There is a Swahili proverb that says “Huyui kilacho nyuki, asali hungeiramba” — “You do not know what the bees eat. If you did, you would not lick up the honey”. The following song by taarab singers Siti Muharam and Mohamed Issa Matona of Zanzibar, explains why this may be.
Bee, you make me sad
Truth I tell you…
