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which always produce males, or drones. After union 

 with a male, she lays eggs in the royal cells, and these 

 become perfect females like herself. She also seems to 

 have the power to lay, at will, unf ecundated eggs, from 

 which drones are produced. 



An analogous mode of reproduction prevails among 

 certain species of worms, which multiply by simple 

 division of the bod}^ one portion producing the head, 

 and the other the tail. The individuals thus produced 

 have no sex, and may be called neuters. They go on 

 and on reproducing in this way for several generations, 

 until finally a new individual is produced which is sexu- 

 ally complete and reproduction by means of eggs is 

 again begun. 



Human Beings Are Developed Buds.— It has been 

 very aptly suggested by an eminent physiologist that 

 the ovum and zoosperm may be correctly considered as 

 internal buds. Thus it would appear that generation is 

 universally a process of budding. A child is but a com- 

 pound bud, an offshoot from its parents. This idea is 

 not a mere fancy, but has a scientific basis. As all the 

 exquisite details of the most beautiful flower are in 

 essence contained within the tiny bud which first makes 

 its appearance, so is the developed human being, the 

 full-grown man or woman, virtually contained within 

 the tiny cell called the ovum after it has been impreg- 

 nated or fecundated by the zoosperms. In short, men 

 and women are blossoms in a strictly scientific sense. 



The process of fecundation in hermaphrodite ani- 

 mals is very peculiar. In some cases, as in the snail, the 

 union of two individuals is usually necessary, though 

 each possesses both kinds of organs. In other cases, as 

 in the tapeworm, the oyster, and numerous other mol- 

 lusks, a single individual has the power to fertilize its 



