The Hf PB SaTORRwmY ‘of “bh N S, Ey C, TS. 
this is very eafy to the Butterfly, fo that I 
fhould think even the Bee too, while it is 
fucking, does the fame thing, for what hin- 
ders, but that this or fomething fimilar may 
be performed by the Bees, fince their points 
of refpiration, though membranaceous within, 
have a horny edge, by the force of which 
they can open themfelves into an oblong flit, 
and clofe themfelves again, in like manner as 
the Frog ftretches out and fhuts again the 
upper part of its wind-pipe, as the moft re- 
nowned Malpighius has obferved with the 
utmoft exactnefs? I might now defcribe all 
the mufcles of this part, one by one, and re- 
prefent them in figures; but that would in- 
volve me in a work requiring both a vait 
length of time and endlefs labour : this is the 
reafon alfo that has hindered me from pur- 
fuing many other particulars, which I have 
here delivered to the utmoft, and with the 
ftricteft accuracy. ; 
_ Should any one now afk me, whether the 
Bee can fuck no other way, than by ftretching 
out or moving arch-ways the little griftly part 
of its trunk, I anfwer, that it entirely appears 
to me, that even by barely pinching clofe their 
points of refpiration, and {welling out their 
body, the Bees may be able to perform their 
fuction; for nothing hinders, but that even by 
thefe means alone the air that is driven out may 
puth the honey inwards. We obferve alfo that 
the Bee, when going to fuck in the air in its 
little pulmonary tubes, moves the rings of the 
belly within and without, in the fame man- 
ner as we do our breafts in the a& of breath- 
ing; but becaufe the thorax in Bees is im- 
moveable, therefore their belly performs this 
office. ‘This little part, which has been now 
defcribed, is worthy of the higheft notice; 
nor can I here forbear owning, to the glory of 
the immenfe and incomprehenfible Architect, 
that I have but very imperfectly and fuper- 
ficially attempted to defcribe and reprefent this 
ao 
little part ; for to reprefent it to the life, in its 
full perfection, as truly moft perfect it is, far 
exceeds the utmoft efforts of human know- 
ledge: and in very truth, our intellects and. 
abilities fail us every where, when we venture 
even no further than to contemplate the divine 
wifdom in the works of God, which can never 
be worthily magnified. Think then how much 
more excellent they muft have been before 
they became obnoxious to deftru@tion! in rea- 
lity, this fingle little part.is formed with fuch 
exquifite fkill, that it may juftly be ranked 
among the chief inftances of the omnipotence 
of the Deity. But I would have this underftood 
according to the narrow limits within which 
our capacities are confined, for we fee the 
works of God only as through a glafs darkly, 
fince our underftanding refembles an ignis 
fatuus, a Will-with-a-wifp, and is utterly unfit 
for difcerning thefe things, which fo furpais 
all mortal comprehenfion. 
In other forts of winged infe&ts approaching 
to Bees, for example in the Wafp, the trunk 
is much flenderer, nor is it of fo remarkable 
a length ; the reafon of which difference feems 
to me to be this, that in thefe infects, befides 
the trunk, there is another way ftill by which 
they can draw in their food, fince they are 
little creatures of a very rapacious, favage, and 
greedy nature. This is efpecially manifeft in 
that larger kind, which we call Hornets, which 
are rapacious to fuch an amazing degree, that 
even when cut through the middle of their 
body, they do not refufe to eat; and if then’ 
you give them honey, or fugar moiftened 
with water, which is much the moft proper, 
they fuck it in fo greedily, that you may 
fee it again running out at the wounded part. 
I have confidered the trunk in the largeft fort 
of Wafps, a draught of which, for its great 
elegance and particularity, I fhall give in this 
place. 
A delineation of the trunk or fnout of the Walp, as feen Jrom underneath, 
‘Tas. XVII. Fic. vis. 
_@ 1s a part of the horny fubftance at the 
bottom of the head ; itis fhageed at the fides 
with yellow hairs, is marked alfo with two 
yellow {pots, but for the reft it is black, 
and {hining. Pst ait 
66 Are three little horny parts, at the 
root of the trunk; thefe are of a {hining black, 
and two of them that are at the fide 64 contain 
in them thofe mufcles, which move the ar- 
ticulated briftles dd ; but the little horny part 
in the middle cis, as it were, the theath of 
the trunk itfelf_f, in which, befides the mufcles 
of that organ, thofe of the other two articu- 
lated briftles d d alfo are depofited. 
vdddd Are four articulated briftles, that 
affift the trunk during its action. 
»ee Isthe place where the teeth have been. 
broken off. 
_ f Marks out the trunk itfelf& in which are 
feen four delicate white little parts, furnithed 
toward their tops with round and yellow 
globules. All the parts hitherto mentioned. 
are covered over with hairs, which indeed I 
have not exhibited here with them, left it 
fhould create confufion. It is to be obferved 
alfo, that all thefe parts are reprefented as in 
the Wafp laid along on its back, from whence 
it is, that we can fee but half of fome of 
them. | 
_If a Bee is opened on the back, there frft 
prefents itfelf a limpid or clear humour iffuing” 
from the veins and the heart, which are 
wounded ; for the heart is placed oblong in 
the back, as it is in the Coffus, Silk-worms, 
and many other infects, pes fi 
The mufcular fibres alfo are feen, which 
move the rings or incifions of the body of the 
Bee, and are the fame both in fituation and 
{tructure, 
