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"Forget not bees in winter, though they sleep." – Vita Sackville-West, in "Bee-Master" in 'The Land' (1926).
"For so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king and officers of sorts, Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summers velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home." – William Shakespeare, "Henry V" (c. 1599), Act I, scene 2, line 188.