Account of the Drone Bee. 67 | 
the other 8, with as many young fwarms.—It 
mutt be allowed, however, that hives will fome- 
times ly long out; and, therefore, if the owner 
had a {pare Queen, he might eafily rear new. 
{warms with them, which he cannot fafely do 
without them. 
CHAP. VIIL 
ACCOUNT OF THE DRONE BEE, 
6 ee DRONEs are a fpecies of bees, well 
known to every Bee-matfter, and may eafily be 
diftinguifhed from the common or working 
bees. They are both larger and longer in the 
body. Their heads are round, their eyes full, 
and their tongues fhort. The form of the belly 
differs from thofe of both Queen and common 
bees ; and their colour is darker than either. 
They have no fting, and they make a much 
greater noife when flying, than either the 
Queen or the common bees ;—~a peculiarity of 
itfelf fufficient to diftinguith them. 
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