370 INSECTS THAT LIVE 
orders follows the laws of its own instinct, 
without being conscious of any subor- 
dination; it, notwithstanding, happens, 
that some few possess over the rest a cer- 
tain degree of influence, independent of 
any authority, properly so called. 
The Termites, inhabitants of southern 
climates, also effect their union in the 
air, fall upon the ground, and lose, as 
we are informed, their wings. But who 
can teach us the secrets of their astonish- 
ing society? why nature has produced 
amongst them four sorts of individuals ? 
— one single mother, who, when preg- 
nant, becomes a hundred times more 
bulky than at first; winged males; 
apterous neuters, appointed to the house- 
‘hold management, and the construction 
of their gigantic edifice; and others, 
instructed only in the arts of war. 
Reaumur, De Geer, Bonnet, &c. found 
without going any distance, subjects 
worthy of exciting their attention. All 
our riches in this department have not 
been yet explored. ‘The wars of bees, 
