Bees & Food Quotes
“'Bee vomit,' my brother said once, 'that's all honey is,' so that I could not put my tongue to its jellied flame without tasting regurgitated blossoms.” Rita Dove, "In the Old Neighborhood"
“The pedigree of Honey does not concern the Bee - A Clover, any time, to him, Is Aristocracy.” Emily Dickinson, American poet (1830-1886)
“The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.” Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Poor Richard's Almanac
"There was an old person so silly, He poked his head into a lily; But six bees who lived there, filled him full of despair, For they stung that old person so silly." Edward Lear, English artist, writer; known for his 'literary nonsense' & limericks (1812-1888)
“As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.” Sir Thomas More
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