The properties of bees are wonderful noble and worthy. For bees have one common kind as children, and dwell in one habitation, and are closed within one gate: one travail is common to them all, one meat is common to them all, one common working, one common use, one fruit and flight is common to them all, and one generation is common to them all.
From: De proprietatibus rerum
Bee Lore 
Beautiful sentiments. Thanks for publishing it! I think the Gutenberg Project is one of the hidden gems on the Web.