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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![5* f) fTm*,, Of the H/V j. wit C.IIL Be Tim* ofdisReftraintmuft bas/orter: beginning de firft cold' day after Mid-fagtttariw , and ending de firft warm and calm weder after Afid-aquariw; or fo faon* as by deircontinuall murmuring, de B«’s fignifi' deir defir* to ccom abroad: den prefently let dein go'. If you diftruft deir faf'ti in your garden; you may hous dem, for wat tim‘ you pleas, wititi de compas of dis (ingle - Reftraint. And for de midling fort of Swarms, uf' eider de dubble or (ingle Reftraint; but houfoever, let dem bee witout any breading-placS as having ayer enoug in de vacant room's of de Hiv's:and giv dem de Tim' of de dubble Reftraint. 6 - Neverdcles wen your retrained Bee's ar dus diraifled, if at any tim'you fear a percingnigt-froft; you /all doo* wel to bar dem all up in de eevning : and in de morning to unbar dem again ;unles cider (novv,or rain, or boifterous wind', j** forbid you. But wil' de fnow cooveret de eart, let dem not our at all.v.c.y,». 54. In Winter provid' your Hiv‘s.v.v.7. 65 De/x/moontsof Winter beeing paft, de nu'yeer'entret SPRING, wit Ttfcesi [de firft moont of de Spring] wen de Plantsbe- 66 gin to fprout, and de Bee's to breed* again. j> / s c e s. Nou der'for*, if not (concr, (de weder beeing fair) half. 67 open de Wickets of dc better fort, and fo let dem ftand day /nPiCccs anc* nigc*For de nigt-cold', beeing nou /orter and weaker, fide Bet's at is not dangerous to fuc : andde day-cold' doo't dem Smor* idertt. good dan hurt, caufingdem to ly* ftil and (par4 deir ftor‘s until'it bee fit tim‘ to go' abroad. But for de weaker (warms (wic ar mor' fubjefl to cold', and robbing,dat nou r.c.i-n.vj. beginnet afre/vj /ut dem clof'in de eevnings, and open dem not in de mornings until it bee warm: and den giv dem but r00m' for a Bee' or two to paf i fpecially dof‘, dat ftand moft' warm in de Sun/in*: wic maket de robbers able to 6i endur * de fieg^wom* oderwil' de ayers -nines woold' qikly Kcudrefien difcoorrag*. Trcags , And nou (de Bee‘s beginning to breed*, v. ) is de tim* ro r.r.4.». i». ©• drefand fil deir Trowgs:wic all de Winter lay neglefted. f.6.*o j- - H Ac](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30337884_0078.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
