“No Bees, No Honey, No Work, No Money”—Proverb

E.A. Séguy Insectes, 1927.

For the other side of National Honey Month …

"When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees."—Joseph Joubert

“All the honey a bee gathers during its lifetime doesn't sweeten its sting"—Italian Proverb

"And the only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey … "—Winnie the Pooh

"Three things must epigrams, like bees have all—A sting and honey and a body small”—Latin Proverb

“What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.”—Marcus Aurelius

“The busy bee has no time for sorrow.”—William Blake

“The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use. But the bee … gathers its materials from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.”—Leonardo da Vinci

—Elizabeth Periale

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