Their Nature and Properties. 1s 
and to heal it: the one is for ornament, beauty and de- 
cency; the other for health and neceffity, 
Pliny infifts at large upon this argument, and proclaims | 
their excellency in thefe words *: Among all infec?s Bees 
are the principal, and jufily merit the greate/t admiration 
and regard.———“ As Bees ferve for neceflary ufes, to, 
«© feed the belly and heal the body, they deferve to be 
*© loved and defended of all +.” | 
But their nature and fuperior excellencies will more 
fully appear from their following exemplary properties, 
: Of their Loyalty. 
THEIR great Loyalty to their Sovereign, (being all 
under the government of one monarch) are perfectly 
furprizing and aftonifhing ; without precedent or parallel, 
all royal orders and commands are moft readily and fully 
executed, chearfully and conftantly obeyed, whether in 
fwarming, in killing the drones, or fighting with their - 
enemies, ce. nor is there a fingle rebel in all the com- 
munity. | | 
They are fond of the perfon of their Queen, whofe 
prefence is abfolutely neceflary to the profperity and fafe~ 
ty of the whole. Their Principal loft, proves the certain 
and total deftruction of the ftate, except the owner fup- 
ply them in time with another governefs. 
Such is their affection and love, that, on every juft 
and proper occafion, they will freely offer, and unani- 
| moufly 
% Inter omnia infeta principatus apibus, et jure precipua admiratio. 
Lib, 11. 5, 
+ Dr. Butler's Foem, Morar, 
