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conjunctively , otherwise not. There is to other creature thatmakes both hony and waxe.

And that which Scaliest faith , Flirty observes out of Ari-Seallgerde fiotle (which I remember not) that Waipes make wax , is falseInbul. exercir. whosoever affiims it.Combs they make,as some other Insects,,?I * but they ate not wax^ but drosste collections of old pales, and

other old wood, tempeted with a gummy lquor flowing hornthe Oak, ot (felled) Limes whereby they become tough and ca-pable to contain their young. Try to melt them, and you shallquickly resolve your self.

And whereas Scaligci faith , There is in the Aftlucca Islandshony made by Flies less than Ants (the truth is questionable,forit is ontly reported by Pigafetta)\ suppose hee called them Flics,onely for their smalness. The earth-Bee, with us a kinde ofwilde Bee, is smaller, and yet gathers Bee-btead abundantly,and hony also for ought I know.

And most of the American Bees ate not bigger than Flies,but yet are Bees, net Flies.

And for his instances of the solidity of some heny (admit-ting cf the Histories) they do not at'all enervate this positionchat Bees onely make honey.

Among the Frogloiita in a Country called Balgaia there ishony found whiter than snow, and as hard as a stone; And in theCountry about Calient the hony is so hard that they carry it inbaskets,what then,was it not made by Beesil have seen as white,and as hard made by my own Bees. Indeed besides the domcfiickBee,the humble Bee makes hony, but little in quantity, and no-thing so pleasant in taste for quality.

In China there is not onely plenty of Bees wax, but there isMatk.Ricii de another fort which is not onely whiter, but also better, for it isChristiana ex- less glutinous, and being lighted, burns brighter : 1c is madeofpedic apnd Si- certain worms which they breed up in trees for this purpose,nas li I They make a third fort of a fruit of a certain tree which is

not less white than the former, but burnes nothing sobrightly.

Thus have wee found hony and wax too, made by othercreatures besides the Hony-Bees, but both by no one etca-tue.

Z/^»H#jsaith, Hony and Wax may be gathered without the

Bees