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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$Wnopa llnS or ten, or Whlkpen J^forfearof kaf of 3: old* oe next fo‘s»ie/oa vmfoki(, stdefiiftot 'and bend', bandar ifwnoys, f (iu€««r d; k k( 'if beat a. and ardcr(. hsi wit, em, as long fytaWcni, l#‘ may pas Fordowg iligcnc^yct ff|rs,ori)‘ twTmafc nt from dc j until to- p from dc dem, and j‘but few dcirdros, to C. III. and the T) re fling of them. 43> to keep* deir Corns & deir Stool's clean,and,ofbot* forts, alldatarligt,arnottobee kept. In de end* of dis moon* is de tim* to kil and driv* B^s,. 52 v.c. 10. fart, i.n.a.c** 13. Soom Beefs fail after Virgo: and NotalC der*for* it is good to mak* triallofdem in Libra alfo, by C °mi' U poyfing and knocking de Hiv*s; for asdey dat den mak, * a L 7 s -R A little uois wildy* for lakofcoompany ; fodeydat ar ligt wil dy‘ for lak of meat. And always hav* an ey to doff Tn< dem a/Mn dat de Robbers dco* eagerly* haunt: wio is a fign* dat dey •» Libra alfo. perceiv in dem fuom defe<ft or oder : and der'for* wil not b* anfwcred witout deir errand. But if oncc you fee fmall crumlets of wax upon de ftoo!*, fallen from de broken Corns; den is it too lat* to help dem. v.c. 7,11.46. * A httlc fort non ,$loo\ wde Ht\>c, fpecially ve-en m de endc f0cm few foglc Bee‘i ende'rour hy detr carncfl and continued found to feem( many, havr.iyct deir pauciti and decaying. Sue as by def* means you findc unhVly to liv\ tak* or driv*:dof*dat you fufpeft, and yet ar willing to kosp^mark dem, f«d* dem in du* tim*, and proov* dem again in Tifces and t/iries. « At Libra, or befor* if you fee caus, fet up de Winter- U door*sofdebeft : and den diligently in dc eevnings /ut all flflnflde dof‘ in.wif de Bar, dat hav* left watcingat de door*: ((for btfijnd llfl in dc cold* mornings, (wil* de tru* Bce*s keep in, becaus it fcreftfut til is not fit tim* for dem to gader in) de T0sv*s, [bo£* Wafps *e Bee's °Jfer and Bee*s] wil bee abroad, feeking wer‘ dey may break in & Real;) and in de morning,fo foon* as dc weder invitef, let dem go*. But ftil let de weaker hav* deir Wickets half-/ut. ** £)is putting and opening of de Wickets mu ft bee conti- -SCO~RS f~ nued foorrow-eut Scorpio alfojunles abundanc* of cold* rain conttll<- de doo* fooner caftende Wafps. But for de poor* ftalls. it is fitting.and«- beft to keep* dem half-jut all de day long: as in Virgo and Pen,ng of de Libra. wickf-ts da At Scorpio dref your Hiv*s for Winter : Cloom* dem moo,‘* clof*, mending all braks and faults about dem : and wer* de „ s8, r. Hackles bee worn*, fet nu* in deir fteeds, dat may keep* de fQfl * Hiv‘sdry*and warm. PPrinter, H After$

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