C.4* 
1 6. 
Tht Bte-ftei U 
frft turned into 
a Wot me. 
17 . 
T be Worme be- 
ing dead grove* 
ttb to the /hope 
of a Bee and then 
liuetl) agttine. 
Hift.anJ.j.c.21 
* 8 . 
The breeding of 
tht Lariy-B-es. 
Of the breeding of Bees, 
they .cfoe not precifely obferuc this order, but lay vp their 
Honie promifcuoufly among the young Bees, where they 
findethe Cells void. The Bee-fccd at the firft fticketh vpon 
one end, vntillicbe a Hue Worme or Grub: aslooneas it 
liueth ir isloofc, and lyethin the boctome of the Cell round 
like a ring, one end touching the other , till fo the bottome 
can no longer containe it: after that, it lieth along in the 
Cell till it be growen to the full bignefte of a Bee : and then, 
doth the Worme die, and becommeth void of all motion 
and fenfe : and fo is (hut vp in the Cell, the Eces couering 
the topclofe with wax. 
The Grub being now dead, prefently beginneth the alte- 
ration from a Worme to a Bcc : which, is two-fold, in (hape 
and in colour : the firft alteration in (hape, is the diuifion in 
the middle j then the other diuifion betweenethc head and 
(houlders , whence it is called infeElum : after that, the 
growth of the head , legges, wings, and other parts into 
their (hape and fafliion. The firft that altereth in colour 
from white to browne is the vpper part, and of the vpper 
part the head, and of the head the eyes. 
The vniforme (hape and white colour of the Worme, ^e- 
ing thus altered into the proportioned (hape and biov\ni(h 
colour of a Bee, (he beginneth romoueagaine, and to Jiue 
hir fecond life : and then breaking the couer wherewith (lie 
wasinclofedin the Cell, (lie commeth forth a flying Bird. 
Txttt poftto incub ant, exclaim tnde vermiculus , dttm parvus 
eft, jacet in favo obliquus ; poftea fua ipfe facultate fe erigit , 
tibumc^ capit. Foetus apum & fucorum candid us eft : ex quo 
vcrmicuh fiunt, qui in apes fucoftfe tranfeunt. And all this 
within the fpace of a mone'th. Yea in fwarming-time, when 
theHiueshaue more heat, partly from the aire,aud partly 
from the multitude of Bees 3 when alfo the Scbadansnc uer 
want their fill of Neftar, Ambrofia, and faire water continu- 
ally brought in frelh and frelh vnto them 5 1 haue knowne 
this effefted in three weekes : although Plinie fpeakes of 
more then twice fo longatime. Foetus intra 45. diem pera - 
gitur . 
Bu-t the Lady-bees are bred in the feuerall Palaces of the 
Queenc, 
