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A neceſſarie Table ſetting forth the

contents of theſe tvvo Treatiſes.

Theſe treated of in the firſt Treatiſe.

WHy Bees are named to be creſted or parted betweene, or as it were ringed or rather pleighted: what worke the ſwarme new
gathered in the Hiue firſte taketh in hande: and whether they may liue after their ſtings be gone.
Cap. j.
VVho firſt taught the preparation and increaſing of Bees, and found out the vſe of honie. cap. ij.
How Bees do naturally ingender. cap. iij.
Of the vnperfit Bees, which men properly name drone Bees. ca. iiij.
VVhether the Bees draw breath, or haue any bloud in them. cap. v.
Of the great vtilitie and profit of the Bees vnto mans vſe. cap. vj.
Of the care and diligence of Bees. cap. vij.
Of the maruellous gouernement of the King of honie Bees, and of the obedience which they vſe to hym. cap. viij.
VVhat kind of Bees be beſt, and rather to be choſen. cap. ix.
VVhere the Hiues of Bees ought eſpecially to be placed. cap. x.
VVhat things Bees do chiefly abhorre, and greatly hate. cap. xj.
By what ſignes men may knowe when the honie Bees are diſeaſed, and how men may cure them. cap. xij.
VVhat manner of perſon the keper of the Bees ought to be. cap. xiij.
By what meanes the ſwarme come forth, may be preſerued from flying away. cap. xiiij.
Of the Bees new ſettled in a ſwarme togither, and taken and recouered againe. cap. xv.
Which are the beſt and fitteſt hyues for the honie Bees. cap. xvj.
Of the cleanlineſſe and ſweeteneſſe of the keeper of Bees, and howe hiues ought to be fenced about, and prepared within. cap. xvij.
How Bees lacking honie may be fed in that preſent neede. cap. xviij.
How the dead Bees may be reſtored to life againe. cap. xix.
Of the battell that Bees ſometime haue within themſelves. cap. xx.
How Bees loſt, may be recouered and found againe. cap. xxj.
That the Bees ſting no perſon coming neere to their hiues. cap. xxij.
VVhen and how the hiues ought to be gelded. cap. xxiij.
VVhat the honie is, and how from the hiues the ſame may be prepared to vſe. cap. xxiiij.

VVich