Their Method of Generation. . Os 
OF thefe royal manfions or pavillions, a modern wri- 
ter fays there is always one in every hive, in fome two, 
in others three, tho’ but feldom.* 
But frequently [ have feen the‘e oblong royal inatrixes 
or pavillions in greater numbers; particularly in Odfoder. 
1743, no lefs than feven or eight at the bottom of one 
comb, befides feveral in other parts, tho’ few of themin 
full perfeQion, Mr. Purchas mentions nine or ten, 
tho’ the number is uncertain; in fome more, in others 
lefss 
This royal cell 1 have examined, and found an inch 
in depth : thefe are never demolifhed. Into thefe cells, 
Mr. Purchas fays, is injected a {perma matter, inclining 
to yellow; wherein, and out of which, the Queen-Bee 
is bred, being both matter of generation and augmenta- 
tion; and that fhe is at firft, (when fhe is vifibly any 
thing) a perfect Bee, in lineaments and fhape, tho’ not 
in magnitude and dimenfions, and feeds on that wherein. 
fhe is bred, till fhe comes to perfe&tion.¢ The golden 
matter, of which the Queen is made, is not turned into 
a worm, but immediately receives the fhape of a Bee.t 
- Doth the feed purely of a fpermatick matter ; and that 
matter injected by a female? and is {perm, and fperm 
glone, matter both of generation and augmentation? and 
how will he prove, that tho’ both the other forts. are 
produced in the manner reprefented, and the young nou- 
rifhed by proper food duly prepared, this principal Bee 
is generated, nourifhed, and perfected without any mi- 
niftrations, or contributions of the Commons. Tho’, 
OO Dr. Warder p. 44 + Purc, Theat, ch, 8. p, 29 
t Butler's Fem, Monar, pag, 62, 
