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very fond of Heath, Rape, Rofemary, Archangel, 
the white Garden-Poppy, and therefore the Owner 
of Bees fhould contrive to place his Bees near Places 
abounding therewith ; and alfo plant fuch Herbs, 
whofe Blofloms they delight in, at fuch Seatons as 
will yield Bloffoms, when the Bees have not Variety 
or Plenty elfewhere; as for Inftance, if a Bed of the 
white Garden=Poppy be fowed early in the Spring, 
they will be a good Recruit to the Becs in “Fu/y and 
Auguft, and it again this be fowed in Odfober, they 
will afford the Bees good Food early in the Spring. 
But whatever Care ts taken to gec Plants proper for 
Bees, and a fituation to place them in, it will be 
fometimes neceflary to feed them, which together 
with the manner how that ought to be done, and to 
know when they are weak, I fhall confider in the 
next Chapter, atter I have taken Notice that all the 
Authors about Bees agree in having a Conveniency 
of Water, and fome of them in having Salt for the 
Ufe of Bees near at hand. | 
A Watering-Place near the Bee-Garden is fo very 
neceflary, that they cannot fubfift withoutic , Wa- 
ter is of ufe in kneading the Wax, and to digett thete 
Bee-bread: Pieces of Wood or Boards entered into 
the Water, and fet fhelving, or leaning towards the 
North, are very proper; they chufe rather to fuck 
the Water our of the Earth, above the Ground, than 
to fuck the pure Water it felf. 
But if there be neither Pond nor River with- 
in a hundred Yards of the Bee-Garden, Wa- 
ter muft be fer within a convenient Diftance in 
wooden Troughs; and light thin moveable Buards, 
or Corks, placed withinthe Troughs, that may rife 
and fall with the Water, they thould have {mall 
Clefts, or many little Holes bored through them, 
that the Bees may ‘ftand on the Boards and drink ; 
in Summer they will drink fecurely upon Duck- 
D2 Weed 
