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It is ten thoufand Pities that fuch excel- 
lent, and ufeful Creatures fhould thus plun- 
der and deftroy each other... To prevent 
’ awhich, obferve the foregoing DireCtions, 
© Thus have we travelled with them thro’ 
othe feveral Seafons; at the fame Time tak- 
“ing: Cognizance of their feveral Sor ts, toge- 
ther with their different. Offices and Em- 
~ployments. 
~ ‘That of the Queen, both Day and Night 
for fo many Months together, muft be very 
operofe and jaborious; her Province muft 
‘be very hard and difficult, tho’ all is acted 
within Doors. So large a Family to raife 
and fuperintend, {fo prodigious a Multitude of 
Eggs to lay, which occafions her conftant 
Travel from Cell to Cell, and Neceflity of 
-tunning the fame eternal Round without 
the leaft Refpite; conftant and impartial 
Juftice to: be adminiftred: thro’. the whole 
State, to every Member of the Body poli- 
tick, ‘mutt, one would think, be a great Con- 
- finement.and Fatigue, and a Station not very 
defirable ; and yet all is difcharged with the 
_ greateft Regularity, Chearfulnefs, Diligence, 
-Conftancy and Delight. 
-. The Employment of the Commons is to 
, gather Wax, (which takes up moft of the 
firft Week after the Swarm). in order to 
, build the Combs; to fetch in Honey, with 
necefiary Materials, as proper Nutrition for 
the Young; to keep Guard, carry forth 
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