
_ Lbheir Sex, &e. 07 
the Males, neither have they any Inftrumen- 
tality or Agency i in the Generation of Bees. 
{t hence appears abfolutely impoffible. — 
_ And if this Point. is yielded to, then 
Iam moft fully perfuaded that they ‘do not 
breed by Copulation; the common Bees 
being neither Males nor Females, Were 
Hives or Colonies ever fo well replenifhed 
with beth thefe Sorts, they would not be 
able to produce one fingle Bee without the 
Principal or Sovereign, Without the Queen 
they cannot breed. 
It is well known that one fingle Female-_ 
Walp, without the Affiftance of the Male, 
is fufficient to produce a whole Neit of 
Eight or ‘Ten thoufand in one Sum- 
mer, Why might not the Queen-Bee 
effect the like, had Nature furnifhed her 
with proper Tools or Inftruments for erect 
ing the Cells, and providing Food for the 
‘Young? But both thefe Services are affigned 
to the Commons, whofe Property and pe- 
culiar Province it is to. prepare the Ma- 
trixes, and collect and adminifter fit Matter 
for the Nutrition and Growth of the Worm, 
ot Feetus, till it comes to Perfection, and 
-is ableto take care of itfelf, and then the moft 
diligent and tender Nurfes are fully difcharged. 
. from their Office. 
It is moft certain that the prolifick Sub- 
_ ftance or Matter, which is depofited in the 
Cells prepared and appointed for Procrea- 
H tion, 
