6¢ THE HISTORY OF BEES, 
pofitively deny: and if we admit that the governing Bee 
is of the male kind, then it is moft evident and certain 
that they breed without copulatiog. Since itis that Bee 
alone which difpofits in the feveral matrixes, or cells, 
that prolifick fubftance or matter, which after a few days 
quickens; appears firft a little worm, and at laft a per- 
fect Bee. } 
The Philofopher*fays, it is improbable, that fome 
Bees fhould be males, and fome females: but herein he 
agrees not with the generally received and prevailing o- 
pinion, that the numerous fpecies of beings were at firft 
formed male and female; and infects, like all other ani- 
mals, are firft produced by way of generation, and gra- 
dually come to maturity, whereby the fpecies is prefer- 
ved. | 
“* Therefore every infe&t owes it’s being to a male and 
** female, proceeds from an egg the produét of both fexes, 
*¢ wherein the feed and firft nutriment is enclofed. And 
“¢ thefe egos thus produced are the foundation of a very 
‘* numerous offspring. 
“ God at firft created one man and one woman, rm 
“* whom all the race of mankind are defcended: he like- 
< wife created owe lyon and one lyonefs, from whom 
“ Mis beafts of that denomination have proceeded ; and 
‘itis equally evident, that every infect in the fame 
“* manner hath multiplied it’s fpecies.+ 
In fo great a diverfity of opinions, anda cafe fo dubious 
and pifputable, I will not pofitively determine either 
way ; but humbly offer i reafons why I cannot fall i in 
with 
* Ariftor, + Nat, Deliz, 

