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abundant in Bees, that you (Kali scarce open any tree with ahatchet, where will not run out five or six measure* of purehony; the Bees that make it are very little, and without (lings.

AldrtVandu citing Hiss anus faith , that in the Isle of Cm- p e tru» Hispa-mrnta, the swarms hang on the Trees, and stow down with nus.hoay.

In Tymtna, not far from JsJWfa» the Indians make many con- A.d*Hermaserves of hony, which is somewhat plentiful! with them, and de I*s lndi«sfend them to fell to the Countries round about them, occid dccad.6

The Indians of Humana ^ although their Country bee well lreplenished, with good bread, com, fruits, and all londcof fish Lmscoten. I.;,in great abundance,yet eat Bees, Lice, S piders, cte.

The Brajilian Bees are very unlike to ours, and differ not Hist.Narigar.much from the little black flesh Five, which annoy us in Sum- i n Basil. Lcrt*.mer, and make their combs usually in hollow trees; they call u$.the hony Tra, which they eat as wee do, their wax is as blackaspitch, which they call Yetic , they use it not sot candles, as weedo, but to flop their great Canes, wherein they keep their fea-thers that they bee not eaten by a kinde of Butcer-flye, whichthey call Anveis. They come in multitudes to the fue|, likeCrickets, where they eat whatsoever they finds, especially theygnaw the upper part of leathern doublets, antsfhooes. If weeoegligently reserved hens, or other food , in the mormng, weeshould have onely bones.

Several sorts of Bees in RrifiU : Yeatee is the smallest of Mr.Joh.stane**.all the Bees that ever Lhave seen in the Country, and is in ma- my friend, and;king much like a gnat, but of a yellowish colour, and hath com- neighbour who -monly her hony in the hollow of a tree , cither at the root, or llvednot above three or four foot from it; it stingeth not, and where ^ eWs ,ttthey enter, they make a pipe of yellowish wax about four incheslong,with the mouth of h, like to the mouth of a Trumpet, the.combs arc pyned together like clusters of Nuts, and theirhody is an excellent balfome/or I have had experience of it my.self lor the curing of very dangerous green wound*.

Zellab , and Ztdibfm.Mt the two chief sorts of Bee*,and stingnot at all ; .thc lesser is so like our Bees here in England* that I.think 1 should not know one from the other, the other is bigger,,but yet much of the fame colour; they have honey in abundance,,and rbe further up into the Country the more plenty; I have

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