182 ~The Hifory of Bets. : 
| Neither°do’ they require (as the Hives) a> 
conftant Attendance in fwarming Time, 
This Method fo compaffionate, and yet fo 
ufeful, contributing both to Profit and Plea- 
fure, mut. appear greatly preferable’ to the 
other, and far more eligible, Og 
At might'be added, they are alfo effe@ty- 
ally fecured’ from: Wet and \ Gold, : Mice; 
_and-other Injuries. 
I bad not been many Years converfant 
with Bees, before common Report -informed 
me that Dr, Warder, who kept Bees in Hives 
and Colonies, made no lefs of them than 
sol, per Annitm, which was a very great 
Inducement to pay the Door a Vifit the 
firft Opportunity, in hopes of gaining a 
further Infight into them, which might turn 
to my Advantage. 
~ Not long after (being in London) I rode 
to Croydon to confult the Doétor, and learn 
(if poflible) his Way of Management, which 
was fo very profitable, 33 SS 
_ I went dire€&tly to the Rev, Mr. Davis; 
the Doctor's Son-in-Law, where I was cour. 
_ teoufly received, and treated with a preat 
deal of Civility,” Having told him-my Dez 
fign, he very readily accompanied me to the 
Doctor’s Houfe, when (to my great Difap- 
pointment) I found he was not at Home; ne- 
verthelefs 1 had a full View of his Apiary. 
The Front of his Colonies made an Ap- 
Pearance not at all agreeable, being painted 
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