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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$by William Harper of Cvdfden, about 4 mil<s from Oxford» f?gHiv cs ar to bee mad1 of any fiz* * between' 5 and 7 Gallons.* dat * any Swarm,o£ wat Qantiti or Tin^foever, may bee r.c.$,».v. £tjy hived, v. Be inidling fiz£ oftree peks, or witin a pottle, under or over, ( as fitly conteining de naturall qantiti of a good flail r.c. y. ». 4 *. j$ mo{^< profitable- Hav* always Hiv£s enou of all forts ( but moft' ofde 7 midling fiz*) in ftor‘; left dey bee to feek£ wen you /raid* WbnHrt'tar uftdem. to tee mad' aad De beft tim* for making dem, (weider dey bee Strawn or Wicker)is in dctreeftil moonts of Winter, [_Sagittar.Capr. and Aquar.~] for den de f ftraw, brambles, and twigs,ar beft in feafon: and den is it beft to provid£ dem, becaus den dey ar beft -eeap. * If a dulhied S xv Arm lee fe gieat3dat de greatefl HtV cannot re cert />* fee remedt c.5, 11. 72 tf fo little and (at1, fiat it cannot fl fie leajl HtV, de [am' or de next jeer* 3 it U cider to lee united, or fallen, v.c, 5,11.46. f Ve left [raw it mod1 yellow \ (wAout llal^fpots) &te u tong and drsng. 8 YOur Hivc beeing reddy,isdusio bee drefled : Firft,tak* away all dot* ftaring draws, twigs, and oder offenfiv* ZjC Teft*- Ja§s dac ar in de HlvS making de in-fid£ as fmcod£ as Jrt ie [warms, may b® : for def‘ obftacles beeing many, if dey caus not de “ y Bee's to forfak* de Hiv', yet will dey muc trubble and hin- Ve prunmg of der dem: you may hear dem (fpecially in de nigt) fcraping Hfff_and gnawing tree or fowr days after dey bee hived; yea fbomriro1 a week4 togcder,as dowg der£ werf micf in de Hiv‘: and in Strawn hiv‘s a long tint* after. If you need1 but few Hiv's, you may prun* dem clean wit your knit*; if you muft uf£ many; den, having wet de skirts wit a clot,fing£ or fweal de it;-.ftd£: but firft and laft rub it wcl wit a Rubber : wicis a pied of roug grind- fton£ or fand-fton£, as great as your hand can hold*. I0 2 De Hiv‘beeing pruned, put Spleet£s in it, (* jtree or Ve[praying or fowr, as de larg£ncs of de Hiv‘ /all reqir': de upper end's [fee ting of wer«0f fcc togeder dc top of de Hiv‘, and de neder end’s i,m' f t l ~ ' faften$

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