“I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.”

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American naturalist and essayist 1837–1921

Nick Drake (poet) (1961) British writer

ibid
The Rahotep series, Book 2: Tutankhamun

“It takes a bee 10,000,000 trips to collect enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey.”

Sue Monk Kidd book The Secret Life of Bees

Source: The Secret Life of Bees

“Consider the honey-bee. Its treasure is nectar, obtained even from the chilly plant. It is not at the cost of the flower. In fact, its act of extracting honey contributes to the progress of the flowers. You need not learn from Kahlil Gibran, Marx or Gorbachev, not even from Gandhiji. Choose instead to learn your lesson from the honey bees as your silent partners: they will show you how to develop without destroying.”

Baba Amte (1914–2008) Indian freedom fighter, social worker

On Community living
Baba Amte's Words of Wisdom

“I have stolen ideas from every book I have ever read. My principle in researching a novel is 'Read like a butterfly, write like a bee', and if this story contains any honey, it is entirely because of the quality of the nectar I found in the work of better writers.”

Philip Pullman book The Amber Spyglass

Acknowledgements, p. 549
Source: His Dark Materials, The Amber Spyglass (2000)

“I am the bee that will make honey for all.”

Filipe Nyusi (1959) Mozambican politician

Explaining the meaning of his name in his native Makonde language. AFP https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/mozambique-gears-key-vote-002759683.html

“"If there's a buzzing-noise, somebody's making a buzzing-noise, and the only reason for making a buzzing-noise that I know of is because you're a bee."
Then he thought another long time, and said: "And the only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey."
And then he got up, and said: "And the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it." So he began to climb the tree.”

A.A. Milne book Winnie-the-Pooh

Source: Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Chapter One - Pooh.

“I dreamt -- marvellous error! -- that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.”

Antonio Machado (1875–1939) Spanish poet

“Once, I saw a bee drown in honey, and I understood.”

Nikos Kazantzakis book Report to Greco

Source: Report to Greco

“The lovely flowers
embarrass me.
They make me regret
I am not a bee…”

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet

“How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!”

Isaac Watts (1674–1748) English hymnwriter, theologian and logician

Song 20: "Against Idleness and Mischief". Parodied by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
1710s, Divine Songs Attempted in the Easy Language of Children (1715)

“I go to books and to nature as the bee goes to a flower, for a nectar that I can make into my own honey.”

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