“The bee's life is like a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water”
― Karl Von Frisch

“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.”
― Ray Bradbury

“Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.”
― David Foster Wallace

“...The world was really one bee yard, and the same rules work fine in both places. Don't be afraid, as no life-loving bee wants to sting you. Still, don't be an idiot; wear long sleeves and pants. Don't swat. Don't even think about swatting. If you feel angry, whistle. Anger agitates while whistling melts a bee's temper. Act like you know what you're doing, even if you don't. Above all, send the bees love. Every little thing wants to be loved.”
― Sue Monk Kidd

“Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.”
― John Muir

“One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees...”
― Leo Tolstoy

“The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams.”
― Henry David Thoreau