THE 



Antient Bee-Mafter's Farewell. 



PART I. 



CHAP. I. 



' OE THE QUEEN, DRONES, AND WORKERS. 



vJN the Jingle female bee, ftyled queen, 

 depend the increafe, profperity, and per- 

 manency of a flock. No fwarm can pof- 

 fibly be eftahhfhed, unlefs accompanied by 

 a princefs ; although the bees become ever 

 fo numerous, or eager to iwarm. If by 

 any mifchance the queen is killed, the bees, 

 foon fenfible of her lofs, quit the hive 

 to affociate with their next neighbours, 

 transferring their treafure with them. 



B The 



