Of Bees. 
C H A P. V. 
Of the Gathering of Bees. 
T Hefe Animals fpend their time, as long 
as the weather will permit and any 
thing will yield them matter to work upon, 
in gathering Honey either grofi or pure, or 
Wax, as their occafions require and thefea- 
fon of the year will afford them, according 
to the Poet, 
Now when bright Sol makes Winters Cold 
retreat, 
Behind the Earth and opens Heavn with 
Heat , 
Forthwith they rife , and thorough Groves 
and Woods 
Reap purple Flow'rs , and tajie the Cryflal 
Floods : 
By what infiintt 1 know not $ then they fly 
To their own Courts , and their dear Pro¬ 
geny. 
Next make their waxen Cells with greatefi 
Skid, 
And thofe they with Celeflial Ne&ar 0. 
[Tranllat. of Eirg.J 
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