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CER PEAY 
Of the Bees Works, &c. 
s< HE more agreeably to entertain and gira- 
| tify the reader, and proceed the more re- 
eh | gularly, I will begin with the new{warms, 
and follow them gradatim thro’ the wholé 

gathering feafon. 
No fooner is the fwartn of Bees hived, but they be- 
gin to build ‘their combs, whether for increafing their 
numbers, or treafuring up their honey. So éarnett is 
their application hereto, that in a week’s {pace (the wea- 
ther favouring) the hive fhall be half, or two. thirds 
filled with combs; which furely muft be on all hands 
acknowledged an inimitable performance. A diligent 
obfervance of the moft admirable ftru€ture, it’s regular 
contexture, it’s ftrength, beauty, and defigned ufefulnefs, 
mutt force one to acknowledge it a moft curious and in- 
comparable piece of architecture ;. which, however it 
may be imitated, can never be equalled,’ much lefs ex- 
ceeded, by the greateit artift among mankind, 
But the firft thing here that demands our attention, 
are the materials of which this noble fabrick is compo- 
fed. 3 | : 
Some ancients were of opinion, that fome tough and 
glutinous matter (they knew not what) was the 
G2 foundation 
