Archive image from page 133 of An enquiry into the nature,. An enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees .. CUbiodiversity1188016 Year: 1765 ( 126 THE HISTORY OF £E£S. CHAP. VIL Of Bees Wars and Robberies, HERE is not any thing relating to thefe infe&s, that has given me £o much un- eafinefs and labour, as their martial fpi- rit, ftriving to enrich themfelves, at the expence and ruin of their neighbours. Not that they are influenced by, or aft from a prin- ciple of cruelty or injuftice; but their fighting and plun- dering of one another ought rather to be imputed, either to th
Archive image from page 133 of An enquiry into the nature,. An enquiry into the nature, order, and government of bees .. CUbiodiversity1188016 Year: 1765 ( 126 THE HISTORY OF £E£S. CHAP. VIL Of Bees Wars and Robberies, HERE is not any thing relating to thefe infe&s, that has given me £o much un- eafinefs and labour, as their martial fpi- rit, ftriving to enrich themfelves, at the expence and ruin of their neighbours. Not that they are influenced by, or aft from a prin- ciple of cruelty or injuftice; but their fighting and plun- dering of one another ought rather to be imputed, either to their perfe£t abhorrence of floth and idlenefs, or to their infatiable thirft for honey ; for when no honey Is to be had among the flowers abroad, but only among their neighbours, they will venture their lives to get it there, and not a hive within their reach is left unaf- faulted. Now the trumpet founds to arms, and thefe true fons of Mars prepare themfelves for war. And many a terrible battle have I beheld between the one and the other, and great multitudes quickly flain. A few Bees perhaps at firft find means to pafs by the guard, and encouraged by repeated fuccefs, they return with frefh forces, conftantly encreafing the number, till the invafion is too powerful to be oppofed, and the hive is entirely ruined. The
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