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tion, and which after a few Days quickens, 
and appears a little Worm or Maggot, pro- 
ceeds from the Queen-Bee alone. 
The Queftion then, in order to decide 
the’ long Difpute, viz. whether this Bee is 
Male or Female, is whether the faid Matter, 
thus placed in ‘the feveral Matrixes, is (in 
Nature) Sperm, or an Egg. 
I will briefly propofe the Reafons which 
have induced me to embrace the latter 
Opinion againft the Ancients, and fome 
Moderns, and conclude this ‘Bee to be a 
Female, and the only Female; w%. that 
manifeft and conftant Identity, which is 
very obvious both in the Dimenfions and 
Form of it; together with - it’s different 
Parts, or Compofition. 
The Identity, or perpetual Equality of 
it’s feveral Dimenfions, Examine thefe moft 
ftrictly, and compare them together as oft 
as you will, and no Inequalities in their 
Bulk and Magnitude can be difcerned, no 
Alteration or Difference among them} they 
always appear the very fame. 
Again, it’s invariable Form, (an oblong 
Figure) may be a further Evidence, The 
moft diligent and curious Attention will not 
be able to find out any the leaft Alteration | 
or Difference here. The two Ends are more 
protuberant than the middle, which ismore |] 
flender, and this is the Form of it in the Belly} 
ef the Infect, and even after it is depofited — 

