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.
- Charles Butler
- Date:
- M.DC.XXXIV
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![Ws» youmayfee de Qeen'-bee', t. hou to 'prevent de drooping and deaf of a: Many Drones tn a Swarm a good pgr/.4. /warm. 89. Swarming-weder. 6. Hou to cur' a drooping Swarm. 90 • He Swarming-hours. 7. x\ rr» r * r- Rad* Swarmj.9. Lat(Swarm 1.10. fc>e (contents or ae fixt Capter. Blapbern Swarmi ar feldom to lee %fpt- I X« Bet's mof' indufirtous creatur's. 1. 0«Q prtm‘ Swarm wootf twoafter-fwarms 15 Infreemoonfs dey cannot woorl^ 2. J/V fign' s of de firfi fiparmtng. 17. A£ jeyeer< after Jey lop no' ttm'. 3. Ve figr/s of prefent [warming. 18. Three fruits of Bee's labour. 4. Toly foot** continually u a fign' ieywtl not Ve fitf, and ground of alls s ]Vax. s' Jwarm. 19. . Hou Jfax mgadered and wrowgt. 6. Ve remedt and means to mahf dew fwarm. Hou you may fee de wooing of de Corns.7. 2,1 , _ Hou mut Wax iey bring at one'. 8. W'at is to bee doon to doj ‘fat by no1 me amp He admirable Arhjteffut' of detr Corns and wil/warm. 2z. Cels. 9. ^efign's of after-[warms. 26. He Dron'.corns. 10. (11. He Bee's Mufip 28. He Qeen's cels ar but It fingle tn dtVers places. In de Bee's Song ar de grounds of Mufip 32. Wax u g^ered on'ly tn fowr mo,nfs. if. Ve manner of detr fwarming .34. Hoonm \Je fee ond fruit] ugadered in mm He prim' fwarmbeeing broken, de next may moonts. \6. call,and/warm w*tm de eigtf day 3 S- Two [or/i of Hoonni. \ 7. Wat uf' der' u 0/Tinging de Swarm. 37. Hou Ambrofia or grot hoonm is gadered. 1$. Wattodoo' if de Swarm bee wayward. 38. Ambtofiail* S\adons food', as water detr Wen dey ar to bee HtVed. 4 3 drink. 1 9. Hou toft de HiV's to de Swarms, 45. His Ambrofia is commonly taken for j^rax.zi Hou to remedt a Difproportion 46. Wt€ err our is dtfrrooVed by (ens. 14. better to under-htV aStal/danto oVer-hiV By reafon.zj. And by auforitt. 26. him. 47, jtoude pus' Ne&ai ss gadered. »7. Three tings reqtptto Hiving. 48. Two forts of Ne<ftar. 29. Vt^at de hiVer mufidoo', 53. LiV'-hoonns oftwoforts. 30. ‘Hemanner 0/ Hiving- 54. He finefi Ordinary is a ^Wc of virgin- . Towr means of HiVing a Swarm. Jf. hoonm. 31. Hou to hiV a Swarm wer'foeVer. j<S, (ye. All Hoonni coorferor finer, according'to de He Swarm is always to bee k?pt tegeder, le/l foil. 32. de Bet's kjl on' an oder. 66. Nc&ar and Ambrofia mad' of many (impiety He [warm to beefet necr' de h-gting-plac. 67. =££er' of ea€ moont yeeldef Vanets. 33. Wat to deo' tf a /warm pat t. 62. of Hconm-dews. 40. Uniting of Swarms is profitable. 69. He Bee's woori^ mofi' earnefity in a Hoonm- He manner of Uniting. 70. - dew. 4.1. He ctufei of a Swarms going bom' agam.79. Wat de Hoonni-dew is. 41. Hou to /lay dem. So- (%i Wen de Hoonni dews ar mofi' freaent. 43, Set not a Swarm neer' an oders htVtng-plac'. He ttm' wen dey fall. 44 . Wattodoo' wen de /warm is nu' htVed. 8 a. He Bee's gader but of on' pnd' of flour in Hou to fet it on his feat, 8 4. on' Voyag*. 49. Hou to ufifit tn de morning. S S. Hey gader Hoonni out of poyfon. 50. \oul weder de fi>fi day doo'i mut difcoor- W'atfior' of Hoonm a Stall mayhaV'. <1. rag' afivarm.86. Bee'sbaV' neceffary up of jyater. 52.- foul weder continuing doo'f map it droop' Chufiy for $esr breed', 53. and di'. 87.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30337884_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
