134 T/je Wisdom of GOD Part L 

 Mr. Boyle truly obferves, Treatife of final Caufes^ 

 f, 169. Another Sort of Bee I have obferv'dj 

 may be called the Tree-Bee^ whofe Induftry is 

 admirable in making Provifion for her Young. 

 Firft, fhe digs round Vaults or Burrows [Cwii- 

 culos] in a rotten or decayed Tree, of a great 

 length, in them {he builds or forms her cylin- 

 drical Nefls or Cafes, refembling Cartridges, or 

 a very narrow Thimble, only in proportion 

 longer, of pieces of Rofe, or other Leaves, which 

 fhe fhears off with her Mouth, and plats and 

 joins clofe together by fome glutinous Subflance ; 

 thefe Cafes fhe fills with a red Pap, of a thinner 

 Confiftence than an Eleduary, of no pleafant 

 Tafte, which where fhe gathers I know not -, and 

 which is mofl remarkable, fhe forms thefe Cafes 

 and flores them with this Provifion before fhe 

 hath any young One hatch'd, or fo much as an 

 Egg laid ; for on the top of the Pap fhe lays one 

 Egg, and then clofes up the VefTel with a Cover 

 of Leaves : the inclos'd Egg foon becomes an 

 Eula, or Maggot, which feeding upon the Pap 

 till it comes to its full Growth, changes to a 

 Nympha, and after comes out a Bee, Another 

 Infedt noted for her feeming Prudence, in ma- 

 king Provifion for the Winter, propofed by Solo- 

 mo?i for our Imitation, is the Ant, which (as all 

 Naturalifls agree) hoard up Grains of Corn a- 



gainfl the Winter for her Suflenance, 

 * ^o^' ^" "* and is reported by fome to * bite off 



the Germen of them, lefl they fhould 

 fprout by the Moifture of the Earth, which I 



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