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“So at last Ilar Sant came to this wood, which people now call St. Hilary's wood because they have forgotten all about Ilar. And he was weary with his wandering, and the day was very hot; so he stay...”
“You are the ocean, let the rivers come to you. You are the flower, let the bees come to you.”
“This time of year, the purple blooms were busy with life- not just the bees, but butterflies and ladybugs, skippers and emerald-toned beetles, flitting hummingbirds and sapphire dragonflies. The su...”
“No matter how right or how beautiful your path is, never try to impose your path on others! Remember that flowers by no means pull bees by force to their world! Your path is your poem; if people li...”
“For this,let gardens grow, where beelines end,sighing in roses, saffron blooms, buddleia;where bees pray on their knees, sing, praisein pear trees, plum trees; beesare the batteries of orchards, ga...”
“If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.”
“A poor old Widow in her weedsSowed her garden with wild-flower seeds;Not too shallow, and not too deep,And down came April -- drip -- drip -- drip.Up shone May, like gold, and soonGreen as an arbou...”
“Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.”
“Some guys like to undermine a girl's self-esteem with little verbal jabs. Eventually it all adds up. One bee sting doesn't hurt a horse, but enough bee stings can kill a horse.”
“Look tonight at the stars. Let them overwhelm you in the postures of their bright dance. Face the vastness which they dot like silver bees, and sound with your own brain the mystery, hazarding at t...”
“The bee has round it a mysterious inscription, which has been variously interpreted. It contains an allusion to beeswax, and one scholar has suggested that the tesserae were druggists tokens for th...”
“Respect the colony as an organism rather than a mechanism with interchangeable parts.”
“Collaboration is the essence of life. The wind, bees and flowers work together, to spread the pollen.”
“Darwin called such a process artificial, as opposed to natural, selection, but from the flowers point of view, this is a distinction without a difference: individual plants in which a trait desired...”
“Even the bees I'd swear were sent to protect us in the delicate business of hives and honey are stung to silence by the news that something winged has lost its flight.”
“Santa is like a queen bee. All the elves are his drones, who exist to feed him royal jelly, which I guess would be milk and cookies. If an elf escapes and eats royal cookies, it will turn into anot...”
“They all seemed hungry, happy, and healthy enough in their buzzingoh the days were hot, and the noise of bees filled the air that was dusty with pollen and sun haze, and there were tiny black flies...”
“We think we can make honey without sharing in the fate of bees, but we are in truth nothing but poor bees, destined to accomplish our task and then die.”
“In the village, a sage should go about Like a bee, which, not harmingFlower, colour or scent, Flies off with the nectar.”
“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.”
