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tooke her from them. After a while (to fee what would 
come of it ) 1 put her into the H iue againe : no fooner was Ihe 
among them, but the tumulc began afrcfii, greater then be- 
fore, and prefently they fell together by the eares, fiercely 
fighting and killing one another, for the fpac'c of more then 
an houre together : and by no meanes would ceafe, vntill the 
poore condemned Queene was brought forth fiaine and 
laid before thedoore. Which done, theftrife prefently en- 
ded, and the Bees agreed well together. 
Somtime when one fwarme is put to another, though they 
do not fight, yet will they not agree of their choice in two or 
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three daies, keeping their Queenes dofe on both fides. But 
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cf the Quecnc- 
Bee. 
then all this while they neuer beat quiet day nor night, nor 
once offer to work, vntill one of them being depofed,they be 
vnitedin the other. ZJideplura fapcrUac re c.$. w74.75.76. 
Likewifeif the old Queene bring forth many Princes (as 
Hie may hauc fix or feuen,yea fometimc halfe a fcore or more, 
W'hichfuperfluitienature affoordeth for more furetic, in cafe 
fomemifcarrie ) then, lell the multitude of Rulers fiioulddi- 
firadl the vnfiable Commons into fadions, within tw r o daies 
after the laft fwarme, yea fometime (when vnkinde weather 
keepeth him in oucr long ) euen before he come forth , you 
(hall finde the fuperfluous Princes dead before the Hiue: I 
haue taken eight of them vp together brought out of one 
hiue, when tw'owere alreadie gone forth with their fwarmes. 
For the Bees abherre as w'dl Polyarchie, as Anarchic, God 
hauing. (hewed in them vnto men, an expreile parterne of A 
Perfect Monarchie, The Most Natvral 
And Absolvte Forme Of Government. 
Ova tit utpe.n< few. 
The Queene is a faire and {lately Bee , differingfrom the 
vulgar both in fiiapc and colour : hir backe isailouerof a 
brighter browne : hir belly euen from the top of hir fangs, 
to thetip of hirtraine, is of a fad yellow, fomewhatdeeper 
then the richeft gold. Shee is longer then a hony-Bee, by 
one third part, that is, almoft an inch long : fiieeisallp 
higger then a hony-Bee, but not fo bigge as a Drone, al- 
though fomewhat longer ; hir head proportionable, bur 
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