At some point Napoleon (who, for propaganda purposes, obviously had to replace the lilies* of the french monarchy) chose bees. I wonder if anyone left a ration

At some point Napoleon (who, for propaganda purposes, obviously had to replace the lilies* of the french monarchy) chose bees. I wonder if anyone left a rationale for this decision, and if so, whether it mentions social systems? * considering the lily: a monarch can't have a day job, as they spend far too much time intriguing (in the old days) or shuttling between photo ops (in our days) to have 40 hours/week free for to spend away from the sword of Damocles; the best they can hope for is a few stolen moments in the privacy of the Drones' Club.