The making of Honey.
Mellificium.
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The _Bees_ send out
a _swarm_, 1. and set over it
a _Leader_, 2.
_Apes_ emittunt
_Examen_, 1. adduntque illi
_Ducem_ (Regem), 2.
That swarm
being ready to fly away
is recalled by the Tinkling
of a _brazen Vessel_, 3.
and is put up
into a new _Hive_, 4.
Examen illud,
avolaturum,
revocatur tinnitu
_Vasis ænei_, 3.
& includitur
novo _Alveari_, 4.
They make little _Cells_
with six corners, 5.
and fill them with _Honey-dew_,
and make _Combs_, 6.
out of which the _Honey_
runneth, 7.
Struunt _Cellulas_
sexangulares, 5.
et complent eas _Melligine_,
& faciunt _Favos_, 6.
è quibus _Mel_
effluit, 7.
The _Partitions_
being melted by fire,
turn into _Wax_, 8.
_Crates_
liquati igne
abeunt in _Ceram_, 8.