The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler.

  • Butler, Charles, -1647.
Date:
M.DC.XXXIV
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Credit: The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO DE E great NaturaliP, to expref de excellenci of de riatui* of Bee^, fai t dus: Inter omnia in- Plin. Nat. hift. fella principatus ulptbus, & jurepracipua ad- 1 1 *• c- 5* miratio ; folis ex eo genere bominum caufa ge- nitis. £Of all Infeha de Beefs ar cief, and woori'ily to basmoft* admiredjbeeing de on*- jy tings ofdat kindc, wi-ear bred for de behoof* of men.]] Be latter part of wic faying, aldowg de delicat* Silk- wccrm hav* in foom hotter Climars dilprooved; (for in de colder Countris, fuc as is our Hand of 'Britain, 1 doubt m$, fi$ \vil never qic coll: and dercforc is heerc to bee enterteined onHy of dem, dat dcoc mor* refpeCl deir plcafur*, dan deir profit; and doo‘ content demfelvs wit dc beholding of deir -qaint wcork, not expecting any furder recompenc* for deir expcuc* and pains) yetmuft/ee nasd^s confeide former,and werHoever -fee meet* de ingenious and laborious Beec, yeeld* de precedent* to her, as to hir Better. For de fruit of de Silk-wcorm fervet on‘ly toccovcr de body; but de fruit of de Bee* to nurrijTand cur* it: dat is to bo; applyed outward¬ ly, dis to bee bot* outwardly & inwardly received:^, dat for fr.c.iop.j n,z cnomlinesand conveniency, dis for hell and nectflity. But, to omit compari fon, de wcork and fruit of de little Bee‘ is lb great and wconderfuljfo coomly for order and beawtyffo ex¬ cellent for Art and wildom, and fo ful of pleafur' and profit; dat de contemplation der*of may welbefeem‘an ingenious natur‘.And der*for* (not witouc caus) ar de Bee*s called de Mufes Birds; Jpes,cft7ncatffatMufarum dicuntur volncres. yard 3.c. i i> 3 - Be