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A ThtAtre ospiliticat F tying JnseCts,sweet strew, then co Hony-combes. The Bees ate little UlktM-co Ryes, the bony i« sharp and black, yet in some places there isbetter, and the comb* better fashioned, as in the Pr«vince ofTuttman in Cbillt, and in Ctrtbagtne.

In Pertly especially about the City Cartage, are many Bees,which breed in hollow Trees, and make as good Hony as theAe'ciec' n! Bees in S paint ; there is one sort of Bees not much greater than' Gnats, these stop up the hole, or passage into the cavity of thetree, and by a pipe oswaxe as great as the middle finger,goe inand out to their labours, their Hony is thin and somewhat lharp,they get usually about a quart of hony out of a tree.

There is another sort of Bees which are somewhat greater,and black ( for the former are white ) the entrance into the treewhere they work is made up ( except a passage for them ) withwaxe, and some other mixture, whereby it is harder thanx stone, their hony is without comparison better than the for-mer, and a Tree w>H afford usually a gallon, and sometimes

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There is another sort of Bees which are greater than the Spa-Ktjh Bees, but none of efeemsting, but when they finds that anygoc about to plur.dtr them, they wiil charge upon him that cutsthe tree, and hang about his hair and beara; these greater Beesyeeld usually three gallons out df a tree, and it is farre better ho-ny than any of the former.

In the Province of Guayaquil which is not farre from Jhittythey breed in Trees, and are nor much greater than Flies, theWaxe and the Hony which they gather is red, and although ithath a good taste, yet is jt not like to the Hcny of Ccsti/e.

Near the Rivers of Vafies and PI ate, the Bees are not likeours, being nor greater than the small Flics fchercwitb wee aretroubled in Summer ; they work in Trees, and make largercombes than ours,the extremities of thru wir.es, are biunt,!as ifthey were cuts Oviela and Tbcvet confirm it) c-r bitten off,andhave in the middle ofthem a cross Ipo drawing towards white,without stings,'beir wax is as black as j. itch. The hony generallyof the Bees, of the new world, candies not, but is alwayes squidlike oyl.

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