82 THE. .HISTPORYLOF BEES. 
{pring not before the end of AZarch, as after the fevere 
froft in the year 1740. 
The fulleft and richeft flocks eneey begin ful 
And tho’ they begin in anuar;, they continue their 
brood till the honey- gathering is paft, tho’ it were to the | 
end of Augu/f? or September. 
The phyfician then muft have been miftaken,* when 
he told the world, that the fooner they begin the fooner 
they make anend; for it is not the length of time, or 
the number of months, but the plenty, penury, andwant 
of materials to employ them, and work upon, that’ dee 
termines their labours, ‘To my Knowledge Bees have 
been bred as Jate in the year as: Od?ober. 
Hating inaCtiivity and idlenefs, as death itfelf, thee ine 
duftrious infects begin early, and: continue to the laf. 
Labour is their dear and delightful employment. “7 ® 
In morn thefe bufy lab’rers cut the fey, 
“Thro all the gardens and the meadows fry 5 
And free from envy, by their labours ftrive, 
IVbich foall do mof? t° enrich the common hive. 
Such is the employment of their happy days, 
And fuch their title ta immortal Praife 
Dinfdale on Bees. _ 
a 
Now begin thefe moft active creatures to traverfe gar- 
dens, fields, and groves, diligently fearching for proper 
materials to increafe their numbers, and to improve their 
fore. 
But 
* Warder’s Amazons, ch, 3+ p. 10% 
