[Sidenote: If a hive is fed on honey, stop the mouth of it.] And that hyue that is fedde, to stoppe the mouthe cleane, 44 that other bees come not in; for if they doo, they wyll fyghte, and kyll eche other. And beware, that noo waspes come in-to the hyue, for they wyll kyl the bees, and eate the honny. And also there is a bee called a 48 [Sidenote: Drones.] drone, and she is greatter than an other bee, and they wyll eate the honny, and gather nothynge: and therfore they [Sidenote: It is said, the drone hath lost her sting.] wolde be kylde, and it is a sayenge, that she hath loste her stynge, and than she wyl not labour as the other 52 do. 123. ¶ Howe to kepe beastes and other cattell. [Sidenote: How to keep beasts.] If a housbande shall kepe cattell well to his profytte, he must haue seuerall closes and pastures to put his cattel in, the which wolde be wel quickesetted, diched, & hedged, that he maye seuer the byggeste cattell frome 4 [Sidenote: [Fol. 52_b_.]] the weykeste at his pleasure, and specyallye in wynter-tyme, whan they shall be fodered. And thoughe a man be but a farmer, and shall haue his farme xx yeres, it [Sidenote: It is best to quickset, ditch, and hedge cattle in.] is lesse coste for hym, and more profyte, to quyckeset, 8 dyche, and hedge, than to haue his cattell goo before the herdeman. For let the housbande spende in thre yeres as moche money as the kepynge of his beastes, swyne, and shepe doth cost him in iii yeres, than alwaye after, 12 he shal haue all maner of cattell with the tenthe parte of the coste, and the beastes shal lyke moche better. And [Sidenote: A herdman expects 2_d._ per beast; and a swineherd 1_d._] by this reason. The herdeman wyll haue for euery beast .ii.d. a quarter, or there aboute: And the swyneherde 16 wyll haue for euery swyne .i.d. at the leaste. Than he must haue a shepeherde of his owne, or elles he shal neuer thryue. Than reken meate, drinke, and wages for his shepeherde, the herdmans hyre, and the swyneherdes 20 hyre, these charges wyll double his rent or nyghe it, excepte his farme be aboue .xl. s. by yere. Nowe see [Sidenote: It is better to spend the money on hedges.] what his charges be in .iii. yeres, lette hym ware as moche money in quickesettynge, dychynge, and hedgynge, and 24 in thre yeres he shall be discharged for euermore, and moche of this labour he and his seruauntes maye do with theyr owne handes, and saue moche money. And than [Sidenote: [Fol. 53.]] hath he euery fyelde in seueraltye. And by the assente 28 of the lordes and tenauntes, euery neyghbour may exchaunge landes with other. And than shall his farme be twyse so good in profytte to the tenaunte as it was before,