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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    of de y®r* [Spring, Soommer, Autumn, and Winter] tak4 deir beginnings j Co de mofl{ notable alterations about Bee*$, in iings eider to b® obferved in dem, or to bee dcon for dem, doo4 lik‘wif^ foil out in de beginnings of def4 mconts. But de fowr Qarters of de B®4s y®r‘ begin on4 mcont fconer den de Aftronomers. For deir Spring or firfl qarter beginnet witTifces, wen de Sun beginnet bybisqikning heat to reviv4 de flouers, wio all de ded of Winter lay buri¬ ed in de ground; and de Bee4s,having tafted der4of,begin to br®d,*/. andtoencreas deir coompanis,(fordefruitsofen- r.c.^.n.n. iuingSoommer)wi€ from de former Soommer hederto hav4 daily decreafed: de oder Spring-moontsar tAriesznd Tau¬ rus. v. n. 54. &c. Deir Soommer lik4wif4 conteinet Gemini, Cancer, and Leo, mofl4 ri-e and plentiful in flouers and dews: v. wer4- r c 6 n 8# wit de multiplyed Bee4s doo4 nouftoi4 deir Cels againftde o-c. penuri of Winter, v.». 38. Deir Autumn or Harveft, hat Virgo, Libra, and Scorpio: in wi-e de Bee4-mafters v. and de Mafter-Bee4s v, doo4 reap de rip* fruits of many Befc4s labours, v, ».44. **• And deir winter confiftet of de tr® fiill moonts: v. in 2f'n wi-e de Beecs Iiv altogeder upon deir Soommer- ftor4 and get ’ <9 noting. v,n. 58. H®r4 not*, dat aldowg Winter and Soommer doo4 pro¬ perly betoken two of de 4 Qarters ofdey®r4; yec*foom* tim4 dey b® taken, according to de common account, for two half parts or Moitis der4of: de on4 conteining de war¬ mer feafen, [Trom de end4 of eAries to de end4 of Libra~\ de oder de colder, [from de end* of Libra, tode end4 of Aries.] f <0ef‘ Aftronomtcail rtconfj, called Ity $c namc s oj $e 12 Sign's, begin about <fe 12 day of eae Galendar-mooni. {Pifas O rFcbru. Attei >in< Mar*. Taurut^ April. rMai. Cancer Pin'S Jun*. Leo J -rtrgo 7 ^ Auguft. AUTUMN. < l Libra >1 n-'Septcmb. CScorpio J C,Ottober. winter.- rSagi/tarr} rNovemb. l Caprtc. >i a< Deccmb. Cj i-A^uar. ^ CjTanuaii