106 | Lhe Hifory of Bers. 
Such is th’ Employment of their happy Days, 
And fiuch their Title to immortal Praife. 
| _ » ‘Dinfdale’s Poem on Bees. 
Now begin thefe. moft active Crestghes to 
traverfe Gardens, Fields, and Groves, diligently 
fearching for proper Materials to increafe their 
Numbers, and to improve their Store. 
But the Flowers being but few, their firft 
Impovtations are fo {mall.and inconfiderable, 
that without a very -clofe,. ftriét, and ac- 
curate Obfervation, they will eafily efcape 
our Notice. “Yet as the Spring comes on, 
and °Flowers, €&c. increafe, their Burthens 
become more. vifible. 
iNow “fince Bees (as confeffed. on all 
Hlands) breed not till the.Flowers furnith 
them with .proper Food for the young 
Feetus, and they are feen to tranfport this 
Matter daily to their Hives, it fhould feem 
that it is colle€ted for no other _Ufe, nor 
idevoted.to.any other Service, than. the Nu- 
trition of the Young while in the Cells, 
‘and not.as ‘Bread.for them afterwards. - 
The more of this Matter they carry. in, 
the greater Numbers are produced, and the 
Hives fill. the fafter; a plain Intimation to 
me that.it.is thus. employed. 
In the Midft of Summer, when there is 
the greateft Plenty of Honey, and they 
have not only enough for thofe of their 
own Family, but for as many more, they 
Satay ; con- 

