JUPITER & THE BEE
A queen bee from Mount Hymettus ascended to Olympus to present honey fresh from her combs. Jupiter, delighted with the offering, promised to give whatever she should ask.
"Give me, I pray thee, a sting, that if any mortal shall approach to take my honey, I may kill him," implored the bee.
Jupiter was displeased for he loved the human race, but he could not renege on his word. Jupiter thus replied, "You shall have your request, but it will be at the peril of your own life. If you use your sting, it will remain in the wound you have made, and you will die from its loss." . . .
