Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 12

Sanskrit:

सायन्तनं श्वस्तनं वा न सङ्गृह्णीत भिक्षुक: ।मक्षिका इव सङ्गृह्णन् सह तेन विनश्यति ॥ १२ ॥

ITRANS:

sāyantanaṁ śvastanaṁ vāna saṅgṛhṇīta bhikṣukaḥmakṣikā iva saṅgṛhṇansaha tena vinaśyati

Translation:

A saintly mendicant should not even collect foodstuffs to eat later in the same day or the next day. If he disregards this injunction and like the honeybee collects more and more delicious foodstuffs, that which he has collected will indeed ruin him.

Purport:

Bhramara refers to that honeybee who wanders about from flower to flower, and makṣikā is the honeybee who accumulates more and more honey in the beehive with great attachment. A saintly mendicant should be like the bhramara bee because if he imitates the makṣikā bee his spiritual consciousness will be ruined. This point is so important that it is repeated in this verse.