The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler.
- Charles Butler
- Date:
- M.DC.XXXIV
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The feminin' monarchi', or the histori' of bee's. Shewing their admirable natur', and propertis; their generation and colonis; their government, loyalti, art, industri; enimi's, wars, magnanimiti, etc. Together with the right ordering of them from tim' to tim': and the sweet' profit arising ther'of / Written out of Experienc( by Charles Butler. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![f*g'-ftem< to ft r ait on'ly in detrplaying fit, (v.e.l.n. )iattna^ei no' matter. 74 / ^ At Gemini takc away de Wickets from de better, and de ;«Genui>i^ Bars from de weaker flails: and wen dis moonf ishalf-paft, jj'inter.dcor( '_ mafct dem a]| a|ikc: leaving de dco^s as dey werc in (fiemmi befor*. v.M.39. Diners opinions of de breeding of Bee's. CAP. IV. OF DE BREblNG OF BE‘S, ANT> OF V £ • D R O N\ Oncerning de brooding of BeeS, der( ar divers opinions. * tsApum generatio magnum recipic ambtguitatem, & cjuaftionem, Scorn, becaus de Bee's engender not, wcr( of opinion , dat dev • ii» /» »>/ 1 • e n * Gcnetat.l.j. did not concciv and bring fanrfc; butreceiv from flouers, CiP*'°' and bring homc,deir feed's: but yet dey agree not war is de t Hift.l.j.c.ai . flouer dat bearef dem. f Aliqui departure feeturam extfii- want: tiec tamen unde portent conftat inter owner, fed alii ex flore Cerintbi,alii ex flore Arundinis, aliiexfiore Oleataiunt» Oders fink dat dey hav‘ among dem bo-f* fexes; but agree not, wic ar de mal's and wic de females: loom taking de * Gcnerat 1 Hoonni-Beecs, and fcom de Dron's to bee de femal's. *Sunc cap To * * qui facos mares ejfe, A pet faminos arbitrentur : alii contra Apes mares ej]'eJ fucos foeminas opinantur. Wi-e uncertainti in de Bee-mafters, haf bred de Iikc uncertainti in de Pilo- foper himfelf: wo confeflet ingenuoufly, Non tawen fat is adhuc exploratUyCjUdieveninnthabemtu. Wet* yet hoe fettef doun de two-fold* means, QReafon and Experienc'] by wic de tru'f may bos certainly known. Rutioni fides adhibenda eft ; ft qua demonftrantur, conveniunt cum iis qua fienfu perci~ piuntur. Wee muft giv credit unto Reafon,wen dof* fings wic ar argued by Reafon, agr® wif dolc dat ar perceived by Sens. But reafon and Sens agreeing, dao' Jew, dat de Haonm- Hoonni-Bee*s ar females.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30337884_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
