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their indefatigable hear their 
Loyalty to helt Queen, the geome~ 
trical Accuracy of their Combs, &ce. 
are Wonders not to be met with, in 
any of the innumerable Beafts, Birds, 
or Infects, that are upon the Face of 
this Earth. | 
My Fondnefs for thefe little Ani- 
mals, foon put me upon endeavouring, 
if poffible, to fave them from re and 
Brimftone. Y thought I had Reafon 
to be content, to fhare their Labours 
for the prefent, and great Reafon, to 
rejoice, if Icould, at the fame Time, 
preferve their Lives, to work for me 
another Year. The main Drift there- 
fore of all my Obfervations and Ex- 
periments has been, to difcover an 
ealy and cheap Method, fuited to the 
Abilities of the common People, of 
taking away fo much Honey as can 
well be {pared, without deftroying, or 
ftarving the Bees : : And, by the fame 
7 Means, 
