To the 
Reader. 
Tnce the firft Edition of this T raft, 
many have attempted the en- 
creaie of Honey, according to 
the late divulged Method of 
. , Keeping Bees in Colonies, pre¬ 
tended to be newly invented. And by 
reafon that Honey is a ufeful andprofita- 
te ubjeft where vith to make very excel- 
ent Liquors, I have fubjoyned a fmall 
teatife ofthebeftway ot managing thole 
curious Infefts, as a very necellarv Sup- 
p ement to this prelent defign, and partly 
to prevent the too prcipitate expence of 
Labour, Time and Charges, in foneedlefs , 
an ruitlels an Exercife as the Propagators 
or that Invention would wheedle the cre¬ 
dulous into. And had not they had a par- 
lcu ar refpeft to their own gain, they 
ould not have taken fo much pains to 
ave made it popular for a publick advan- 
, § e • Although the Effefts had anfwered 
tneir pretences. B r 
