The Lore of the Honey-Bee #246173

The story is variously rendered by ancier writers. Some say that bees already existed i the world, and that Amalthea was only a goa whose milk served to nourish the baby-god, i addition to the honey that Melissa obtained fror the wild bees in the cave where Jupiter lay hiddet Another account has it that the bees thems'elvc were drawn to his place of concealment by tl'. Noise made by his nurses, who beat continual.