6 THE HISTORY OF BEES. 
my pocket, and placing them in the fun:beams, or lay- 
_ing them before the fire, But if their vitals are impaired . 
and hurty:and the animal fpirits entirely diffipated, it is 
impofible. to recover them. 
Snails are doubtlefs an offence to them, and give them 
fome trouble and difturbance, by reafon of their flime 
and excrements. But whether they are any further de- 
trimental or injurious, is doubtful. | 
A modern author has told us, a fnail made bold to 
fteal into one of his glafs-hives. The porters..at the 
lodge gave him but a {curvy reception. Their-firt fae 
lutations, with their ftings, made him mend his pace. 
But the fenfelefs creature, inftead of maikng a retreat, 
marched forward into the middle of the hive; where a 
whole band fet upon him at-once, and killed him upon 
the fpot. Upon which occafion there was a council ime 
mediately convened. It was beyond their. {trength to 
remove the carcafe ; therefore thefe fhrewd politicians* 
argued and confulted the belt method to prevent any 
infection arifing from the putrified carcafe, to which end 
they covered it all over with glue. 
Here again I am conftrained to difagree with the gen- 
tleman, and acquaint my readers, that very frequently I 
have feen {nails within the boxes, and at the back-win- 
dow, moving about, changing their fituation, and con- 
tinuing at times for feveral days together: but not fo 
much as a fingle Bee affaulting the offenfive animal, or 
offering the leaft refiftance ; but on the contrary, fhun- 
I haye 
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