Where does the phrase 'Birds and Bees' come from.?

Question

I KNOW what it means..just want to know the origin of it!!

Thanks x

Answer 1

You might look at the site,

http://ask.yahoo.com/20060329.html

I think it is the Cole Porter song to, he was a musical genious. Check out some of his other song they are still fabulous.

If you are interested you could view the film, De Lovely, with Kevin Kline and Asley Judd.

There you go

The She Beast
California

Answer 2

I found this:

"Where exactly "the birds and the bees" originated nobody knows, but word sleuths William and Mary Morris hint that it may have been inspired by words like these from the poet Samuel Coleridge: "All nature seems at work ... The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing ... and I the while, the sole unbusy thing, not honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing." Making honey, pairing ... yes, we can definitely tell what Sam had on his mind".

Answer 3

The "birds and the bees" is a fairly common 19th century phrase in poetry exactly as quoted. As to the topic of sex education it turns up late 1930's early 1940's in medical texts.

Answer 4

bird has a egg..(female) and a bee pollenates(male).....well you know the rest of the story...........but how it originated i have know idea, but i figure thats the basics.........

Answer 5

Catholics probably