GENERATION OF ANIMALS, III. x. 



them — they are, of course, generated from the 

 " leaders." Hence their manner of generation is 

 in fact arranged in a sort of proportionate series " ; 

 [thus, the leaders are similar to the drones in size, 

 but similar to the " bees " in possessing a sting ; 

 therefore the " bees " are similar to them in this 

 respect, but the drones are similar to them in size,] 

 for of course the three kinds must of necessity fail to 

 coincide in some respect, unless the same kind is 

 always going to be bound to be generated from each, 

 and this is impossible, because then the whole tribe 

 of them would be " leaders." Therefore the " bees " 

 have been made similar to them in respect of char- 

 acteristic properties,* [i.e., in \irtue of generating 

 young,] while the drones have been made similar to 

 them in respect of size [and if they had a sting as 

 well, they would be " leaders." As it is, this portion 

 of the puzzle remains, since the leaders resemble 

 both kinds at the same time, the bees in possessing 

 a sting, the drones in size.] "^ But the leaders too 

 must be generated from something ; and since they 

 are generated neither from the bees nor from the 

 drones, they must of necessity generate their own 

 kind as well. [And their cells are the last to be 

 formed, and are not many in number.] ^ So it turns 



" Bees " can generate one kind, i.e., a kind other than 



their own (viz., drones) ; 



Drones can generate no kind. This is the irtpas of the 



avaXoyia (see 760 a 33). 



* Dynamis : referring to the special and distinctive char- 

 acteristic, viz., ability to generate, as the gloss explains. 



' I have tentatively bracketed the passages which seem to 

 have been interpolated. The main argument is about the 

 power to generate, not about size or sting. 



** This sentence seems to have been misplaced ; it is more 

 relevant if moved to 760 b 27 below. 



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