Cl. 
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Idem debono 
eoniugali, 
Georg, r 
Generat. an.J. 
3.C.10. 
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H1ft.an.f9.cap. 
40. 
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ybtageof Sees. 
Georg. 4. 
Of the Nature and properties of Bees, 
Wjs. €.n. a©. 
Seorg.4, 
Et certe apes feminanon coeundo concipiunt, hem f Omnipotens 
creator apibus prolem fine concubitu dedtt. 
I Hum adeo placuijfe aptbus mirabere morem, 
Quod non concubitu indulgent, &c. They ingender 
not as other liuing creatures : onely they fuffer their Drones 
v. among them for a feafon, by whofe Mafculmc virtue they 
ftrangely conceiuc and breed for the preferuation of their 
fwcetkindc. Which ftrangekindc of breeding thePhilo- 
fopher faith to be apparent vnto fenfeandreafon. Cum in 
genere pifeium tala quadam fit generatio nonnullorum , ut fine 
coitu generent j hoc idem in apibus etiam evenire videtur, quoad 
fenfus rattodfj apparens admoneat. 
For cleanlinclfeand neatnetfe,thcy may be a Mirror to the 
fineft Dames. ( JMundijfimum omnium hoc animal eft. For 
neither will they fuffer any flutterie within, if they may goc 
abroad, Amoliuntur omnia e medio, nulU ^ inter opera fturci- 
ti* jacent •, neither can they endure any vnfauorindfe with' 
out nigh vnto them. Odere faedos adores : Nulla harum ajfi- 
det tn loco inquinato, aut eo qui male ole at. And for their per- 
fons (which are louely brownc) though they be not long 
about it, yet are they curious in trimming and fmoothing 
them from top to toe, like vnto fober Matrones, which loue 
as well to goc neat as plaine : pie4 and garifh colours belong 
to the Wafpe, which is good for nothing but to fpend and 
wafte. 
Anentthe age of Bees there are diuers opinions : fome 
thinke that they may liue foureor fiue yeares, yea fome fix 
or feuen : Nes^ enim plus feptima ducitur aft as. 
Ariftotle fpeaketh of a longer tim z.Vita apum anni fex.non- 
nulla etiam 7. poffunt complere : quod ft ex amen 9. aut dece an - 
nos duraverit , pro ft ere aSlit ejfe exiftimatur. Which opinions 
arc grounded vpon this, that they fee a flail fometimes con- 
tinue folong, beforethe Bees die altogether. But this con- 
tinuance is onely by fucceffion : and fo might they liue in 
f ecu la, if the rottennelle of their combes, the hardndTe of 
their Home,& the abundance of noifomc flopping*/: would 
fuffer them to abide the Hm^.N am genus immortals munet. 
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