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A New and Compleat 
Bee-mafter 9 &cc. 
Of Bees, and how to order them. 
B EES delight in broad, warm, and dry Ha- 
bitations, not narrow and tall, troublefome . 
toafcend, but broad and (hallow. And as 
they delight in a dole and private Dwel- 
ling, fo you mu ft endeavour to preferve them by the 
fmainefsand dofenefs of the Doors, to keep out their 
Enemies, which are many, and fave them much La- 
bour, of watching continually a great part of the 
Year, and fecure ’era in their Sleep ; at other times, 
from being deftroy’d, or depriv’d of their Wealth; 
yet not fo as to ftraiteu them in their buiie time of 
gathering. 
Many other things you may obferve them naturally 
inclin’d to, wherein you may aftift ’em, but be Pure to 
plant nothing near that may be offenfive to ’em, nor 
imagine they will fix their Combs to Frames of your 
Fancy, or work where you pleafe ; nor do you expert 
fo vaft a Profit as Pome talk of, but be content with 
a plentiful Reward of your Labour. 
Bees are known in aft parts of the World, except 
the Torrid Zone , from Afia thro’ all Europe, even to 
North America , l{ujfta, and Tartary , and other remote 
parts from the South Sea, being plentifully ftockt with 
’em. B That 
