STORIFYING. Ill 



preserve the lives of the bees: he obtained a 

 patent for his boxes from King Charles. 



Gedde's boxes were considerably improved by 

 JOSEPH WARDER, a physician at Croydon, who 

 published an account of them in his work entitled 

 " The true Amazons, ortheMonarchyofBees" Dr. 

 Warder enriched his account with several curious 

 circumstances respecting bees ; some of which 

 will be detailed in a future chapter. The method of 

 these gentlemen seems not to have been generally 

 known; for even Swammerdam, who published 

 in 1680, makes no mention of it. Had Swammer- 

 dam known it, he would have been informed 

 of many circumstances, respecting which he was 

 evidently ignorant. This want of Dr. Warder's 

 information is to be lamented, for Swammerdam 

 was an accurate observer, and a faithful reporter 

 of what he did observe. 



Gedde and Warder were succeeded by the Rev* 

 JOHN THORLEY of Oxford, who published " An 

 Enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government 

 of Bees ;" and by the Rev. STEPHEN WHITE of 

 Hal ton in Suffolk, who wrote on " Collateral 

 Bee-boxes, or an easy and advantageous method of 

 managing Bees." Collateral boxes have been 

 objected to, because bees, when the boxes are 

 on a level, have laid their eggs promiscuously in 

 both ; moreover side boxes occupy a great deal 

 more room than storifying boxes. 



