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caufe it is Matter of Fa) and tell the 
World, that frequently have I feen myfelf, 
and fhewn to many others, the young Brood 
in the outermoft Parts of the Boxes and Cells 
clofe to the Back-Windows, Firft the Egg, 
afterwards the little Worm, daily encreafing 
till fealed up in the Cell (when the ftrange 
Metamorphofis or Change follows ;) and at 
laft opening a Paflage thro’ the Enchofure of 
Wax, and forcing it’s Way out, perfect in 
all it’s Parts, tho’ not at it’s full Growth and. 
Maturity, which feveral Days more in the 
Hive are neceflaty to accomplith. 
_ It .was an Error therefore in another Au- 
thor, to fay the very Day they quit the Cells 
in which they were bred, you may fee 
_them at Work abroad, and bringing Wax 
into their Hives; which I am well affured, 
for fome time, they have not an Ability 
for. ef | i ) 
It is eafy many Times to obferve, when 
_a Swarm rifes, many of thefe young Bees 
forced out in the Crowd and Hurry, creep- 
ing about the Ground before the Hive, but 
unable to fly, and return to their former 
“Refidence, or keep Company with the Reft ; 
and. confequently mutt perifh. : 
The. ne Step towards Generation of Bees 
is the Ege, depofited by the Queen in the 
Cell, or Matrix prepared for that. Purpofe. 
Mr, Rufden writes, that the Sperm of 
the King-Bee is injected into. each: Cell 
i after 
