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may probably, at firft Sight, carry a Deception, and 
the Appearance of Eggs; but, on Examination* 
it is, in moft Refpefls, remarkably different 
The Time and Manner of the Queen’s laying 
is alfo an Argument, that the Eggs foftered by the 
Workers were originally hers. 
If you fearch a Number of Colonies in June 9 
before the Queen has begun to lay, and whilft 
ftie is vaftly diftended, you will not find any 
Parcel of new Eggs in the Cells; but as foon as 
fhe has depofited them, the Eggs will appear in 
Proportion, and the Workers be accordingly 
employed,, 
The Queen Ant lays three different Sorts of 
Eggs, the Male, Female, and * Neutral. The 
two firft are depofited in the f Spring; the laft 
in July , and part of Auguji ; or if the Summer be 
extreamly favourable, perhaps a little fooner. The 
Female Eggs are covered with a thin black Mem¬ 
brane, are oblong, and about the fixteenth or 
* I make ufe of this Name, in Allufion to their 
being of neither Sex. 
f See the Note Page 31. 
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