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May and June, for that's the chief time of breeding : 
Therefore I caution Bce-mafters againft the unhappy 
Error of killing the Drones as faft as they can, for by 
this means they hinder their Breed, and damage or 
utterly deftroy their whole Hives ; but they had bet- 
ter kill fix Honey (or female) Bees than one Drone,in 
May or Jieneyi or ’tis as if they would encreafe animal 
Creatures fey deftroy ing the -Wales: And indeed thfe 
Male or Drone is but fhort-life’d at beft, therefore 
fpare him, and he will "make you amends, ’Tis a grofs 
Error to fay the Drones have loft their Stingi fo grow 
idle, and live by robbing. 
Healfo affirms, I hat Bees live not above a Year 
or 14. Months at moft. Some will fay, This Hive u two 
Tears old already, and feithwith kill ’em ; whereas the 
Bees they deftroy are as young as thofe that were in 
the Hive the year before, tie old Bees being all dead 
before they took mis . mercilefs courfe with ’em ; for 
1 the Bees they kill'd were all young, and would have 
done as much fervjce every year, and encreas’d both 
the number of Stocks and Honey. 
How to feed Bees. 
In September and April poife your Hive, and if it 
weigh 20 pound or more, it needs not help. But if you 
find ftore of Bees and little Honey itt September , then 
confider what Nourifhment they may want till next 
Spring, and give it ’em in a large Dilh or Plate eve- 
ry day till they have their full quantity. Obferve this 
method ; get 6 or 7 pound of Honey and a pint of 
Water, fo let it melt over a Fire ; when well melted 
and fti.’d together, pour it into the Dilh or Plate, 
and when cold put it under the Bees thus; if the Dilh 
holds 16 ounces, with a piece of white Paper cover 
the greateft part of the Honey in the Plate, then lift 
lip ore fide of your Hive and Hide the Plate under ; 
do thus daily till they have the quantity you allot ’em, 
and obferve next morning if the Dilh comes dry as if 
nothing' had been in it. Thus they carry and lay it 
up in their Combs againft they need if. Feeding ’em 
with Kexes, by often coming down they are chill’d, fo 
frequently put Life to % . an End. 
