38 "THE HISTORY OF BEES. 
hot only to'the ancient, but alfo fome modern wrisers, the 
readers will find, in, the. fection immediately followings... 
The management of Bees tothe greateft advantage, { 
particularly their prefervation in hives, at the time of\u- 
nion, depending fo much on’ an ability to difeover and. 
feparate this Sovereign from fuch a multitude of fub-: 
jets, it isneceflary that I decypher and paint het in fuch 
plain charaéters, or difctiminating peculiarities, that e- 
very Bee-mafter may the better know her, and more 
readily diftinguifh her from all the reft, and take her from 
among thecroud into clofe cuftody. A ase 
. Thus the poor Queen becomes a prifoner, and is des 
prived of all her people and her liberty together. But 
till the owner is enabled by the following mazks and 
chara@terifticks, or his own obfervation, thus to diftin- 
guifh her from the populace, I would nat advife him to 
attempt an incorporation, which would be attended with _ 
fome ill confequences. 
The Sovereign may be ne from all her bigs 
by the following criterions, or marks of diftinction, viz. 
by her bulk and ftature ; by her taisee or figure ; > OF DY 
her colour and complexion. 
3. By her bulk and magnitude ; has bagi lathe? 
than the commons, and longer than the drones, and her 
feveral parts in juft proportion ; though fome authors fay 
her wings are fhorter, and others, that they are of the 
fame fize with the commons; they do indeed appeat 
fhort, which is owing to the extent of the laft divifion, 
yet, upon'the moft accurate-and ftri& examination, it 
@ppears that thofe authors were miltaken, her wings ex- 
., Seeding 
