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

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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de better taking out of de corns : and de Top muft rif* (com two or tree inces higer dan de juft form of a Glob*, to ftay de Hackle, and to -fun de rain : wi-6 yet, wer* de Hiv‘s ar coovered wit Pans, is not neceffary. Oderwif*,let your Hiv *s vary no mor* from dis round Figur *,dan needs muft: as werc it is witin from de top to de skirts fevnteen* inces, in de middle or wideft plsc* toorrow de center fifteen* inces, and at de skirts tirteen* rafter dis form. J , , pi. •• C ii. ‘ . ..... t content. A Handle at de top of eac Hiv* is reqifit*,for two ufes; (^carrying of de Hiv*,and ftay ing of de Hackle.] De Wic- ker-Hiv* is mad* wit aftraigt handle ; wic is de end‘of de mainftaf: but,for de StrawnHiv*,a bow-handle is moft* convenient,mad* of a fmall wit, of good Bramble-tred,or foom oder toug matter : de wic,asitisnot fogcod for on* uf*, fo is it better for de oder. De beft Strawn Hiv'sdat Ihav* feen*,ar wrowgt by Ta- mas Sunning, about on* mil* from Redding, and Fa by

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