106 NATURAL HISTORY. 
bordered with fifteen hairs. The loweft part of each leg, which maf 
be called the foot, is compofed of five joints, by which they are ena 
bled to ufe them as hands, and they terminate in a kind of bruth: thé 
body properly fo called, or belly, is joined to the corflet by a fort of 
thread, and:is compofed of fix fealy rings : the whole body of the Bee 
appears hairy to the naked eye; and as for the reft, they differ a little 
from thefe, in fize and colour. 
With regard to the inward parts, upon examination, there appeat$ 
a velicle of the fize of a fmall pea, and when it is full of honey, it is 
tranfparent: the fling is placed at the extremity of the body, and is 
one fixth of an inch in length, terminating in a fine point. Toward’ 
the bafe of the fting, there is a bladder, remarkable for its tranfparencé 
and foiidity, which is oblong like an olive, and full of a very clear fluidy 
terminating by a kind of excretory veffel, defigned to condué the pol 
fon of the refervoir into the Ring, which enters and paffes out in great 
fwiftnefs, by the means of certain mufcles. 
‘The Drone may be diftinguilhed from the working Bee, not onlf 
by the trunk, the teeth, and the eyes, but by the corflet, which is moré 
hairy than that of the common Bee, and the rings of the belly are more 
fmooth. Befides the hairs of the bruthes of the hind feet, are more 
crouded together, and fhorter: the body is generally larger and lon’ 
ger, by about a third part, and the head in particular, is more roun 
and more full of hair. Add'to this, that at certain feafons, there até 
two flefhy horns behind, about a third part as long as the body, and 
fometimes longer ; and between thefe two horns, there is a flefhy fub- 
ftance, which rifes upon the hinder part of the body, and is crooke 
like a bow: the inward parts are alfo different, for he has no ftings 
and within the body, there is little elfe but thick, white, crooked vel 
felis, that are pretty folid, and contain a milky fluid. 
The Queen is longer, but not fo thick as the Drone,. and the wing? 
are very fhort, in proportion to the length of the body; for they 
f{carcely cover it half way: the trunk is much fhorter, and more flet* 
der, than that of the working Bee; but longer and thicker than that of 
the Drone: the corflet is brown, and the rings of the belly are of a deeP 
ehefnut colour: the fing is much larger than that of the common Bees 
but inftead of being fraight, turns back a little towards the belly ; th? 
bladder of venom is proportionable thereto. Her eggs are diftribute 
into two ovaries, one of which is on the right fide, and the other on thé 
left. Each ovary is an affemblage of veflels, all which terminate in 4 
¢ommon canal, and which are full of eggs, at the time of breeding: 
In the management of Bees, great care muft be taken to provie® 
them a proper lodging: the hives defigned for this purpofe, are of dif 
ferent forms, and different materials, in different countries ; but they 2% 
generally a fort of bafkets, nearly of a conical figure : thofe that are m9? 
fkilfal in the management of thefe infects, affirm, that the hives oug 
to be made of plaited rye ftraw, becaufe they are moft proper to defe™ 
the Bees againft the feverity of the winter cold, and the fcorching heat 
of fummer. Some plaifter them over with a mortar, or with afhess 
mixed with cow dung; by which means no rain can get into the hive? 
for all the crannies will be lopped up, by which it might enter. 
The hives ought always to be placed where the fun may fhine upor 
them the greatelt part-of. the day, and confequently they fhould ne 
