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CHAP. XVI.
Of the ordering of Ben .
I N FebruoryUfi up your Hives on the one side nimbly, andwith a wing wipe away all the sharing; of combs, dross, dang,or whatsoever else lyes upon the stoole, which although theBees in time would persorme, yet hereby shal you save them agreat deal of labour.
Ifyourold Stock* have any crumbling, or crispie combs, takethem out in the Spring, for they cannot work to them ; lay theHives on one side, having ready a sire of dried Cow-dung in aChafingdisti without a flame, the smoke wil drive the Lees in-ward, and you may securely persorme it.
Somctell us of putrefaction in the combs, in regard of deadbrood chilled, which combs they would have taken out; but Inever met with more than the. Bees could rid themselves of, ex-cept when the Bees are almost, if not altogether starved.■Weckerusde That they'so lore quiet, that they scarce endure the companysecret. Lib 8. 0 p men (j $ false ) and therefore must have walls built aboutthem with holes, to fee what offends them, is ridiculous, yrtcommended by Florentintu.
Bees ate much offended with long hair on head, or face, letsuch therefore as must be often among them Wear short hair, orbe wcl coveted, on peril of stinging.
If a Bee have stung you in hot weather, your wisest and safestway is to depart for a while, for there issues with the sting astrong poyfonful favou r , which you your self may smcl,but how-soever,the Bees wil readily, and knowing thereby that some oftheir company are wronged, wil with eagerness feck to vindi-cate the injury on whomsoever they sinde present in the place,and come about you thick and threefold; there is no way to ap-pease them but one, get away as fast as you can, and when the■uproar is over, you may securely conr.e again.
The best time to doe any thing aboutyour Bees,is,in the moi-ring before they flirre, or when they are new gone abroad, or inthe evening, when they are returned from their work.
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