The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Charles Butler (1560 - 29 Mar 1647)
Minister, logician, grammarian, author, priest, and apiarist. In The Feminine Monarchie (1623 and 1634), he expresses his theory on the government of bees.Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/4178 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Butler_(beekeeper) References in Documents:
The under or hinder Wings of a Bee, are the
least; that
they may not incommode his flight. (a) a)
Insect. cap. 1
is the Stomach, which they always fill to satisfie,
and to
spare; vomiting up the greater part of the Honey, to be
kept against Winter. A curious
Description and Figure of the
Sting, see in Mr.
Bees often hold a little stone in their
hinder Feet; which
serves as a Ballast to make them sail
through the Air more
steadily. (b) b) Bees, the
best that
hath given us, (c) c)
lib.
9. c. 40.
Generation, Conservation, Diseases, and Use; see also
Moufet, Butler, and a late
Treatiseof Mr.
Authors speak of the Spontaneous Generation of
Bees, is
fabulous. The ashes of
Beesare put into most Composi
tions for breeding of Hair.