Call no.: SF525 .R95 1679
Writing of his "discovery" of bees, Rusden states that he "speaks knowingly, and by experience, of Kings, and Chieftains; of War, and Pece; of Obedience and Subjection, of Government and Discipline, of Ingenuity and Labour..." An Englishman and a royalist, Rusden dedicated his work to the King, and throughout, he cites the natural monarchy of bees as proof that nature approves of a monarchical form of human government.
Primarily an exploration of natural history, this 17th century text contains a number of observations that were controversial in their day and some that today seem wildly inaccurate: contradicting previous works on the subject, Rusden insists that the head bee, like the head of England, is male.
