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.

  • Butler, Charles, -1647.
Date:
M.DC.XXXIV
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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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    fwarm, ? wer* browgt out ded fowr days befor* de Cab¬ ling rof‘, oder fiv* cam* foorC* wi-fc de Caftling,and de next day fiv* mor* wer* browgt out ded : and yet on‘remain- cd, wi€ called de next day. Regesplttres snchoantur ne define: Nat.Hift Li a pofie'n ex sis fob ole s cam adult a effe ccepit, concords fcffragio cap. 16. teterrimosnecant,ne diftrahantagmina.Vov de Bee's abhor as wel Poliarfei*, as Anarfeic, God having/ewed in dem unto men, an exprcf pattern of APerfect Mo n a r- ki*, Be Most Na tu rail And Absolvt* Form Of Government* Ovk AytSvy 7niKVMi^cfVin, Horn. II.#. De Qesn* is a fair and ftatcly B$c, differing from de vul¬ gar bo*c in fhapc & coollour; hir bakjs all over of a brigter & broun r hir belly even from de top of hir fangs, to de tip of*/ itQeeI'J>ee„ hir train, is of a Cad yellow, fcomwat deeper dan de ri-eeft gold*. •§$ is longer dan a Hoonny-Bee*, by onctird parr, dat is,almoft an ine long : is alfo bigger dan a Hoonny- Bes*; but not fobig asaDronc, aldowg foomwat longer:hir hed proportionable, but dat it is morc rounddan de little B$cs,by reafon hir fangs bte-forter:hir tung not halffo long asdeirs: for wer*as dey gader wiC deonc Neftar, wif'de oder Ambrofia; t/.J^haC no na2d*toufc eider, beeing to bos r,<\6,«, IT, maintained, as oder Princes, by de labour of hir fub/edfs ; hir wings of de fam‘ Gzc wi£ a final! Bte*, and der‘forc,in refpeft of hir long body,dey fern* very /ort, refembling rader a cloak dan a goun ; fordey rca-e but to de middle of hir train or neder part: hir legs proportionable, and of de coollour of hir belly,but hir two hind-legs morc yellow: hir neder part fo long and half fo long as hir upper parr, mor* picked dan a fmallB«cs, having in it four /oynts or parti¬ tions,& ineaejoynta golden bar, in ftaedofdofHr® filver rings wi-e oder B®‘s havc at deir free partitions. Defpeei* Jee haf is but little, and not halt fo long as de oder B«cs : wk,likc a Kings fwaord*, is born rader for .few and au-to- rity,danfor any oder ufc. Foritbelongef to hir fubjeftsas weltofigtforher,astoprovid*forher. Plini write* dus Nar.fiiftJ, doubtingly of it : Non confix inter antbores Rex nnllumne^p 17. B 3 CoLm>