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and fo kept ftopt til) you ufe it for that pnrpofe ; 
tor »tis weak to imagine that the Honey can be took 
from the Bees, and they prrferv’d from ftarving. 
Bees will never forfake their Combs that are full 
i? ne ^ ’ a - * ^ ave ex P er nc ’d, both by cutting 
oil the top ol the Hive and lacing another over it, 
and alfo by turning the Hive bottom upwards and 
letting another over it, wherein the Bees built fome 
Combs, but the major part of ’em kept their former 
oTd Hives ; and therefore what is faid to be done to 
that purpofe’I have found to be all in vain. 
How to gather Bees • 
B E E S fpend their Time, as long as the weather 
permits, in gatheiing of Honey or Wax, as 
Need requires, or as theSeafon permits. 
In February, if fair weather, they fly abrodd, and 
both then and in March (as the Spring is earlier or 
later; they gather much on Dandalion, Hafle,Dafies, 
Clove- Violets, Withy, Daffudil, Alder, !5c. but the 
Philerea they moft delight in. One fort of Philerea 
beamhin February nr March abundance of greenifh 
Blofforns, which yield great plenty of gummy iefinous 
Sweet, which thefe Infers duly carry to their Hives. 
A Hedge of frhis Tree is moft acceptable to them, if 
it could be round their Hives ; it is a clofe Fence, 
green all Winter, and yields a great quantity of ac- 
ceptable Food in the ufual time they moft want. 
Thefe Trees are eafily improv’d from Slips, Seeds 
or Layers, and lam confident it is the beft. 
The reiidue of the Spring Bees will gather Honey 
plentifully on the Bloflomsof Bolace , Blackthcrn,Pear, 
Plumb* Cherry Apple, Gooseberry, Peach, and divers 
other Trees in Gardens or Meadows ; fo that from 
one 1 ree and Bloffom to another Bees gather their 
Honey, but it is more grofs than the fine Honey they 
gather in Summer for their Winter Store, it only fer- 
vmg for prefent maintenance of themfelves and their 
Brood, 
