If there's a swarm of bees outside an open window, it might be a good idea to close the window, even if a few bees have already flown into the house. Somehow, Democrats who oppose shutting the border don't see the analogy.
News is often dispersed as thoughtlessly and effectively as that pollen which the bees carry off (having no idea how powdery they are) when they are buzzing in search of their particular nectar.
As great a store Have we of books as bees of herbs or more.
I have somewhere seen it observed that we should make the same use of a book that the bee does of a flower: she steals sweets from it, but does not injure it.
The artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like the bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.
Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.
I think I'm a somewhat nervous bee who just wants to conform. Which, I guess, is common in bees.
A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.
Man produces evil as a bee produces honey.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, there can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
