I always wondered why it was called the birds and the bees....?

Hmm


Cause birds lay eggs, like lades have babies


and bees polinate, like men impregnate ladies.I always wondered why it was called the birds and the bees....?
';The birds and the bees'; (sometimes expanded to ';the birds, the bees and the butterflies';) is an English-language idiomatic expression which refers to courtship and sex, and is usually used in reference to teaching someone, often a young child, about sex and pregnancy. The phrase is evocative of the metaphors and euphemisms often used to avoid speaking openly and technically about the subject.





According to tradition, the birds and the bees is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and consequence of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events such as plant pollination.





The idiom could date back as far as Shakespeare, from these lines in Act 4, Scene 6 of King Lear:





Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery? No.


The wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly


Does lecher in my sight';





Here, Lear is talking to Gloucester about adultery, telling him that he must not fear being punished for it, as animals do it all the time and it is therefore a natural phenomenon. The link with the second line and the modern day idiom seems to fit, as both regard the subject of copulation, and particularly, copulation in nature. In this case, the wren represents the birds, whilst the ';gilded fly'; may refer to bees; which seem to be flies ';gilded'; with gold stripes.





Word sleuths William and Mary Morris[1] hint that it may have been inspired by words like these from the poet Samuel Coleridge (1825): '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.'';[2]





Several sources give credit to Cole Porter for coining the phrase.[3] One of the legendary musician's more famous songs was ';Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love.'; The 1928 standard contains the lyrics:[4]





And that's why birds do it, bees do it


Even educated fleas do it


Let's do it, let's fall in love





Famous uses of this phrase come from the work of John Burroughs, a naturalist who lived and worked in the Catskills Mountains. He wrote a small pamphlet called ';Birds and Bees: Essays';[5] in which he explained the workings of nature in a way that children could understand. However, birds and bees are dealt with in separate sections; nowhere are they mentioned together. The phrase also had new meaning when it was adopted by singer Jewel Akens in the song, ';The Birds and the Bees';.I always wondered why it was called the birds and the bees....?
According to tradition, the birds and the bees is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and consequence of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events such as plant pollination.Also,is an English-language idiomatic expression which refers to courtship and sex, and is usually used in reference to teaching someone, often a young child, about sex and pregnancy. The phrase is evocative of the metaphors and euphemisms often used to avoid speaking openly and technically about the subject.
me too, but I think because it is a ';fact of life'; as are birds and bees. also could be away of saying something with out using the real terms. and like when we say, so how's the weather, when we really don't want to know about the weather.
birds represent a good relationship, they stay together have children and all that, but the bee's after the dude gets all freaky he dies, thats bad relationship
not really sure...





but i looked it up on google and this is what I found





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_birds_a鈥?/a>
because birds and bees pollinate the flowers which recreates more flowers. Pollination is similar to sex in a way.
cause birds are innocent (like most girls)


bees have stingers, which would resemble a penis.


and for the first time, maybe it hurts like a stinger XD
Umm...........I dunno why but I found the link. Check it out!
I got a headache thinking about this one, until I read Orihime's answer.





That's the one that deserves best answer.
The birds and the bees pollinate flowers, like penetrate?? Then they make something out of it (honey).. Hmm that's what I always just thought!
I really dont know ive always wondered? thought it was about pollination lol.
Pollination. Spreading the ';seed';.
Birds are reffering to women eg ';damn, check out that bird';


and bee's for boys because they are yellow and stripy
Pollination.
my mother never told me about the birds and the bees. she used the word sex, but it would be nice to find out why.
because it's natural.








like the birds, and the beesies
lol It's a little kids story explaining sex, it doesn't have to make sense :)
Because the bee (male) sticks its stinger in the bird (female)


Ya that's all I got for this question ....
IDK.





But good question.
lol. i wondered dat too
its not like a bird and a bee can get it on...i dont know why either
mmmm good question
ive always wondered too.. lol .. idk srry
Me too. Like whats wrong with Snakes and Frogs?
me too!
me too :/
i dont know