Excerpt from The Honey-Bee; Its Natural History, Habits, Anatomy, and Microscopical Beauties: With Tinted Illustrations John van voorst, paternoster row. Mdccclx.so work the honey-bees; Creatures that, by a rule in Nature, teach The art 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 summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring ...
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Excerpt from The Honey-Bee; Its Natural History, Habits, Anatomy, and Microscopical Beauties: With Tinted Illustrations John van voorst, paternoster row. Mdccclx.so work the honey-bees; Creatures that, by a rule in Nature, teach The art 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 summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent royal of their emperor; Who, busied in his majesty, surveys The Singing masons building roofs of gold The civil citizens kneading up the honey The poor mechanic porters crowding in Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate; The sad-eyed justice, with his surly hum, Delivering o'er to executors pale The lazy yawning drone! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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