C lo, 
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Exfefliott .initio 
ent , but not pro* 
fit^ble. 
z 
Neither fir ft. 
* 4 - 
Nor Ocond. 
* 1 ° 
Spatially for »«r 
Country. 
P.i. 0/ the fruit and profit of Bees . 
This way of taking, as appeareth, was anciently vfedin 
plentiful! Countries, as Greece, Sicily, Italy, &c. But the 
former ex(e&ion } to wit, in the Spring, Artfiotle no where 
mentioned! : and furely it mult needs doe more harme than 
good, fee ing the Hiues are then full of Schadons, which be- 
ing fpild , fpill their fwarming and the ftore of Honie, 
which they fecke for, is then well fpent. 
And that alfojn the Autumne ( which yet is the fitter 
time) feemeth no lelfe vnprofitable than troublefom : be- 
caufe the Bees, in the Spring following, if they laeke not Ho- 
me to liue on, yet fiiallthey lacke Cells to lay their young 
in, whereby their breed will bee hindered. And at neither 
time can it be done without much Ipoileof Bees. 
But howfoeuer it faied with them, for our Country T take 
ittobeverie vnfitting. And therefore I fay the Idle of it: 
referring the curious Reader vnto the fifteenth Chapter of 
the ninth Booke of Columella, and vnto Georgius Ttclorius, 
who in his fourteenth Chapter writeth thereof at large. 
The fecond part of this Chapter fbeweth the trying of 
( I ) Home arid ( 3 ) Wax, with the (2) making 
of Meth or Hydromel, 
HE Hiue being houfed,z/; fquat it foftly againfl ^ 
the ground, vpon the fides, not the edges of the 
Combes : and loofing the ends of the Splects 
with your fingers, and the edges of the Combes, 
where they fticke to the fides of the Hiue, with 
awoodden Slice j take thtm out one after another. Then x 
hauing wiped off the halfe-dead Bees with the Feather of a The combat to be 
Goofc-wing, breake the Combes prefently, while they are Guided into three 
warme, into three parts: the firft fheere Honieand Wax, the i’ ans ' 
fecond Honieand Wax with Sandarach, the third dry Wax 
without Honie. And that they may breake right where you 
would haue them, marke the places deeply with the edgeof 
yourknife.But firft prouideneeelfarie Inftruments,as Panns, 
2 . 
Kiuers, Tongs , wideSieues, or Wheat-ridders,aSlice, “tynejn- 
Kniues, Straining-bagges, a Tub or Kieue, with a Tap, and 
V % Tap-waze, — L — 
