‘We have ... chosen to fill our hives
with honey and wax,
thus furnishing mankind with the
two noblest of things,
which are sweetness
and light'
Jonathan Swift
The Battle of the Books 1697
‘The knowledge of bees
is the basis of
the beekeeper’s success;
and for all other people who,
amidst the whirl of present-day technology,
still prove to have a clear feeling for lively Nature, they are a source of joyful edification.’
Karl Von Frisch
The Dancing Bees 1927
