A Further Discovery of Bees: Treating of the nature, government, generation and preservation of the bee. With the experiments and improvements arising from the keeping them in transparent boxes, instead of straw-hives by Moses Rusden, 1679. Latin: Rex (king), in this instance refers to the queen, Duces (leaders), Plebs (people) refers to workers, Fuci (drones).

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Honey Bee Hierarchy, 1679

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