and of their Quecne. C. i. 
that are leere : alfo the Nymphs , v: when they come firft 
abroad,are not grown e to their fuli bignelTe which afterward 
thcyh*aue, and the old ones doe wither, and become little 
againe.t/; Likewife in thefc three ages cheir colours alfo do v.n.^6, 
varie : for in their middle age they arebrowne, whereas be- 
fore they arc more pale, v. and at the laft they turne whitifh ^ i 7 * 
againe.-z/. But thefe are differences ofBees in the fame ftall, V.n.56. 
and not of one ftall from an other,fince thefe diuers forts are 
m euery ftall. z 3 - 
The feucrall parts of a Bee haue their feuerall vfes. ^ ^ rts °f a 
Hir horns growing in the middle of hir forehead, with two * — : — 
ioynts, one clofe to the head, the other towards the middle, uirhorm^ 
fothat flie can put them forth at full length when (hee will, ! 
and draw them in againe clofe to hir head j are the proper 
erganum of the fenfe of feeling ; by which, with the lealt 
touch, the Bee fodainely fenteth any tangible obieft : and 
therefore they feme to giue warning in thedarke, and when 
(lie is bufie,ofany obuiousthing quicke or dead that might 
offend her. 
Hir two cheekes being tranfparent, like Lanthorne, doc jjir'gw. * 
ferue, though immoueable, in Head ofEyes : through which ’ 
thefpecies of things vifible areconueied to the comon Senfe. 
For gathering hir prouifion, (hee hath two inftruments, \6. 
hir fangs and hir tongue : hir fangs in falhion of a paire of Hir fangs. 
pincers hang not, as the iawes of other things, one oueran 
other, but fiae-way one againft the other , as is moil conue- 
nientfor hir vfes. 
Hir tongue is of that length , that hir mouth cannot hold 17* 
it : but being doubled between hir fangs vnder hir chinne, longue, with 
it reacheth to the necke. It is diuided into three parts : /be P arts °f lt - _ 
whereof the two ouemoff ferue as a cafe to couer the third, 
which being the chiefe, the Bee in hir worke putteth forth 
beyond the other, and draweth in againe as ihee will. And 
this third part is likewife parted into three, fo that there are 
fiuein all. 
Tofct thefc inftruments on worke, Nature hath furni- . 
flicd her with 4. wings, which fwifter then the Eaft-winde , HiT J ourew ' m & 
carry her into all the foure coafts of the world, and thence 
with 
