Half natural history, half literature: how the honey-bee actually works — tongue, wings, sting, swarm — and then three thousand years of what people have believed about her, from the Vedas to mead.

The Drone

2 pages in this part of The Honey-Makers.

The Drone

THE drone occupies a position that is unique, but not enviable. He has been obliged to endure the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune…

The Drone: Bees

Moffett uses the time-honored privilege of abusing the drone, to whip, at the same time, his Roman Catholic brethren. "Some have stings (as…

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