60 THE HISTORY. OF BEES, 
Mr, Rufden allo affirms, thatfeveral of thefe; princes 
have at firft:a fpot upon their foreheads, not amnlikeia’ 
diadem ;-which he very probably'took, .as welbas-other 
things, frome Pliny.* Buti of all'the ‘numbers Ihave’ 
viewed:andexamined, for the {pace of fo many years’ 
(including go or 40 the Jaft feafon) I could never ob-’ 
ferve any fuch ftar, Mr. Purchas fays the f. ame,’ and is’ 
pofitive there is no fuch fpot. “And yet (pag. 31,) tells’ 
us, he ‘hath feen Bees with crefts, or taffels upon’ their | 
heads of different colours; which muft be nothing more 
than adventitious or accidental. 
Again, the Sovereign may be eafily diftinguifhed from’ 
all her fubjeéts by her form and fhape ; being larger and 
~ Tonger than the labouring Bees, efpecially in her hinder 
part, which is by far more taper than all the other, ter- 
minating in a much fharper point; nature having given 
her this peculiar form, in order the more readily to reach 
the bottom of the cells, where the eggs are svete 
ve propagation of the fpecies. er 
~ Finally, by her colour‘alfo the may be difcovered, 
and by this I have more frequently found her, than by* 
any other marks of diftinGtion. Her upper parts are lit-- 
tle, if at all, different from the Honey-Bees, but her bel- 
ly and legs are of a very deep yellow, much Se aoa 
the pureft and the richeft'gold. : 
When the Bees of a fingle flock are dropped into an 
empty hive (as hereafter dire€ted )to be united with thofe 
of another ftock; the Queen’ erie falls one of the’ 
Sinan Jaft, 
® Phachéxrtce. 166 In fronte macula queda Diademate Ailes vend f 
fiimula armatus ome Candicans, 1 aie 
