Of Bees. 
thofe hot Coantries abounding with them, 
fo that Wax , the leaft part of the profit a- 
rifing from them, is there a great Merchan¬ 
table Comodity: Rujjia and Tartary make 
their principal Drinks out of the labours of 
thefe induftrious Infefts: All the Countries 
about the Mediterranean Sea, have ever 
been Stored with them, asmoft Hiftoriesof 
thofe parts teftifie, in America efpecially, 
where our Engltjh Colonies are, Bees mul¬ 
tiply even to admiration, fo that we may 
efteem them the only Ubiquitaries of any 
Infett, hardy, enduring all Airs hot, cold, 
wet, or dry : The hotteft Summers hurt 
them not, uni els by melting their Honey; 
nor do the coldeft Winters kill them, un¬ 
less they be too nakedly and (everely expo- 
fed. In rnoift Countries they thrive, and 
are raoft apt there to fwarm, but their ha¬ 
bitations ought to be kept dry, nothing 
more annoy ing them than wet within their 
Houfes: In hot and dry places and Seafons 
they gather great (tore of Honey efpecially 
where the Sea or fweet Springs are near; 
So that we may well (ay with Butler, 
That there is no ground (of rphat nature fo- 
ever it be , whether it be hot or cold , wet or 
dry , hill or dale , Woodland or Chantpian , 
meadow , pallure , or vrrablc ; in a word , 
whether 
