Their Method of Generation. tt 
Provifion entirely fpent, and little Honey 
fo bé had abroad, both Old and Young 
have died together ; which I am very well 
affured would not have happened, had’ thefe 
Authors been right in’ their Sentiments ; 
the Bees of the faidStocks' having for the 
Space of three Months or more carried’ very 
large Quantities of that Sort of Bread’ into 
their Hives, which was found ther¢in; and 
yet the Inhabitants died of Famine’; and 
according to thefe Gentlemen perifhed in 
the Midit of Plenty. I have known’ both 
fingle Hives and Colonies languifhing and 
dying the fecond Weck in May, merely 
for want of Honey. 
Thereforé the Doétor’s Obfervation was 
very true, vz. if in Spring a Stock is not 
véfy rich in Honey, and much cold Wea- 
ther comes to hinder their Works, they will 
be in gteat Danger of being loft. ‘The 
Brood encreafing, the old Store fpent, and 
none tO be got abroad, they all perith to- 
gether. Therefore the Stocks that aré full- 
eft of Bees without a fufficient Store, are in 
the greateft Danger.* 
They begin to breed in the upper Part 
of the Hive in the empty Cells, next ad- 
joining to thofe that are filled with Honey ; 
gradually defcending to the lower Parts; alfo 
enlarging the Circumference, as the F lowers 
encreafe, furnifhing them with greater Plenty 
of 
* Warder, p. 1¥. 
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