
The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.
If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live.
One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees...
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.
Happiness is the natural flower of duty.
Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.

The hum of bees is the voice of the garden.
Bees are a good omen: it was the royal badge of the kings of France.
Bees are the batteries of orchards, gardens, guard them.

The bee's life is like a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water.
If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
To be a beekeeper is to be a shepherd to the most magical creatures on earth.
The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.
The bee's life is a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water.
The bee is domesticated but not tamed.

Bees are not as busy as we think they are. They just can't buzz any slower.