, which in Aries and Taurus are well increased : 
but this breeding time the mouths are multiplied more than 
the meat , which * vnkinde weather oftentimes fuffereth 
them not to fetch in.So that all this while, they, more or lelfe, 
fpend vpon the ftocke : yea the weaker flails fomewhat lon- 
ger, being not fo well able to indure the fharpe airerand 
therefore,for wantof fome ftore to feed on beiweenc whiles 
at home, I hauc knowne fomedie after Mid-Gemini. a . 
For which feuen- fpend in g moneths, fome fwarmes are Three farts 
fufficiently prouided : which you may reckon as Icwels,the formes Hutrfy 
verie Spes gregu jwhofe increafe the next yeere is ccrtaine,if 
they be not ouer-hiued. Some are not prouided for halfe the 
time : and thefc, as defperacely poore, are not worth the 
S % feedingo 
In flues 9 moneths 
the Beet fiend if 
the flotkf. 
