Proverbs 6:8

Verse 8. Harvest. The economy and diligence of this littel republic is admirable. Pliny, xxx. 11.—Some copies of the Septuagint add with Saint Ambrose (Hex. v. []1. and so forth Calmet.) “or go to the bee, and behold what a worker it is, and how beautiful is its work; whose labours kings and private people use for health. But it is desirable and glorious to all; and though it be weak in strength, by the love of wisdom it has got forward” ( Bible.) in esteem. Calmet.—Nature has given the form of a monarchy in bees, and of a democracy in the regulations of the ant. Tournemine.