118 numerous, great multitudes of them are destroyed by birds. But exam. gaterpillars, Awhich we deem so pernicious, are yet very serviceable; and I doubt not, but many other insects are useful for purposes of which we are ignorant. ... The several r; inenbers of this little tribe are (with some few exceptions) very the labout of bees, we receive onr honey and our wak; the honey being lodged in warm apartments of wax of their own fortuing. Pup. And how can tlose creatures do what mam cannot do? how can they make heney * * Tut. By flying abroad, ặad collecting together the ...very fine essence of flowers, both of the field and of the garden, which is done by their trunk, with which small tube they suck up the delicious syrup as nature produces it, and then deposit it in cells. - "...Pup. Do they each know their own cell, and keep * to that as their constant place of residence? o: Tut. Bees are an exceedingly well-ordered com“iuunity. They have a sovereign boe, to whom they are all under subjection. The laws and regulatious of this industrious tribe are generally submitted...to, and punctually observed. They all labour for the good, and mutually assist each other. In short, man liimself" mayofrom them receive much instruction. Their hastening to their hives in great numbers is a sure sign of rain. ' wo ఖ is it not eruel to tut to denth a whole community, and unjust to seize the fruits of their labour?
- Įst. There is no injustice in appropriating";the -of their labour to our use, bateause, by tleir muak ما أنبية
