' Of Bee s. 
^neither Gol( -.<>■* Silver can purchafc 
flourilh in thi; Northern Clime. 
The refidue of the Spring do the Be* 
plentifully gather on the Blofloms of th. 
Blackthorn, Bud ace, Plum , Cherry , Peaf\ 
Apple, Goosberry , Peach , and many other 
Fruits and Flowers, of the Gardens as well 
as of the Meadows. 
Them let facet Gardens with frejf) Flowers 
Invite, f Virgil. 
Thus from one Tree and Bloffora to ano¬ 
ther do thefe induftrious Infe&s gather 
their food, being more grofs than the fine 
Honey they gather in the Summer for their 
1 Winter-ftore 3 this being but the Ambrofta , 
as Butler terms it, ferving only for prelent 
maintenance for themfelvcs and their Brood, 
for want of which (their old ftock of fine 
Honey or A le&ar being fpent, and thewea- 
i ther bad that they cannot gather j they of¬ 
ten die. Therefore thofe plants that afford 
» - them moft of this early Food ought to be 
f propagated about your Apiary. 
When the Spring is a little paft, and the 
>, Summer or May-month well entred, then 
the Bees profecute their building,preparing 
Cells wherein to ftore up their Treafure 
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