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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$jjo Ofthtffitfs, C.III. 59 After Autumn, de Sun drawing neer* de Winter-Tro- WI NTER» pik, wit a-fort and lowccorf* aboov our Horizon, derc fol- <>o low treeftU {nconfs^SagittAriw,C**pricornn4,and tAqua- S A G I T. vim .“tin wL oc A't» Planfc 1?;* /?</ in rtf* tuairtnn CAP RIC. A QJJ A R. ■free ftil rim : ] in wi-e, as de Plants Vfl fitl in de eart, waiting de Suns return to reviv* dem ; To de Bce*s ly* ftil in de Hiv‘s, pa{TingdisfruitIestim*infleep*andflumber. Yet fo,dat if derf happen a mild* and warm hour, dey prefently perceiv¬ ing it, awak* out of deir fwivet, and hy* dem out ofdnor*s nmiiBeecs \vif aj{ alacriti : dat dey maytak*de frej'ayer, recreatc lpen A aetr ttm’ -t r\ j,_; (V -»_•__• i i in $em fcnti'num' demfa|vs>dril)Ij ,exercif* deir wings, carri out deir dead and oder noyfomnes, and ligten deir little belli‘s, wic ar oft tim*s fo fluffed, wen de weder fufferef dem not to go*a- broad, dat dey can hold* no morc : fo lot* ar dey to defil* deir nefts. And having dus refrejed demfelvs, at deir return dey tak*deirrepaft, and den betak{ dem again to deirreft. But many fuedays, fpeciallyin tim‘oF fcarciti ar dange¬ rous: as caufing dem to fpend mut of deir ftor*, wic in ftil froftsdey woold‘ fpar*. 6z Be firft foul and cold* weder after Mid-Sagittar.£\i\ de t0 £ut & Wickets clof*, tofav* de Bec'sfrom deTit-mous,^. and Kee‘sw. __ from de cold*, as wel witin de Hi v‘ as witout. For as de v.c.-p .n.6. froft ancj fnovv> and cold‘ wind's, yea and de ordinary dif- pofition of de ayer,doo*t-eil many of dem, worn* de flatte¬ ring Sun-J'in‘ enticetabroad ; fodegreat frofts, ftriking toorrow de door*, doo‘ freez* de nedermoft* in de Hiv* to deat: fodatby little and little many flails infoom Winters hav* been‘der*by wolly deftroyed : de wi-e,by keeping dem warm, migt hav* been preferved. But wen you Jilt dem in, bee fur* de Hiv‘s bee always fur* and clof: for de Bee's, •wendeyawak*,wilftriv‘ by all means tocoom foort‘,dowg dey never find* de way in again. But furder experienc* oflater tim*s hat taugr, dat Bee's ar beft preferved in Winter, by a generall reftraint from de open ayer:dat dey may paf dis tim* of no* gain,in fleep* and {lumber wit little waft*. Reftraint is eider dubble or Angle. d“^le Reft Dubble Reftraint is de Juttingup of de Bee*s in de Hiv*, *ingo}ue^j. anc^ °^e *n ^ous- Single Reftraint is dc Jutting -' * i\ 1 of$

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