Of the Feeding of Bees. 
weaker ftill they are, and letfc apt to breed. But thofe whofe 
rathe feeding hath caufcd them to fparc their ftore till the 
Spring, will be as cheercfullas the bert : in any reafonabte 
weather they will abroad, and fetch in that fruitfull lAmbro- 
/*, which caufeth them prefemly to increafeand multiply. 
v. e. 4. //. 1 a. 
At this firft time therefore firft finifti the publike feeding • 
and then begin the priuate, Specially of thofe that are rnder 
eighteene pound: to which if you giuenowthe better pjrt 
of their * due allowancejyou may Supply the defers of them, 
as alfo of the rell,at the fccond feeding-time, when their 
need will better appeare. 
* Their due afio wane e, fi.ftandlaftto begiuenthem,' is fo miKhat 
leaft.as the fvvarmc with bis ftorchckcth of twentie pound, v . ». 8. 
In Pifce /or Aries, as foone as the weather is warme( noc 
before, left the cold chill them in their worke ) if you feare 
they will lacke ( which you may perceiue by their lightnellc 
& vnwillingnelSeto come abroad) fupply their want againe, 
andagaine,ifneed be. Butirnhis Second feeding, for lacke 
of a Hony-combe, take adrieCombe, referued for the pur- 
pofe, and poure thereon So much Honie as it may rcceiue. If 
you thinke it be not liquid enough ; then either w arme it 
firft ouer the fire, or ell'e Spread it allouer the Combe w ith 
your finger, that it may finke into the Cells : (for which pur- 
pofeLiue-hony is beft) then vfe this honied combe as the 
Hony-combe. v.n. 1 1 . 
Ff either thefe fed Bees, or any other, chance afterward to 
°f lacke ( namely in Taurm, or Somwhat before or after) then - 
feed them daily vntill mi &-Gemim, giuing them, eueric cuc- 
ning or morning betimes, a fpoonefull of Honie ; and taking 
away the Combe againe before other Bees be at worke. Buc 
this is to be done without intermiflion :for the Bees will 
duly looke for it, and languifh, if once or twice they lacke ir. 
Ifyouyfeto knocke the Hiuc, when you put in the Honie; they will 
come downe together, like (heepe to a call , when they are to be fodered. 
By this meanes I haue faued fwarmes that forfooke thek 
Hiucs for hunger, hiuing them againe in their owne Hiues : 
which proued good the fame yeere. 
Chap. 
