68 THE HISTORY OF BEES. 
politively deny: and if we admit that the governing Beg 
is of the male kind, then it is ‘moft evident and certain 
that they breed without copulation. Since it is that Bee 
alone which difpofits in the feveral matrixes, or cells, 
that prolifick fubftance or matter, which after a few days 
quickens; appears firft a little worm, and a at laf a per- 
fect Bee, ' 
The Philofopher* fays, it is improbable, that fome 
Bees fhould be males, and fome females: but herein he 
agrees not with the generally received and prevailing o- 
pinion, that the numerous fpecies of beings were at firft 
formed male and female; and infedis, like all other ani- . 
mals, are firft produced by way of generation, and gra- 
dually come to maturity, whereby the fpecies. is prefer. 
ME, 5 . oe 
“¢ Therefore every infeat owes it’s being to a male aa 
cs female, proceeds from an egg the product of both fexes, 
<< wherein the feed and firft nutriment is enclofed, _ And 
“‘ thefe egos thus produced are the foundation of ; a very 
' €© numerous offspring. 
"© God at firft created o one man and one woman, from 
<< <‘ whom all the race of mankind are defcended : he like- 
“ << wife created one yon and one lyonefs, from whom 
€ all beafts of that denomination have proceeded ; 3; and 
“itis equally evident, that every infect in the fame 
¢¢ manner hath multiplied it’s fpecies.+ ’ 
In fo great a diverfity of opinions, and a cafe fo dubious 
and pifputable, I will not pofitively determine either 
way ; but humbly offer my reafons why I cannot fall in 
with 
* Ariffat, + Nar, Delia, 
