一只來自伊米托斯山的蜂王飛到奧林匹斯山上，將蜂巢里剛產出的新鮮蜂蜜當做禮物送給了朱庇特，朱庇特很喜歡這份禮物，便答應滿足她的任何請求。蜂王說，如果能賜予蜜蜂們蜂針，從而能夠懲治那些偷走蜂蜜的人，她就不勝感激了。朱庇特聽到她的請求很不高興，因為他愛著人類；但是他必須得履行諾言，于是他說可以讓蜜蜂擁有蜂針。然而，他賜予蜜蜂的針卻是一種特殊的刺，只要刺一回人，蜂針就會折斷，蜜蜂自己也會隨之而死。

　　【蜜蜂與朱庇特寓意】

　　蜜蜂與朱庇特這則寓言故事告訴了我們，惡意總會有惡報。

　　【蜜蜂與朱庇特英文版】

　　THE BEE AND JUPITER

　　A Queen Bee from Hymettus flew up to Olympus with some fresh honey from the hive as a present to Jupiter，who was so pleased with the gift that he promised to give her anything she liked to ask for.She said she would be very grateful if he would give stings to the bees，to kill people who robbed them of their honey Jupiter was greatly displeased with this request，for he loved mankind：but he had given his word，so he said that stings they should have The stings he gave them，however，were of such a kind that whenever a bee stings a man the sting is left in the wound and the bee dies.

　　Evil wishes.like fowls.come home to roost.