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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![CIV. ? and ofthe Dr on'. * perienc* dro*£ teacus,dat deBa^sdro' y^rMy bresd*, as wcl Dron‘sasHronni-bas:s v. feeing de Hronni-bee's ar r.* manner. Fcmal‘s,itfollowet neceflarily dat dc Droids ardeMal*s c of de fam* kind*. And der'fbr* in de learned Languages de Dron* hat his * Mafculin* appellation, as de Hronni-bee hir Feminin*. * Hie focus,o mqIuj: At haecapis, viydKiosa., DTO*!, cum H feeminino. Deborah. Melifla ie Daumier of MeliffuS K**g ofCrct', feeing ok* of Jupiccrs Ku>ces,ts fitid to hays' been by him transformed tnto de Hoonm-Betct wt€ tetetnei ftlhtr gender ,fex, andnam(. Didymus ait, duas Meiiflt fuiflefilias [Amaltheam & Mcliflam] qua: Jovem puerum caprino ladle & melle nutrierunt. Laft.hb, i. inf it. c, 22, Nec fane ruftico dignum eft feifeitari, fueritne mulicrpulcherrima fpecie Mellffa, quam Jupitet inA- pem convertit- Columella, lib, x 3. c, z, Fowrtly.weefeedc hk‘in de like ft *»/*#*> C^e Wafp and 7 de Dor:] fordemanifefting wer*of,I wil briefly /ewyou Qefonrireatf de breeding ofdembot*. u,datdeWafpt De Wafpsneft* is begun by on* great Wafp, wk you af£ ffln bay* may der*for*call de Moder-wafp : de wk in Cancer ( or,in ieirmflf. ** hot and dry<fprings,(oomwat rader ) witin from hoal, ufu--$—1— ally mad* in de ground by a Mol*, Mous, or oder means, Ve breeding wrorket a Com of de utter drix of Pal's,or oder Timber,in rfWafps by form of a round Tent,hanging by de top tode upper, parr nf Dm><A de hoal. Dis Com conteinet about fix Cels, of de bignes & fa/ion of de Bass-cels, wer*in brasde* fo many yung on's-.wk, wendey ar ftedg,dro* brasd* as wel as deirDam; and fo enlarg* de com to from eigt inces over. Den, mak¬ ing mor* room* bened*, bymoining and carrying out de earf, dey hang an oder com under de firft, by little pins ; & foan oder, andanodcr,encreafing ftil in de fam* plac* til Srommer basdron. For dey go* not frort* in fwarms, as B&'s dcoc. MiJfio,ut apum, nulla vel crabronumyVcl vcfpa-^ ^ rum fieri folet : fed ejui fubinde oriantur novelli,ibidem mm- * ‘9 ' nent; & alveumv terra egeftd,faciunt amp lion m. Wen deir branding drawet toward an end*,nam‘ly in Virgo and after, (befid*s de fmall or ordinary Wafps,wk ly* in all de upper corns ) inde laft or loweft com , mad* for denonc* wit larger cds fit for larger bod is, dey brasd‘ alfo two oder u l forts.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30337884_0083.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
