somwhat stiper than the back part, leaste rain beating in, might not lightly run out again by their entry or hole. For remedy of the which, some make a couer ouer theyr hole the better to kéepe off the weather & raine. And no manner of heate so much harmeth them, as doth the bitter cold, & for this the faces of hiues ought to be toward the winter rising of the sun, that the Bées may so receiue the warme comfort, in the morning comming forth, & be the liuelier, for colde doth cause them to be sluggish, and for that cause their holes ought to be very narrow, that as little colde as is possible, may enter into them, and so narrowe made, that the Bées within may receiue the encrease but of one Bée at once, For by that meanes can neither the Béetil, butterflie, nor great moath enter, to annoye them. Besides for their often recourse home, _Maro_ willeth to make two or thrée commings into the hiue, somewhat distant asunder. ¶ What things Bees doe chiefly abhorre, or greatly hate. Cap.xj. To bées, is that (named the Eccho) vngratefull or much displeasing, which as _Plinie_ writeth, doth greatly fear them, through the straunge sounde rebounding againe, and the miste also doth muche molest and trouble them, besides the spinner through hir web hanging downe before the Hiue, and the sluggishe butterflie (which _Plinie_ nameth dishonorable) that is two wayes pestiferous, as the one, when he spoyleth the waxe, and dungeth within the Hiue, and the other, breading Magottes or little wormes within the combes. They greatly hate oyle, like as all the kindes of the other Bées doe, and a stinking sauoure, which euidently appeareth by that kind of herbe named Mugworte, that they especially hate, bycause the same is of a strange stincke to them. The hornettes also of the like sorte creast, but bazer of kynde, they greatlye feare, for that to the Hornets the Hony Bées are a speciall foode. Also they be meate to swallows, to sparrowes, and to all other small byrdes. The frogs besides, they do greatly feare, which only lye in waite for them, both in Marishes, running springs, shallowe waters, and little ditches, and the like doe the Toades lye in wayte for the Bées, whiche destroye manye of them. And the shéepe doe greately trouble the Honnye Bées, if so be they happen to fall or lighte into the Wooll of theyr backes, out of whyche, they cannot easylye wynde or gette themselues againe. And if any happeneth to boyle or seathe Riuer Creauisses, or sea Crabbes neare to the Hiues, and that the Bées féele the sauour therof, they die forthwith. ¶ By what signes men may know, when the hony Bees are diseased, and how men may cure them. Cap.xij.