little hony & leaues of the Pere-trée, togither, or with the branches of the herb Time flouring, or Sanerie, or Maiorame, or the hearbe Balme, and Honny togither. Some annoint the stickes and hiue within, with the swéete creame of the newe Cowe milke, or with Water and Honnye sodden togither, and that sprinckled aboute within the Hyue, that the Bées maye be the rather and sooner moued to tarrie and dwell stil in the Hiues. ¶ How Bees lacking honnie may be fedde in that present neede. Cap.xviij. Bycause the boysterousnesse of the ayre doth sometimes constraine the Bées to abyde in their hiues, and that they may not only féede of Honny, but at the rysing of the constellation (named _Vergiliæ_) they maye be fed and cherished, and the same done in this manner without greate cost. As firste, if you take the number of ten figges, séething them in sixe pintes of fayre conduite or spring water, vnto a pynte wasted, whych after set the one side of the hiue within, laying many smal stickes a crosse ouer the Lycour, that those may serue in stead of bridgs, the apter for them to drinke of the Licour, without drowning in the same. Others wyll to séeth Honny and water togither, & the same to be poured into dishes set at the one side of the Hiue, in the whiche they will to put fine carded wooll, that the Bées maye the better drincke now and then, and be not cloyed with too much drinking of the licour, by lighting into it. Others take figs & raisons beating them togither, and after boyling them in the swéete lycour named Cuyte, they poure into dishes, couering the same with Oaten strawes a crosse. Others also will to take a little Hony, putting into the same a fewe Oate cornes, that the Bées lighting on them, maye so kepe their wings from wetting in the licour. Now all these meanes may well suffise to cherish and féed the bées in the Winter time, lacking then foode, beyng set neare to the mouthes of the Hiues. So that if a longer hunger oppresseth them, then with the hiues fast by the entring in, set little gutters made of halfe canes, or greate elder stickes cleft, into which poure of the swéete licours aboue taught, for by that meanes may they be wel recouered and strengthned in the déepe of Winter, when their foode fayleth them. Some wil to put fresh birdes cleane drawne, or the fleshe of a Henne finely shred into hiues, for the Bées to féede and sucke vpon in the déepe of Winter, & the fine feathers also they will put into the Hiue, that they may giue then a warmth to the Bées lying in them. And others also will to put the meate of rosted Chickens into their Hiues, to féede and sucke vppon, and not the boanes withall, least the sauour of the bones after the meate eaten off, might annoy the bées by lying still in the hiues, in that they so greatly abhorre all sowre and stinking sauors. Also these kinds of flesh ordered (as aboue sayde) may well serue the Bées in another drie Sommer, when as