10 6 A Theatre tf P clitic al Plying Jnsc&s,
most sec* a miracle unto you, fjr piesently their spirits return-ing, you (hall fee them begin co pant and bicathe, and anonthey will flye away a» lusty as the best.
But to come to aguments, That Bees breathe is evident bytheir panting and palpitation; I mean not when they are inthe condition of prisoners, anil violently held or detained, forwith Sttliget I acknowledge , that Bees or styes captivated) pal-pitation is not breathing, but a striving to escape.
Bees when they return frt m their work are often so weary(as men out of brtatl) that they are necessitated to test them-selves near the Hive,untill they have recollected their spirits,and gotten, by a little re st, new strength, at first panting morequick and short, but by and by f.tching as it were a longerbre.th,until at last they pant little, if it II, *
Second y , It appears by their sweating at the Hive- door, »moist valour is viliblc at ■ he door os a good Hive in the morn-ing, sometimes in drops of water. As B arsin while
they sterp in Winter, > et aicfound by he Hunters, by thedif-Wfycd sno v turmd into isydes on the boughs of the treesunder which they ly , caused by their continued breath-ing.
Thirdly, because if a full Hive b*e close (hut up that no airei enters, they will quickly bee luff cared and d>e; whereas indeed
if there be but few Bees, they will continue th e longer enclosed,a circum-ambicnt aite in the mean time refrigerating, and cool-ing them,
Arift dc Spiraf. P vrthly, is you stop their throats , Aristotle acknowledged
they wilt bee st, argbd.
Fifthly, when they aie chilled with cold, lay them in thewains Sun, or near a fire, or ifyou dare venture, hold them inyour hand, and y.u shall sec them begin first a lit le to stir, thento pane, and the lorger more strongly, notill they remit it by dc-gi ces as they recover life.
Cut I trifle out the time to prove by arguments to the car, •thing io visible to the rye. Hold your hand near to the mouthof aluilHive, and that in 'he night when they are supposed tosleep, and notto stir, and you (hall feel a cool aire come ft omthem. Nay hold a feath-r, and you (hall tee it B.t to and fro,asdic would be blo wn away.
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