C 4 g. Of the Feeding of (Bees. 
which things, though they will fpend; yet cannot they be 
preferued by them without Honic. 
Touchyjg the counfell of Tlinie , this is to be noted, that if you plact 
their food ad forts before thedoore. It will draw flrange Bees vnto them; 
whereby the Hues of the one, and the goods of the other will be indange* 
red : if you place it abroad from your Hi He, then will it be common : and if 
within vpon the ftoole, which is beft, then muft you remoueiira time, or * 
Y, ty j t , keepe it clofe: >. otherwife it will be no better for them , than if it were 
fee ad fores. Andes for the deuiceof teafed Wooll, itisafittermeanesto 
catch Bees, than to feed them. For if the liquor be abouethe Wooll, it 
will lime the wings of many j if not, many will be intangled in the fmall 
haires,as Birds in a grin. Couerit therefore with a Unnen cloth,fo that the 
Bees may not creep betweene. 
Priurf* feeding. The manner of feeding Bees in their Hiues is diuers- 
— — Somegiue them Honic in a fpoone : but that W2y many of 
thembe-fmeare their wings : and if their fellowes licke them 
not cleane prefently , before the cold chill them, they die. 
Others, to auoid this inconuenience,giuc it them in a warme 
Tottccbut this way wafteth the hony,& doth not altogether 
auoid the former inconuenience. Others haue othcrdeuices. 
But indeed the only good way to feed Bees is with a combe, 
after this manner. Firft,take a frefhCombe of Liue-honieout 
‘ of a Hiue,& lay it vpon fome Prop or ftay,that the Bees may 
VVorkc,as well vnderas vpon. This Prop may be a woodden. 
grate feuen or eight inches fquare, made of two (ides halfe 
an inch deepe, and three ribs fattened into them wirh Doue- 
tailes, or with fmall nailes. For a need twofeuerall fquare 
ttickes may ferue : but then you cannot fo quickly either fee 
it in, or take it our. 
Theninafairecalmeeuening (when the heat of the day, 
and the Bees worke is patt) place this vpon tbe ftoole : fo 
Uj that theFccding-corr.be be reared as ncere the Hiuc-combcs 
as may be, not touchingthem , Jett the Bees fatten this and 
them together. Then fee that the Hiue, fet downe in his 
place, be clofe euerie where; and at the doore but rooms * 
enough for a Bee or two to paffe. Then will thefe Bees to 
worke afrefh, not ceafing day nor night vntill they haue rid 
the Combe cleane : which within eight and fortie houres 
will be effe&ed. If they need any more, the next euening doe 
likewifc. 
