"Eat thou honey, because it is good; and... sweet to thy taste: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul... " Prov. 24:13,14.
The honey bee is much too interesting to describe just in one article, so let's consider its specially designed anatomy (body structure) at this time.
Bees have six legs and each pair has a special purpose. The front pair is especially adapted to clean off the insect's antennae or wipe pollen from its face, mouth and eyes. The hinged middle pair is used to pack pollen into the collecting baskets on the hind legs. In addition to carrying these baskets the hind pair work with the middle pair to tamp the pollen into pellets. These pellets are used in the hive. Each leg also has sharp tips for walking over rough surfaces, and cushions between the tips give a grip on smooth surfaces.
Two flexible antennae on the front of the bee are covered with thousands of tiny plates. These give the bee sensitivity to touch and also a keen sense of smell. Then there are the two specially-designed wings which enable the bee to carry heavy loads of nectar and pollen for long distances. When flying, the front and back wings attach to each other by hooks which then make one large, strong pair of wings. However, to enter small flowers, or the hive cells, these wings separate, fold down and overlap. Incidentally, a bee flies with its wings moving in a figure-eight pattern which allows it to move up or down, backward or forward, or hover like a humming bird.
Two huge compound eyes surround three smaller ones. The big ones, with many smaller plates called facets, somehow pick up the sun's rays and act as a compass wherever the bee may be at any time.
There is a wonderful "chemical factory" inside the bee. This changes the nectar it gathers into honey. The same organs produce beeswax, too.
No other insect has a mouth and tongue designed like a bee's. It is designed to penetrate into deep pockets of flowers and blossoms. The body shape and structure are also just right to carry pollen from one plant to another. It is God's chief pollinator of flowers, and in the course of a busy day each bee visits thousands of blossoms.
We read in Prov. 16:2424Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Proverbs 16:24): "Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones." How happy life would be if we all used pleasant words with as much energy as the bees use in gathering their honey. But it is only by knowing the Lord Jesus as our Savior that we have a new nature which delights in pleasant words and helpful works. It is also written: "... apply thine heart unto My knowledge. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips." Prov. 22:17,1817Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. (Proverbs 22:17‑18).
Have you acted on the pleasant words of the Lord which invite you to come to Him and be saved?