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; Cran VI. Of Ordering and 
Feeding Bees. oi” 
AVING thus far provided a Convenien- 
cy for:the Bees, they will) make a-fafh- 
cient’ Quantity of Food for themfelves, 
ea ' except>the unfeafonablenefs of the Wea- 
ther, the finallnefs of their Number, the: treachery 
of Enemies, the Power of Robbers, their reiterated 
{warmings, or the unskilfulnefs and: mifmanagement 
of their Owners prevent it. There’are two Seafons 
of the Year principally that they muft be lookediin- 
to, and helped ‘as they have occafion, Spring and 
“Autumn. | | mvade serior yf 
InFebruary theHives fhould be lifted up nimbly:on 
onefide, aad with'a Wing ior fomefuch thing for that 
‘purpofe, all the bits of Combs, Drofs; Dung, Dirt; or 
‘whatever elfe lies upon the Stool, fhould be wiped a- 
way and if the Stocks have:any crumbly:or crifpy 
Combs, they fhould be taken out,for the Bees cannot 
workin them. You fhould likewife at thistime,andin _ 
the following Month, examine. if they want Food, 
and if there be occafion, feed them, in the.manner 
herein after directed); :for if the Stock be pretty full 
of Bees, and little Honeyileft,they mutt be teds the 
former you fhall fee by looking:into'the: Hive, and 
the latter you may know by their Weight... i 
‘The beft time to do‘ any thing about ‘the ‘Bees is 
in’ the Morning: before they ftir, or when they, are 
gone abroad, or in the Evening, when they are re- 
turned fromtheir Work. 
The Doors or Entrantes into the Hives muft at 
all times be carefully looked after, for very great 
Lofs attends a Negleét herein, *by Mice and Vermin 
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