78 Account of the Working Bee. 
inclined to rifk. Whereupon he defired me to 
make the experiment with his own hives, which 
T engaged to do the firft leifure opportunity ; 
And as it may doubtlefs be a piece of ufeful _ 
natural philofophy, I fhall certainly commu. 
nicate the refult of my inquiries to the public 
on a future occafion. 
CELA EL X, 
ACCOUNT OF THE WORKING BEE: 
@ i WORKING, Of COMMON BEES, are fo of 
ten feen by every body, and {fo univerfally well 
known, that a particular defcription may al- 
moft appear unneceflary, although, for unifor- 
mity’s fake, I fhall give it. They are {maller 
in. fize than either the Queen or the drone bees ; 
and, the denomination they have fo jultly ob- 
tained, of Working Bees, plainly denotes their 
fuperior induftry, in labouring for the whole 
hive. 
The 
