--- title: "4 Bees Quotes By Thomas Hood" description: "4 Bees quotes by Thomas Hood. Plus more from Thomas Hood and more Bees sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/thomas-hood-7160_bees_well-for-the-drones-of-the-social-hive-t_398454.png" --- > [Well for the drones of the social hive that there are bees of an industrious turn, willing, for an infinitesimal share of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/well-for-the-drones-of-the-social-hive-that-there-are-bees-of-an/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/thomas-hood-7160_bees_well-for-the-drones-of-the-social-hive-t_398454.png) > [No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/no-shade-no-shine-no-butterflies-no-bees-no-fruits-no-flowers-no/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/thomas-hood-7160_autumn_no-shade-no-shine-no-butterflies-no-bees_582916.png) > [No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day, . . . . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/no-sun-no-moon-no-morn-no-noon-no-dawn-no-dusk-no-proper-time-of-day/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8af/thomas-hood-7160_bees_no-sun-no-moon-no-morn-no-noon-no-dawn-n_2829537.png) > [When was ever honey made with one bee in a hive?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/when-was-ever-honey-made-with-one-bee-in-a-hive/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/thomas-hood-7160_bees_when-was-ever-honey-made-with-one-bee-in_3049033.png) ## Other authors on Bees - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-herbert-37751.jpg) George Herbert 23 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/george-herbert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sue-monk-kidd-87785.jpg) Sue Monk Kidd 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/sue-monk-kidd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-emily-dickinson-33058.jpg) Emily Dickinson 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/emily-dickinson/) - [Sue Hubbell 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/sue-hubbell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-jay-ebben-30738.jpg) Jay Ebben 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/jay-ebben/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-keats-51711.jpg) John Keats 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/john-keats/) - [Matshona Dhliwayo 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/matshona-dhliwayo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marcus-aurelius-63282.jpg) Marcus Aurelius 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/marcus-aurelius/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/henry-david-thoreau/) ## More by Thomas Hood > [Peace and rest at length have come, All the day's long toil is past; And each heart is whispering, "Home, Home at last!"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/peace-and-rest-at-length-have-come-all-the-day-s-long-toil-is-past/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/he-lies-like-a-hedgehog-rolled-up-the-wrong-way-tormenting-himself/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [I love thee - I love thee, 'Tis all that I can say, It is my vision in the night, My dreaming in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/i-love-thee-i-love-thee-tis-all-that-i-can-say-it-is-my-vision-in-the/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [There are three things which the public will always clamour for, sooner or later; namely: novelty, novelty, novelty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/there-are-three-things-which-the-public-will-always-clamour-for/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/half-of-the-failures-in-life-come-from-pulling-one-s-horse-when-he-is/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. What is the soul? It is immaterial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/what-is-mind-no-matter-what-is-matter-never-mind-what-is-the-soul-it/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [What joy have I in June's return? My feet are parched-my eyeballs burn, I scent no flowery gust; But faint the flagging zephyr springs,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/what-joy-have-i-in-june-s-return-my-feet-are-parched-my-eyeballs-burn/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [It was not in the winter Our loving lot was cast! It was the time of roses, We plucked them as we passed!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/it-was-not-in-the-winter-our-loving-lot-was-cast-it-was-the-time-of/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [When he is forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/when-he-is-forsaken-withered-and-shaken-what-can-an-old-man-do-but-die/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [Well for the drones of the social hive that there are bees of an industrious turn, willing, for an infinitesimal share of the honey,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/well-for-the-drones-of-the-social-hive-that-there-are-bees-of-an/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [I saw old autumn in the misty morn Stand shadowless like silence, listening To silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/i-saw-old-autumn-in-the-misty-morn-stand-shadowless-like-silence/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [Comfort and indolence are cronies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/comfort-and-indolence-are-cronies/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [Mother of light! how fairly dost thou go Over those hoary crests, divinely led! Art thou that huntress of the silver bow Fabled of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/mother-of-light-how-fairly-dost-thou-go-over-those-hoary-crests/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [Sweet are the little brooks that run O'er pebbles glancing in the sun, Singing in soothing tones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/sweet-are-the-little-brooks-that-run-o-er-pebbles-glancing-in-the-sun/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) > [How widely its agencies vary,- To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless,- As even its minted coins express, Now stamp'd with the image…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/how-widely-its-agencies-vary-to-save-to-ruin-to-curse-to-bless-as/) [Thomas Hood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hood/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/thomas-hood/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bees Quotes By Thomas Hood", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Well for the drones of the social hive that there are bees of an industrious turn, willing, for an infinitesimal share of the honey, to undertake the labor of its fabrication.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Hood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/well-for-the-drones-of-the-social-hive-that-there-are-bees-of-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/thomas-hood-7160_bees_well-for-the-drones-of-the-social-hive-t_398454.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/thomas-hood-7160_bees_well-for-the-drones-of-the-social-hive-t_398454.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64c/thomas-hood-7160_bees_well-for-the-drones-of-the-social-hive-t_398454.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well for the drones of the social hive that there are bees of an industrious turn, willing, for an…” — Thomas Hood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Hood" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hood/no-shade-no-shine-no-butterflies-no-bees-no-fruits-no-flowers-no/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/thomas-hood-7160_autumn_no-shade-no-shine-no-butterflies-no-bees_582916.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/thomas-hood-7160_autumn_no-shade-no-shine-no-butterflies-no-bees_582916.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/thomas-hood-7160_autumn_no-shade-no-shine-no-butterflies-no-bees_582916.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds - November!” — Thomas Hood", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day, . . . . . . 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