66 THE HISTORY OF ‘BEES: 
cream, into the orbicular cells, where the Queen-Bee is 
bred perfe& at firft in all her parts.* What ! doth the 
very fame infect difchargethe different offices of King and 
Queen! ! perform the work both of male and female ! 
and at once lay eggs, and inject fperm? how can this be? 
what occafion would there be for Drones, upon fuch a 
fuppofition, and of what ufe could they be in the hives ? 
How dothefe gentlemen at once contradi& them- 
felves, and confefs (in effeét) their ignorance herein; not 
knowing whether the Sovereign is male or female; and 
‘hould be dignified and diftinguithed by the title of King 
according to the esse or of Queen according to the 
‘moderns. 
Dr. Butler declares this Bee fo neceffary, that he can- 
“not be fpared, and the Bees without him cannot breed.+ 
And tho’ he is not feen to engender with the Honey- 
Bees either abroad, as do other infets, or within the 
hive, yet without doubt he is the male Bee; by whofe 
‘natural heat, and mafculine virtue, the Honey-Bees ot 
cretly conceive. 
For which he urges the fame reafon with the authors 
‘before-mentioned, viz. That upon a curious difle@ion 
of the Drone, there appears two large and white tefticles, 
lawful witnefles of his mafculine fex.t 
This is contradiéted by the philofopher, who fays, 
“nature hath not armed the female for fight and ‘force a- 
gainft the male ; but the Bees are armed with weapons, 
and power to chaftife the Drones which have no wea- 
pons ; 
._ © Purckas’s Theatre of Political Pying Infe#s, 80. Pr 295-34. ns Bute 
hess Foem, Monar, chap. iv.p. 55. 
T Duos amplos et candidos teftes, But, p. 606 
