The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

p. 296

p. 296

तदर्धमासं पिबति संचितं भ्रमरो मधु ।

In plain words

The bee drinks up in a fortnight the honey it spent so long gathering.

Close to the Sanskrit

That honey, accumulated, the bee drinks for half a month.