330 
BEE. 
“ In one that died, there were - - 2432 
“ That I might guess at the number of 
bees from a given bulk, I counted what 
number an alehouse pint held, when wet, 
and found it contained - - - - 2l6o 
Therefore, as some swarrns will fill two 
quarts, such must consist of near - - 9000 
“ Of the Parts concerned in the Nourishment of 
the Bee. 
“ Animals who only swallow food for them- 
selves, or whose alimentary organs are fitted 
wholely for their own nourishment, have them 
adapted to that use only; but in many, these 
organs are common for more purposes, as in the 
pigeon, and likewise in the bee. In this last, 
some of the parts are used as a temporary reser- 
voir, holding both that which is for the immediate 
nourishment of the animal, and also that which 
is to be preserved for a future day, in the cells 
formerly described; this last portion is therefore 
thrown up again, or regurgitated. As it is the 
labourers alone in the common bee that are so 
employed, we might conceive this reservoir would 
belong only to them; but both the queen and 
males, both in the common and humble bee, have 
it, as also, I believe,* every one of the bee tribe. 
“ As the bee is a remarkable instance of regur- 
gitation, it is necessary the structure of the parts 
concerned in this operation,- and which are also 
