Bees. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Bees


He turned aside to see the carcase of the lion; and behold, there was a swarm of bees in the carcase. Judges.—Chap. xiv. Verse 8; and see Davidson’s Virgil, by Buckley, Georgic IV.	1
’Tis seldom when the bee doth leave her comb in the dead carrion. Shakespeare.—King Henry IV., Part II. Act IV. Scene 4. (The King to Warwick.)	2
Where the bee sucks, there suck I. Shakespeare.—Tempest, Act V. Scene 1. (A Song.)	3
So work the honey bees; Creatures that, by a rule in nature, teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom. Shakespeare.—King Henry V., Act I. Scene 2. (Canterbury.)	4