Chapter VII The Bee in the Fields
Contrast between the Plant and the Animal, 301
Yet the one life in some points approaches the other, and a certain sympathy exists between the flower and the winged insect, 302
What the flower owes to the bee, 303
And how far the bee is indebted to the flower, 303
A panegyric upon the bee, which gives new life to vegetation, 304
The bee’s visit to the flower, and what takes place, 305
It gives and it receives; evening and morning, 306
How the bee suffers from cold, keen airs, 307
“Farewell, madam, and many thanks!” 308