[Milton-L] Bee similie Pandaemonium

[Andrea Esther Fingar]

Hello all,
I've just joined the mailing list. I'm in a Milton course at MSU and am doing a research paper. I want to do it on the Bee similie. I'm really a novice since I'm an undergrad. and this is my first experience with Milton and reading Paradise Lost. 
There are 2 other references to the bee. In Book V and Book VII. Are these related to the 1st "Bee" in Book I? The footnote to the "bee" in Book I mentions Homer and Virgil also Salmasius' assertion that bees compare to absolute monarchy, etc. Can anyone elaborate or point me in the right direction to find material on this subject.

Thanks,
Andrea
fingara1 at mail.montclair.edu