48 THE HISTORY OF BEES. 
Haber fays it is not an egg, but ean. and hath no o thin 
to keep it in it’s form, as the eggs of filk-worms.* “But 
how can we imagine this to be any other than an egg . 
no fperm being enclofed in a fhell or membrane, as this 
“js? whence it will naturally follow this is a female. Mr. 
Bradley fays it is an ezg, formed by a ae ee and 
f{mooth membrane.+ — ke 
From the aforefaid remarks, I have taken the liberty 
to dignify this infe&t above the reft, and to diftinguifh 
her by the name of Queen, anfwerable to the title-page. 
“Yet after all that hath been offered upon this head, it 
feems to bea moot point, that will admit of a further 
debate. As I cannot attain to-a full fatisfaGtion herein 
myfelf, how can'l‘expe& the arguments fhould admini- 
’ ter the fame to the readers, whom 'I muft leave ‘to ‘his 
own judgement and choice. Nor will I quarrel with a- 
ny ‘perfon, though ‘he may perhaps apprehend fome tea- 
fons for not:embracing my opinion. | 
Thus are we humbled thro’ our owndenoranee. Here 
we fee how our intellectual powers are‘confined and li- 
mited ; not an infect, a pile of grafs, a fingle hair, or an 
atom, but is enough to puzzle the {kill and wifdom of 
the greateft philofopher. 
‘And thus -has‘God punifhed-our pride and prefumpti- 
onin nile to ‘be as Gods, yrowrahs both good and e= 
wil. 
Binge. then there are fuch fecrets ‘and ssh asa inthe 
kingdom of nature, as alfo of providence ;-why may there 
not be the fame in ‘the kingdom of the Redeemer? + or 
wh 
@ Rufden, p. 45. oi Bradley, P. 233. y 
Tor Tim, iii 15. veya ésh 48 Tits duce slas pUsipiod. 
