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as their bufinefs of impregnation is over, 

 they are expelied by their fervants the 

 neuters, who now fhake off the yoke, 

 but yet pay all due refpect to their eom- 

 mon mother the queen. The fame 

 oeconomy nearly takes place in Wafps, 

 where the young females, which are 

 impregnatedin theautumn,live through 

 the winter, and in the fpring propagate 

 their fpecies ; but the queen, together 

 with all the males, periili in the win- 

 ter. 



Among ants, the neuters form a hill 

 in the fhape of a cone, that the water 

 may run offit, and place thofe which 

 are in the pupa ftate, on that fide of it 

 which is leaft expofed to the heat of the 

 fun. At a confiderabie diftance from 

 thefe are found the habitations of the 

 males, and females, to whom the moft 

 ready obedience is yielded by the neu- 

 I 2 ters, 



