38 A Theatre of Felitical Flying Insets*.

partitions, and in each single a golden bar in stead of those threewhitish rings, which other Bees have at their three partitions.The spear or sting thee hath is but little, and not half so long asthe other Bees, which like a Kings sword, is rather born foethew and authority, than any other use. I beleeve they cannotuse their sting, for I have provoked and forced them to stingby hard holding of them, and putting their taile to my barehand, but could never perceive them willing to put it forth.Nay when I have forced it out yet thee would not enter it in myhand.

Io a word, the Queen Bee in her whole shape and colour, ita goodly and beautiful creature.

Velut inter igntsLuna minertt.

As the Moon when in a clear night, thee silk her circle, ismore and more eminently beautiful than all the lesser stars, sois the Queen Bee among the other Bees.

There are not two forts of Kings, or Queens in any Hive, asAristotle^ and aster him Pliny ; and the most have delivered,Arist.de hist. but onelyone, and though a King in place and power, yetAnimal. lib J. j s j n f ex a female, Vecantur ob aliqmbtu metres qnaji qux pa-

* Mr.Googe4, Book inTrcanof Bee,

That two several Queens or divers companies should agreein the fame Hive, though divided in their works, and neitherintrench on the others subjects and labours, although the An-cients very confidently deliver it, yet it is a meet fable*. ManyKings in a Hive, but falfly : As es4riflo\le makes two kinderof Kings, or Queens, so in every Hive hee would have at onceseveral Kings, for althoughone bee enough for government, yetnot for generation, faith ScaHgtr, supposing with Arifkt t/f, thatthey were instrumental, as the males, for the generation of

Animal* Uif The' Qgeens cells wherein (hee breeds, are not usually in thecap I? Scalig. hottome, or under the combs, but on the edges, some on theComment, in outside , some more inward in the middle of the combs.l«x. . And they often exceed Anstotles numbtr, who determines

them