Anditagreeswithourviewsthatthebeesattendupontheirkingsbecausetheyaretheiroffspring（forifnothingofthesorthadbeenthecasethefactsabouttheirleadershipwouldbeunreasonable），andthat，whiletheysufferthekingstodonoworkasbeingtheirparents，theypunishthedronesastheirchildren，foritisnoblertopunishone’schildrenandthosewhohavenoworktoperform。Thefactthattheleaders，beingfew，generatethebeesinlargenumbersseemstobesimilartowhatobtainsinthegenerationoflions，whichatfirstproducefive，afterwardsasmallernumbereachtimeatlastoneandthereafternone。Sotheleadersatfirstproduceanumberofworkers，afterwardsafewoftheirownkind；thusthebroodofthelatterissmallerinnumberthanthatoftheformer，butwhereNaturehastakenawayfromtheminnumbershehasmadeitupagaininsize。
Suchappearstobethetruthaboutthegenerationofbees，judgingfromtheoryandfromwhatarebelievedtobethefactsaboutthem；thefacts，however，havenotyetbeensufficientlygrasped；ifevertheyare，thencreditmustbegivenrathertoobservationthantotheories，andtotheoriesonlyifwhattheyaffirmagreeswiththeobservedfacts。
Afurtherindicationthatbeesareproducedwithoutcopulationisthefactthatthebroodappearssmallinthecellsofthecomb，whereas，wheneverinsectsaregeneratedbycopulation，theparentsremainunitedforalongtimebutproducequicklysomethingofthenatureofascolexandofaconsiderablesize。
Concerningthegenerationofanimalsakintothem，ashornetsandwasps，thefactsinallcasesaresimilartoacertainextent，butaredevoidoftheextraordinaryfeatureswhichcharacterizebees；thisweshouldexpect，fortheyhavenothingdivineaboutthemasthebeeshave。Fortheso—called’mothers’generatetheyoungandmouldthefirstpartofthecombs，buttheygeneratebycopulationwithoneanother，fortheirunionhasoftenbeenobserved。Asforallthedifferencesofeachofthesekindfromoneanotherandfrombees，theymustbeinvestigatedwiththeaidoftheillustrationstotheEnquiries。
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