The Degenerate Bees. A few honest hardworking drones fly from a corrupt hive in a formal garden. A grape vine grows on a wall, and a gardener rakes a lawn. Copperplate engraving by William Skelton after an illustration by Hubert Francois Bourguignon Gravelot from Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author, John Stockdale, London, 1793.

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