| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Bee |
| | | A drone is one who does not labor. Benjamin Disraeli. | 1 |
A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay,
But a swarm in July is not worth a fly. | 2 |
| Bees do not become hornets. | 3 |
| Better two drones be preserved than one good bee perish. | 4 |
| Drones suck not eagles’ blood but rob bee-hives. Shakespeare. | 5 |
| From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall. Italian. | 6 |
| Good bees never turn drones. | 7 |
| He has a bee in his bonnet lug. | 8 |
| I want no drones in my bee-hive. German. | 9 |
| Old bees yield no honey. | 10 |
| One bee is better than a handful of flies. German, Spanish. | 11 |
| The bee from his industry in the summer eats honey all the winter. | 12 |
| Whatever the bee sucks turns to honey and whatever the wasp sucks turns to venom. Portuguese. | 13 |
| When bees are old they yield no honey. | 14 |
| When the bee sucks it makes honey, when the spider, poison. Spanish. | 15 |
| Where bees are there is honey. | 16 | | |
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