Of Bees. 
whether it be battle or barren) which yieldeth 
not matter for the Bee to rcotf upon. Then 
they are the moft Induftrious of any Ani¬ 
mal whatfoever, never at reft, whilft either 
that they have matter to work upon abroad 
or room to work in at home; If they 
cannot find wherewith near home, on 
which to gather Honey or Wax, they fly 
far for it. Forfwiftnefs they exceed the 
Wind, notwithftanding which, many of 
them daily become a prey to the Swallow 
and other Birds. In their underftanding 
allb, they lurpafs all other Inle&s, that is, 
in their diftinguiftiing of times andfealons 
wherein to labour, and lend forth their 
Colonies, and how to beftow or expend 
their hoarded treafure. And when they 
have poUefled themfelves of a new Habi¬ 
tation, their curious Architefture is to be 
admired; But above all their Properties 
and Virtues, that of their Prefcicnce is moft 
obfervable, daily foreleeing what weather 
is likely tolucceed, and ordering their af¬ 
fairs accordingly, and annually providing 
of Stores for the approaching Winter; Na¬ 
ture having inftru&ed them to foreknow, 
that they fhall ftand in want of fuch pro- 
vifions: They are not only Prognoftica- 
tors for themfelvesj but portend ers of good 
or 
