Bees A Honey of an Idea (2024)

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What is the old saying about bees and honey? ›

Does the saying 'you attract more bees with honey than vinegar' have any truth to it? - Quora. Yes. It's held true since the beginning of time though the phrase had not yet been coined. It's common sense.

Saying like bees to honey means there is a strong attraction. "Men flocked to the beautiful girl like bees to honey" would be one appropriate use. Another might be that "The chocolate lovers fled to the refreshment like bees to honey, and quickly began to devour the chocolate that was there."

Some attribute the following quote to Albert Einstein: "If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live.

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. This proverb is a warning that you need to be very careful (or questioning) if someone who seems to be too friendly.

Bees and honey = money

This is a more cryptic literal link, referring to bees that produce honey which can translate into workers producing money. The result of both is sweet!

Catchy Bee Phrases and Sayings

Be buzzy like a bee. No hive left behind. Don't mess with my hive. Work hard for your honey.

“Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” “The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee, a clover, anytime, to him, is aristocracy.” “The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.” “If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.”

"The bee's life is like a magic well: the more you draw from it, the more it fills with water."

Bees are social insects and among the most valuable to humans. As a producer of honey and wax, and a pollinator to numerous wild and cultivated plants (fruit and nut trees, vegetables, and feed plants), the honeybee can only survive as part of a community known as a colony, nest, or hive.

"To be successful, one has to be one of three bees: the queen bee, the hardest working bee, or the bee that does not fit in." "Keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams." "A work of art; and yet no art of man, Can work, this work, these little creatures can."

What is the wrong statement about the honey bee? ›

Final answer: The statement which is incorrect about honeybees is that they have no sense of direction.

So, the expression “you get more flies with honey than with vinegar” means it is a good idea to be nice to others. You can win over people more easily by being polite and kind. Being mean or unpleasant is like being full of vinegar. You will push more people away by acting sour or bitter.

The “fly” version of this may have been first said by Benjamin Franklin, but the actual source is unknow…

The phrase "the birds and the bees" is a term used to explain the mechanics of reproduction to younger children, relying on the imagery of bees pollinating and eggs hatching to substitute for a more technical explanation of sexual intercourse.