THE BEES DO PROTEST

"I do protest I never injured thee, / But love thee better than thou canst devise." Bees often quote this line from Romeo and Juliet to humans as they buzz past. Bees are our friends and they want you to remember that. **Shakespeare and Bees may not seem like they go together but they are truly meant to bee.

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Pity the hives, or else this glutton be, To eat the world’s due, by the grave and thee.

A bee warning from sonnet 1 (credited sometimes to Shakespeare)

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shakespeare vs the bees

shakespeare: i am going to steal this

bees: no

shakespeare: i am going to steal this

bees:

bees: why should we be surprised humans take everything from us our land our lives our poetry all they should take is our honey but nooo they need more

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And though bees but little, they are key.

well known bee fact (based off of William Shakespeare)

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Human be my friend.

common bee wish (based of off William Shakespeare)

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When the bees give to the people, both laugh; when the people kill the bees, both cry.

life rule (based off of William Shakespeare)

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Save the Bees with these Plants

This infographic is amazing. Thanks to the author Lisa for this. Full article found here.

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Bees are avid scholars of Shakespeare

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Hi! Here are some photos I have taken of our little pollinators. I’m a new blog here, and I aspire to raise awareness and show the world how important these little bees are! I hope you enjoy these and I hope your day is buzzing with joy 🐝😌

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Capped honey cells. These girls are fast workers! #beekeeping #honey #bees #beeswax Photo by @sgstokes / on Instagram http://bit.ly/1VKubuf

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April 23rd 1616: William Shakespeare dies

On this day in 1616, 400 years ago, English playwright William Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon. Born in Stratford on April 23rd 1564, Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, a leather merchant and glove maker, and local heiress Mary Arden. Little is known about Shakespeare’s early life, and he had little formal education, which leads some to question the authenticity of his plays. Shakespeare met a woman called Anne Hathaway when he was 18 years old. After a quick courtship, the couple married in November 1582, going on to have three children. Scholars generally believe that Shakespeare moved to London in the late 1580s and began working at local theatres. By the 1590s, it appears Shakespeare was working as an actor and playwright for the acting company Lord Chamberlain’s Men. By 1600, Shakespeare was an established playwright, having bought a large family home in Stratford and building the Globe Theatre in London with his business partners. Throughout his career, Shakespeare wrote around 38 plays, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and King Lear, and 154 sonnets. It is believed that he died on April 23rd 1616 - his 52nd birthday. Shakespeare bequeathed most of his belongings to his eldest daughter, leaving his widow his ‘second-best bed’, which is assumed to have been their marital bed. His extraordinary stories, and unique rhetorical style - inventing several words and phrases which have since entered the lexicon - make William Shakespeare the most famous writer in history. 400 years ago today

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Bee’s entering their hive http://flic.kr/p/ubA33e

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Busy Bee

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Bee Fact #394

A bee a day keeps the apocalypse away.

It is a hard job so they take turns fairly.

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honey bee

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This is your daily reminder to save the bees.