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continue the Praétice as in the Spring; a 
clear Indication (methinks) that the faid Mat- 
ter is purely intended for Nourifhment to the 
“Young in the Cells, and for no other Pur- 
pofe, nor appropriated to any other Ufe. 
Mr. Rufden alfo obferves, that the more 
plentifally this Matter 1s tranfported to their 
Hives, the greater Quantity of Water is 
carried at the fame Time, without which 
‘they cannot breed. And as the Collection 
of thefe two different Materials are affumed, 
fo likewife are they difcontinued and laid 
‘down together. 
Bat I have met with a late Objection 
again{t what I am now. difputing for, from 
a Gentleman in Bucks, who has been about 
‘the Space of twenty Years very curious in his 
Remarks and Experiments, having kept Bees 
‘both in Hives and Colonies ; whom my firft 
Propofals brought into my Acquaintance. 
He objects, “faying, he cannot believe the 
{aid Matter, is converted or applied to any fuch 
Ute, becaufe the Liquid, in which the Worm 
or Maggot fwims, is not in the leaft difcoloured 
by fuch a Compofition or Mixture. I can- 
not fay fuch a Thing never occurred to my 
own Thoughts; yet to me the Objection 
‘feems not to carry fufficient Weight to 
turn the Ballance, nor to be of Force enough 
‘to invalidate the contrary Evidence, becaufe 
the | a is fo fmall, and the Mixture 
fo 
