: The San people tell of a bee that carried a mantis across a river; the seed it planted in the mantis became the first human.
: Bees were believed to be the tears of the sun god Ra , turning into insects as they hit the desert sand. Kingdom of Bees
: This is a famous passage from the play Henry V (Act 1, Scene 2). Shakespeare uses the beehive as a metaphor for a well-ordered human kingdom , describing "magistrates" who correct at home, "merchants" who venture abroad, and "soldiers" who bring home plunder to their "emperor" (queen). : The San people tell of a bee