...in a hive of seven or eight thousand bees. The third sort is much larger than either of the Ibrmer, and still fewer in number: some assert, that there...sometimes five or six in the same hive. These are called Queen Bees, and are said to lay all the eggs from which the whole swarm is hatched in a season. In...

...The second sort are the drones, they are of a darker colour, longer, and more thick, by one-third, than the former; they are supposed to be the males...sometimes five or six in the same hive : these are called queen bees, and are said to lay all the eggs from which the whole swarm is hatched in a season." "Like...

...longer, and more thick by one third than the former ; they are supposed to be the males ; and there are not above a hundred of them in a hive of seven or...sort is much larger than either of the former, and there is never but one permitted to live in a swarm. These are called queen bees, and lay all the eggs...

...darker colour, longer, and thicker than the former ; these are the males, and there is not above one hundred of them in a hive of seven or eight thousand...assert that there is not above one in every swarm, while others maintain that there are sometimes five or six. These are called queen bees, and lay all...