--- title: "4 Bees Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "4 Bees quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Bees sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/william-shakespeare-4_bees_where-the-bee-sucks-there-suck-i-in-the_2055951.jpg" --- > [Where the bee sucks, there suck I In the cow-slip's bell i lie There I couch when owls do cry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/where-the-bee-sucks-there-suck-i-in-the-cow-slip-s-bell-i-lie-there-i/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/william-shakespeare-4_bees_where-the-bee-sucks-there-suck-i-in-the_2055951.jpg) > [He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-is-not-worthy-of-the-honey-comb-that-shuns-the-hives-because-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/william-shakespeare-4_bees_he-is-not-worthy-of-the-honey-comb-that_2240962.jpg) > [For so work the honey bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/for-so-work-the-honey-bees-creatures-that-by-a-rule-in-nature-teach/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/william-shakespeare-4_animals_for-so-work-the-honey-bees-creatures-tha_2352356.jpg) > [For this, be sure, tonight thou shalt have cramps, Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up. Urchins Shall forth at vast of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/for-this-be-sure-tonight-thou-shalt-have-cramps-side-stitches-that/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97b/william-shakespeare-4_bees_for-this-be-sure-tonight-thou-shalt-have_2548788.jpg) ## 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 William Shakespeare > [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bees/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "4 Bees Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Where the bee sucks, there suck I In the cow-slip's bell i lie There I couch when owls do cry", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/where-the-bee-sucks-there-suck-i-in-the-cow-slip-s-bell-i-lie-there-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/william-shakespeare-4_bees_where-the-bee-sucks-there-suck-i-in-the_2055951.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/william-shakespeare-4_bees_where-the-bee-sucks-there-suck-i-in-the_2055951.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/william-shakespeare-4_bees_where-the-bee-sucks-there-suck-i-in-the_2055951.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Where the bee sucks, there suck I In the cow-slip's bell i lie There I couch when owls do cry” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/he-is-not-worthy-of-the-honey-comb-that-shuns-the-hives-because-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/william-shakespeare-4_bees_he-is-not-worthy-of-the-honey-comb-that_2240962.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/william-shakespeare-4_bees_he-is-not-worthy-of-the-honey-comb-that_2240962.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/william-shakespeare-4_bees_he-is-not-worthy-of-the-honey-comb-that_2240962.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He is not worthy of the honey-comb, that shuns the hives because the bees have stings.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For so work the honey bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/for-so-work-the-honey-bees-creatures-that-by-a-rule-in-nature-teach/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/william-shakespeare-4_animals_for-so-work-the-honey-bees-creatures-tha_2352356.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/william-shakespeare-4_animals_for-so-work-the-honey-bees-creatures-tha_2352356.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/william-shakespeare-4_animals_for-so-work-the-honey-bees-creatures-tha_2352356.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For so work the honey bees, creatures that by a rule in nature teach the act of order to a peopled kingdom.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For this, be sure, tonight thou shalt have cramps, Side-stitches that shall pen thy breath up. 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