And of all the flying things he met in his going, one only dared to put pain upon him, and she was a honeybee who stabbed his cheek with her sword.
"The Story and Song of Black Roderick"
Dora Sigerson
Arachne gradually grew smaller and smaller, until she was no larger than a honeybee.
"A Child's Story Garden"
Compiled by Elizabeth Heber
O, the honeybee works, but the honeybee clings To the flowers of life and the honeybee sings!
"Impertinent Poems"
Edmund Vance Cooke