GENERATION OF ANIMALS, III. x. 



remaining is something parallel to what we find 

 occurs in certain fishes " : the " bees " generate the 

 drones -without copulation, i.e., although so far as 

 generating is concerned they are female, yet they 

 contain in themselves the male as well as the female 

 (factor), just as plants do ; and this also is why they 

 possess the organ for self-defence,* for of course it is 

 wrong to apply the term " female " to creatures 

 where no separate male exists. 



We find then that this is what occurs in the case of 

 the drones : they are formed independently of copula- 

 tion. And if this is so, then surely the same argu- 

 ment must apply to the " bees " and the kings ; 

 they too must be generated independently of copu- 

 lation. Now if we were sure that the brood of the 

 " bees " made their appearance ^vithout the kings 

 being there, then it would follow of necessity that 

 the " bees " as well as the drones are produced from 

 " bees " ^vithout copulation. This however is denied 

 by those whose business it is to look after these 

 creatures. Hence the only possibility left is that 

 the kings generate their own kind and the " bees " 

 as well. 



We see then that the manner in which bees are 

 generated appears to be peculiar, in keeping ^nth 

 their extraordinary and pecuUar character. Bees' 

 generating without copulation might be paralleled 

 by the beha\iour of other animals, but their generat- 

 ing some different kind of creature is peculiar and 

 unique, for even erythrinoi and channae generate 

 creatures of the same kind as themselves. The 

 reason is that the " bees themselves " are not gener- 

 ated in the same way as flies and other such creatures, 

 but from a kind which though different is akin to 



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