32 Of A N T S. 
If you place a Queen with her Attendants moft 
of the Spring or Summer Months under a Glafs, 
or in a Box, fhe will in a few Days depofit fome 
Eggs, unlefs {he had laid before you took her. 
In June , July, and part of Auguft , you may be 
certain of the Experiment; for they are at this 
Seafon incredibly diftended with Egg, and frequent¬ 
ly laying. 
If in July , you put one of thefe diftended 
Queens by herfelf under a Glafs, {he will in fome 
Hours depofit there a Parcel of Eggs. She will do 
the fame in your Hand if taken at the Time {he 
is laying, and gently fqueezed. 
If you kill her, and immediately place her 
Body on the Field of a Microfcope, or on a 
Piece of Paper, you will in a few Moments per¬ 
ceive fome Eggs to proceed from the Extremity 
of her Body* 
• 
We may with equal Certainty be affined that 
thefe are the Eggs, of which the Workers are fo 
extremely careful. 
As 
