G. i. 
and of their Queene. 
that it is more round then the little Bees, by rcafon hit 
fangs be fhorter : hir tongue not halfe fo long as theirs : 
for whereas they gather with the one^Neftar, with the Vx.e.n. 17. 
other, Ambrofia j v. (bee hath no need to vfe cither, be- 
ing to be maintained, as other Princes, by the labour of 
hir fubie£bs : hir wings of the fame fizewitha fmallBee, 
and therefore in refpeft of hir long body, they feeme 
verylbort, refembling rather a cloake thenagowne ; for 
they reach but to the middle of hir traine or nether part : hir 
legges proportionable, and of the colour of hir belly, but 
her two'hind-legges more yellow : hir nether part fojong, 
and halfe fo long as hir vpper part, more picked then a fmall 
Bees, hauing in it foure ioynts or partitions, and in each 
ioynt a golden barre, in ftead of thofethree whitifb rings 
which other Bees haue at their three partitions. The fpeere 
fhe hath isbutlictle, and not halfefo long as theother Bees: ' 
which, like a Kings fw r ord, is borne rather for fhew and au- 
thority, then for any other vfe. For it belongeth to hir fub- 
ie£ts as well to fight for her, as to prouide for her. Phnie wri- ^ at , j 
teth thus doubungly of it : Non con ft at inter authores %ex cap,^’ '** 
Millumxc foltts habeat aculeum, majeflate tantttm armatus,an 
dedcrit eum cjuidcm natter a , fed ufum ejus illi tantitm negave- 
rit: tilted con fat imveratorcm aculeo nontiti. But Anftotl? 
doth truly approue the later opinion, as certaine : Regesacu- 
leos babent,fed non utuntur. Quocirca car ere eos ac tele is non - 
nttlli exifiimant , Rlinte deferibeth them thus. Omnibus for- 
ma femperegregia , & duplo qttara cater is major, penna brevio- 
res , crura re ft a, ingrtfus celfor , m front e macula efuodam 
diad.mate candicans : Adultum eiiam nit ore a vulgo differ unt. 
If you defire to fee this (lately Prince, read cap.$.n. 34. The 
breeding of her you may fee r.4 n, 1 8. 
Btfides their Souerafgne, the Bees haue alfofubordinate 
Gouernours and Leaders, not vnfitly refembling Captaines 
and Coronels of Souldiors : For difference from the reft 
they beare for their crcfta tuft or toff ell , in fome coloured 
yellow, in fome murrey, in manner of a plume ; whereof 
lometurne downeward like an Oftrich-feather, others ftand 
vpright like a Hearn-top. And of both forts fome are greater 
B 3 and 
Hift.an.Lj.cap. 
ai. 
Nat.hiftfii.c. 
1 6. 
10. 
Bees banc alfo in- 
fe noise Gouer- 
norsor Captains. 
11. 
which are tyuwn 
ly peculiar 
mrk.es. 
