That there is a King or Queen-ita?, is granted by 
all Bee-mafters *, and Mr. Butler , in his curious Tra& 
of Bees , whom none has exceeded, to him I refer you. 
There is one fold for i s. at the Ring in Little-Britain a 
bound in i2°* 
Hereobferve, that Bees begin to breed about the 
middle of February , if they are well nouriih’d and the 
Spring warm, elfe in March , by laying their Seed or 
Eggs at the bottom of their void Cells, which by the 
warmth of thofe that lit on ’em, are converted into 
Worms or Grubs; and the old Bees fitting on, warm- 
ing, and nourifhing thefe Grubs, in about 21 days a 
whole fett of thefe Infers are generated : And as the 
Spring comes on and Food encreafes,fo they encreafe 
their breed throughout March , April, May , June, and 
July, always feeding their young either with their 
old flock of Honey in bad weather, or with new Food 
and Water, which they gather for their young if the 
weather is warm enough for ’em to fly abroad, or elfe 
in building Combs, as far as their room will permit, 
and as fuits their convenience. Thus they build and 
breed till the end of July, and fometimes after ; and 
you may be fure that when they have done fwarming, 
they have done breeding, and not before. 
’Tis certain they don’t fpend their time thefe 
Spring and Summer months in Idlenefs, but to main- 
tain and enqreafe their number, during that part of 
the Year that yields ’em plenty of matter out of the 
various Bloffoms that are abroad, for building their 
Combs and feeding their young, until not only the 
matter that is fit for thofe Ufes ceafe, but till Oak- 
Leaves and other Honey-yielding Plants and Leaves 
afford plenty of that Heavenly Dew, which they lay 
up in ftore for Winter and Spring provifion,whereof 
Jheir Owners oftentimes deprive ’em. 
You need not fear their overftocking themfelves, 
for were their Hives never fo full of Bees, they would 
the fooner fill their Cells with Honey, and the better 
Jive over the Winter. After they have kill’d their 
Drones. 
