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tire t o be fed. 
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be fed. 
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Trie 
fwirtr.es in 
Virgo. 
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tfujniiti* 
of Hony it re- 
Of the Feeding of 'Bees. 
feeding. Others are prouided for fix, or flue, orfouremo- 
ncths : which, by the helpc of feeding, may liuc and doe 
well. 
Of the firft fort are timely prime fwarmes vnbroken : alfo 
faire Caftlings notouer hiued, before Cancer } yea and in 
kindeor backward Summers before 'Mkt.C*ncer : when the 
black-bery-blollbmes are not yet come, v. nor the hony- 
deawesgone ; For fuch haue fufficient both company and 
time, to make fufficient prouifion. 
Of rhe fecond fort are the ouer-little and late fwarmes, 
whofepaucirie and pouertie makes them vnluftieto trauell 
for more, and vnablc to keepe what is gotten or giuen them. 
Such are fure to bee put before winter be part, by cold and 
hunger, out of hunger and cold. And therefore if you haue 
omitted to faucfuch by Fnion ; v, yet omit not to faue that 
little which they haue, and your raine labour and coft in fee- 
ding t hem.-t/.c. i o .p.i 3 . ini 1 1. 
Of the third fort are the midling and indifferent fwarmes, 
which by theirearneft labour haue gotten well, and gathe t ed 
goodftoreof wealth together: but yet, for fomewanr of 
number or time, thefummer leaueth them in fome want of 
prouifion. 
As for Srockes that haueitood twoyeeres, and yet haue 
not fufficient ftoeke for thefe feuen moneths } (whether they 
be fuch as haue not gotten it, or hauing gotten it haue loft it 
againe ) they are out of proofe : and therefore fit to be taken, 
not fed. v.c. I o p. i .*?. 3 . in 1 1 /. 
But becaufe vnkindefummers may make good fwarmes 
but poore, as contrarily a plentiful! fummer may much mend 
the woril j after Afd-P'irpe, when Bees are ro be taken, v. it 
behouerh you to trie all your fwarmes, by knocking and 
poifing them : for the noife will tell youthegreatnefieof the 
company,andthe weight, their wealth. They that are vfed 
to poife them i>y hand, will refolue you readily in this point 
by aime : which till you know to doe, the Scales may die& 
you. For hauing taken the iuft weight of the Hiue and all to- 
gether, if, the fore-knowne weight of the leere fpiecr.ed Hiue 
being deduced, there remaine notfifteene pound in all, to 
