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Subject: HONEYCOMBS
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` ALLEGORY OF THE BEES, by PAUL LAKE    Poem Source                    
First Line: Affectless drones, observing the wild dance
Last Line: While honey-drudgers leave in steady lines %tracking the legend to tis honeyed source
Subject(s): Bees; Honeycombs; Insects; Nature


THE HONEYCOMB, by ROBERT HERRICK    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: If thou hast found an honie-combe
Last Line: Marrow, and manna unto thee.
Subject(s): Honeycombs


TO THE QUEEN OF THE BEES, by JAMES STEPHENS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bee! Tell me, whence do you come?
Last Line: A honeycombe.
Variant Title(s): The Messenger
Subject(s): Bees; Honeycombs; Insects; Beekeeping; Bugs