
“208. The honey is sweet, but the bee stings.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“208. The honey is sweet, but the bee stings.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
“I am the bee that will make honey for all.”
Explaining the meaning of his name in his native Makonde language. AFP https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/mozambique-gears-key-vote-002759683.html
“959. Bees that have Honey in their Mouths, have Stings in their Tails.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.”
“The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.”
Nature, p. 110
Collected Poems (1993)
“It takes a bee 10,000,000 trips to collect enough nectar to make 1 pound of honey.”
Source: The Secret Life of Bees