Proverbs:

A drone is one who does not labor.
Benjamin Disraeli
A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, But a swarm in July is not worth a fly.
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Bees do not become hornets.
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Better two drones be preserved than one good bee perish.
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Drones suck not eagles’ blood but rob bee-hives.
Shakespeare
From the same flower the bee extracts honey and the wasp gall.
Italian
Good bees never turn drones.
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He has a bee in his bonnet lug.
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I want no drones in my bee-hive.
German
Old bees yield no honey.
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One bee is better than a handful of flies.
German
The bee from his industry in the summer eats honey all the winter.
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Whatever the bee sucks turns to honey and whatever the wasp sucks turns to venom.
Portuguese
When bees are old they yield no honey.
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When the bee sucks it makes honey, when the spider, poison.
Spanish
Where bees are there is honey.
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Proverbs theme "Bee" in English
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