Part I. 
Of Infe&s: zjy 
vations of Dr. Edm. King 5 whereto fome others are added 
by Mr. Willughby, and explained by Figures. 
Some parts of the NEST of another WILD-BEE, 
Not much unlike the firll of thofe not inelegant figures, 
which Johnfton gives under the Name of WE S PEN¬ 
STOCK. 
The under or hinder Wings of a Bee , are the leaf!; that 
they may not incommode his flight, (a) The Honey-Bag, [^ c ^° c u /' ^ 
is the Stomach, which they always fill to fatisfie, and to " -cap,1 ‘ 
fpare 5 vomiting up the greater part of the Honey, to be 
kept againff Whiter. A curious Description and Figure of the 
Sting, fee in Mr. Hoops Micrography. In windy Weather, 
Bees often hold a little ftone in their hinder Feet 5 which 
ferves as a Ballaft to make them fail through the Air more 
fteadily. (b) The Hiftory of Bees , the belt that Ariftotle 0 >) ibid, 
hath given us, (c) of any one Animal. Of their Polity, ( c ) hm. An; 
Generation, Confervation, Difeafes, and Ufe ; fee alfo lib> c - 
Moufet , Butler , and a late Treatife of Mr. Rufden. All that 
Authors fpeak of the Spontaneous Generation of Bees, is 
fabulous. The allies of Bees are put into moft Composi¬ 
tions for breeding of Hair. 
A WASPES-NEST. Vefpetum. Given by Sir Jonas Moorej 
who received it from Nevc-England. See the Figure of 
one in Johnfton. ’Tis above a foot high, and near a foot 
over. Compofed of a great number of little Cells, as in 
the Wild-Bees Neft, and encompaffed with a Cover of 
the fame fluff. All wrought about the Branch of a 
Tree. 
Both this, and the Bees-Nefl now mention’d, confift 
of the fmall Fibers of Plants, cohering, altogether as in 
Paper 5 as may be. feen by a Glafs. So that the Stuff may 
not be improperly called BEE-PAPER. 
Another W ASPES-NEST, like the former. Given by 
Dr. 1 homas Allen. 
A LONG-OVAL FOLLICLE ( perhaps of a fort of 
Hornet ) with this peculiar, That the Silkjs cover’d with a 
kind of brown Cruft, marbled with blackilh Veins. 
A NESTED FOLLICLE,or one within another.Here are 
three of this fort, not fortuitous, but according to Nature. 
The utmoft, is about an inch long, brown, and compofed 
of Stiff-work, with a great many fmall Interftices: fo that 
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