To the 
READER- 
Iter fo many worthy Authors 
that have public fly imparted 
fo much of Art and Ingenuity 
to the World , concerning the 
ordering and governing this 
fmall Animal the Bee, and 
efpeciaUy Mr. Butler , whofe Treatife 
of the Feminine Monarchy hath been judg¬ 
ed by Perfons of Learning to be the mojl 
complete that ever was written of any one 
Natural Subjedf , it will not be expelled 
that any one Jhould exceed him, as to the 
general Scope of his Treatife. But feeing 
that divers Perfons have been for thefe ma¬ 
ny years, and yet are willing to endeavour 
an Improvement and Advancement of Bees, 
to make them more profitable , and bring 
A g them 
