The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler.

  • Butler, Charles, -1647.
Date:
M.DC.XXXIV
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Credit: The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    her, Animamj* in vulnere ponit. Intcreunt qua percufferint, Vng.Georg. qu&niam fine tnteftint eruptione aculctu exinn non poteft. hift.311 l. 9. For witin fowr and twenty hours after,or,if muc of hir en- cap‘40 trals coom foort( wit de fling,witin half dat timc,/ee dyef. ^>e $*< 0fttt But de Speer' reteining Iife wen de Bee' is gon, if it bee not feif piered prefently pulled our, wilwoorkit felfintode fle/upto dtdeePer^e» hard end, and fo cans de pain & fwelling to bee botc greater Beeitison- and longer. Berfforc wen you ar Bung, inftantly wip^ of de Bee', fling i * and all, and waX de plac' wit your fpittle : fo -fall you pre- tf™*0 Pre've*t* ventbot' pain and lweliing, wic oderwil' noting but cm eurc: for de poyfon is fo fubtil, dat it qikly picrcef de--- flsf, and de woond' fo little, dat no Antidotc can follow af- N«fi»g but ter : and yet I havc heard commended for a remedi,de /uycc Um‘ ca» cm* of Houf-Ieekc,ofRu(,of Mallows, of Jvi, of a Marigold*- leaf, of Holihok and Vineger, of,Salt and Vineger, and di¬ vers Oder tings. Id malva peculiare eft, ttt impoftta iUibus . vefparxm & apum3dolores levetdtztn. Met. ].6.cap.4. Ster- cusvaccinumvefparum ittus fanat, & indito aceto tumores digerit. Fern. Met. 1.5. cap. 27. Ru‘ drnnken wit Winder r/tder rrit Hydromel, or de lcavs ftamped wit Hoonniand Salt, and laid to de wcond*,is good againft Binging of Bee's, Waips, Hornets,and Scorpions \rDodoens3l,2.c.85. Verum hoc mihi pro, cateris probatur remedium: Z)t pri- mum fe quis ittum fenferit, aculeum adhuc epidermidi inha- rentem cum ip fa ape inftanter abftergat ( nam fi paulifper ft- natur, dum veram cutem penetraverit; vehementior indejist' turnior, & fanatt* diffeilior evadet turn dolor turn tumor ) dein, quam mox reddi poteft, propria velpuerivulnus mind malva folia fapiufcule proluant; quod poftea virgineo aliove me He fluido digitus eircumhnat. Sed locus nequaquam frice- tur. Butif dou wilt havc de favour of dy Bee's dat dey fling ^ $s dee not, dou muft avoid fuc tings as offend dem : dou muff not bee(i)un€aftc or(2juncleanly .-for impuriti& flutti/nes > f'demfelvs beeing moflc call'and neat ) dey utterly abhor: —-— dou mufl not coom among dem ( 3 ) fmelling of fwear, or having a (linking bret, caufed eider trcog eating of G 2 Leek's,