80 The Hiftory of Brxs. 
They are alfo eafily conquered, expelled, 
and flain by the Commons, having no Sting 
by which to defend themfelves again{t thefe 
imperious Dames.* 
This is urged by the Philofopher as an 
Argument againft the Agency of the Drones 
in Generation; who fays, it agrees not with 
Reafon, that the Bees fhould be Females, 
and the Drones Males ; becaufe Nature ne- 
ver gives Females Weapons to defend them- 
{elves withal; but the Drones are without 
Weapons, having no Stings, and are abfo- 
lutely under the Dominion of the Females. 
And that they fhould procreate by Genera- 
tion is as improbable, no Man having ever 
feen it. 
The Drones then are Natives, not Sibir 
or Foreigners, and bred in the Hive, as ate 
the other two; but in Cells purpofely pres 
pared for them, by the Commons, and 
more {pacious than the other Cells, in which 
the Honey-Bees are bred. 
<< Now, as fome fuppofe, fuch indolent 
‘ Members would never be fuffered ‘In a 
“© State fo remarkable for Conduét and OE- 
“« conomy, if they were not appointed 2 and rez 
ferved for fome Service or other.’ Ipros — 
ceed next to enquire, what is their peculiar 
Province or Employment. 
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ag Eeory 
* Thoigh the Males generally mafter the Females, 
yet here the Females have the Preheminence. Pure, 
: + Nat. Delin, 

