The bee gets its nectar, so this isn't a lesson in going without. The verse checks for damage right down to the scent, which is a fairly thorough inspection. The sage is to dwell in his village that way, getting what he needs without leaving the place worse for it. Your village is wherever you're a guest today, a friend's kitchen, say, where you've come to borrow a pan. At the next place you visit today, take what you came for and put back what you moved.
As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its colour or scent, so let a sage dwell in his village.
The Dhammapada, verse 49 (trans. F. Max Muller)