| Their Method of Generations —. - 95 
Of thefe royal manfions or pavillions,-a modern wri- 
ter fays there is always one in every hive, in foie two, 
in others three, tho’ but feldom.* 
But frequently I have feen the/e oblong royal matrixes 
or pavillions in greater numbers; particularly in Odfober 
1743, no lefs than feven or eight at the bottom of one 
comb, befides feveral in other parts, tho’ few of themin 
full perfection. Mr. Purchas mentions nine or ten, 
tho’ the number is uncertain; in fome more, in others 
lefs. 
This royal cell 1 have examined, and found an inch 
in depth: thefe are never demolithed. Into thefe cells, 
Mr. Parchas fays, is injected a {perma matter, inclining 
to yellow; wherein, and out of which, the Queen-Bee 
is bred, being both matter of generation and augmenta- 
tion; and that fhe is at firft, (when fhe is -vifibly any 
thing) a perfect Bee, .in lineaments and fhape, tho’ not 
in magnitude and dimenfions, and feeds on that wherein 
fhe is bred, till fhe comes to perfection. The golden 
matter, of which the Queen is made, is not turned into 
a worm, but immediately receives the fhape of a Bee.t 
Doth fhe feed purely of a {permatick matter ; and that 
matter injected by a female? and is fperm, and {perm 
alone, matter both of generation and.augmentation ? and 
how will he prove, that tho’ beth the other forts are 
produced in the manner reprefented, and the young nous 
gifhed by proper food duly prepared, this principal Bee 
is generated, nourithed, and perfeéted without any mi- 
niftrations, or contributions of the Commons. The’ 
@ Dr. Warder p. 44. + Pure, Theat, ch, 3, p. 298 
1 Busler’s Fam, Monar, pag. 62, 
