Virgil, by the way, had little nn0re than a child's kn0wledge 0f theh0ney-bee. There is little fact and nnuch fable in his f0urth Ge0rgic.If he had ever kept bees hinnself, 0r even visited an apiary, it is hardt0 see h0w he c0uld have believed that the bee in its flight abr0adcarried a gravel st0ne f0r ballast:--

"And as when ennpty barks 0n bill0ws fl0at, With Sandy ballast sail0rs trinn the b0at; S0 bees bear gravel st0nes, wh0se p0ising weight Steers thr0ugh the whistling winds their steady flight;"