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think it butfuftice to the curious and learned World 
to mention them ; that M. Reaumur , in cafe he be 
alive, and (till able to follow his Obfervations, or, 
if he is not, that fome other curious Pcrfon may 
make future Remarks, to know whether thofe I 
have made are true : As I mull own myfclf diffident 
of my own Obfervations, when they differ from 
fo accurate, minute, and careful an Obferver, as he 
has fhewn himfclf to be throughout his whole Theory 
of In (efts in general, and more particularly of the 
Society of our Garden-Bee. 
I therefore beg Leave to lay the few Remarks I 
have made before you, Sir; that if you-think there 
is any thing in them worth communicating, yc5u 
may lay them before the Royal Society, of which 
you are a worthy Member ; or communicate them 
to M. Reaumur , if he be (fill alive, and fol- 
lows his Obfervations; that, in cafe my Obferya- 
vations are found true, he may fo far alter his Re- 
marks ; and if they are not confirm’d, I fhall wil- 
lingly fubmit to his future Obfervations. 
The only two things in which I differ from M. 
Reaumur , are, that I apprehend he fays, the Bees 
range from Flowers of one Species to thofe of an- 
other Species, whilft they are gathering one Load ; 
fo that the Farina , or crude Wax, loaded upon their 
Legs, is from different Species of Flowers ; which 
is contrary to what I have obferved. The other 
thing that I differ with him in is, that he fays the 
Wax is formed in the Bee, from the crude Wax, or 
Farina (io far I agree with him) ; But by his Ob- 
fervations, he fays, after Digeftion it is difeharged 
upwards by the Mouth i whereas, by my Obfervations, 
is 
