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Andthatthe Drone-wafpes are the males, fome were of A 
opinion in thedaies of ±A\ rifiotle : for thus he writeth j Si 
vefpam ex pedibus ceperis bombiUrea? fiver is , advolant qua 
aculeo carent : quod non faciunt qua aculeate fitvt, It Ufa ar~ 
gamento qteidam hoc utmtur quod alter* mares funt , alter*, 
foewtn* : which argument feemeth not vnprobable, feeing 
the Fowlers counterfeiting the call of the Hen-Quailes catch 
onely the Cocks. 
The Dorrelikewifebeginneth hir neaft fingle 3 bcing more The breeding #/ 
like the Bee then the Wafpeis, inthatfhe makethHonie, P oms by drones . 
and more vnlike in the fafhion of hir Combs: for fhe hath 
onely a few round cels of the bignetfe of grapes,lying flat on 
the ground one vpon another without any order: the which 
aremade after this manner. Firft either vpon Ehe ground in 
the gralle, or in fome (hallow hole within the ground, (lice 
prepareth-a little ftuffe which is foft like Wax, but browne 
and more brittle, of che bigne-flfe of hir head 5 and therein 
fhclayeth aboucfixor feuen feedes together, compelling 
them round with the fame ftuffe : which increafeth by little 
and little as the feedes doe: and when they begin to hue, it 
grovveth into fo many feuerall Cells, as there are grubs, each 
one hauing one to himfelfe. When they be come to their 
bignelfe, the Cells, which before were browne and brittle, 
doe now wax white and tough, that you can fcarce teare 
them. And when the Dorres are ripe , they gnaw their 
way out at the top. Vpon chefe they makemore in like man- - 
ner, and the void open Cells they fill with Honie, where- 
with they feed both themfelues and their young, when the 
weather fuffereth them not to flie abroad. AH this neaft is 
coueredwitha little Mode like a Birds-neaft. Vntill Leo 
they breed females onely as the Wafpes doe : and then laft 
of all,for propagation of their kind, they breed their Drones, 
btinglikewife, as the Drones of Bees and Wafpes, withouc 
flings. And thefe, to put the matrer out of doubt, within a 
moneth after when they are ripe, doe openly engender with 
their females, as the chaffers doe,but their mates they choofe 
in the neaft, and are carried aw2y by them. After which 
time the females breed no more till the next Summer, 
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