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Lifespan Of Honey Bees
Increased Aggression and Reduced Aversive Learning: Knowing The Causes Behind This Problem
What is Honey? Why Geohoney? 
Honey Worldwide 
Bees Also Dance And Dream: Some Interesting Facts About Them 
Facts About Honey Bee Queen 
Global Honey Statistics 
Significance Of Pollination In Beekeeping 
Hive Management in Beekeeping 
Honey & Beeswax Extraction in Beekeeping 
Honey Bee Queen in Beekeeping 
Difference Between Honeycombs & Bee Nests 
Polyfloral Honey 
Monofloral Honey 
Amazing Facts of Honey Bee 
Types of Honey Bees 
Plants & Flowers Producing True Honey 
Bee Keeping In Honey Business 
Honey Glossary 
Anotomy of Honey Bee 
Colonies of Honey Bee 
Honey Preservation: Best Practices That Keeps It Healthy For A Longer Time 
Undiscovered Secrets of World Best Honey 
Ways Of Attracting Honey Bees 
How To Protect Honey Bees in Beekeeping? 
Pollination by Honey Bees 
Fascinating Honey Bee Dance 
Honey Beekeeping Tips For Beginners 
Incredible Body Structure of Honey Bees 
Significance Of Honey Bee Garden 
Beekeeping in India 
Honey Bee Health Issues: Potential Reasons Of Bee Colony Collapse 
Details of Honey Bee Trap 
Best Plants For Honey Bees 
Honey Bee Farming 
Honey Bee Swarms 
Knowing The Adverse Impacts Of Climate Change On Flowering Plants And Bees 
Honey Bee Farming As A Hobby: A Great Step To Minimize The Decrease Of Honey Bee Population 
An Overview On Medicinal Benefits Of Raw Honey 
Fruitful Trees For The Lovely Bees That Help Producing The Best Honey 
Bee Honey: History Of This Natural Sweetener As Food, As Medicine & In Culture 
Complex Chemistry Behind Natures Best Superfood Honey 
Wonderful Facts About Honey Bees That Are Sure To Fascinate The Kids 
Monofloral Honey: 7 Best Types And Their Never-Ending Benefits 
Increased Aggression and Reduced Aversive Learning: Knowing The Causes Behind This Problem 
Everything About The Numerous Varieties Of Honey Available All Around The World & Their Holistic Benefits 
Becoming A Beekeeper Is A New Career Option To Protect The Little Bees & Ecosystem 
An All-Inclusive Guide To Learn How And Where To Build Up Your Own Honey Bee Colonies 
Apiculture – All You Need To Know About Its Importance In Human Lives 
The Apidae Family: Everything You Need To Know About This Honey Bees Specie 
Veterinary Diagnostic Of Honey Bee Diseases: A Valuable Approach To Save Little Pollinators 
Exploring The Amazing Honey Varieties Produced By Little Honey Bees 
Beekeeping As A Hobby: Myths That Are Must To Avoid 
Knowing How Caffeine Can Boost Bees Focus? 
Knowing Everything About The Fascinating Honey Bee Biology 
Types Of Bees - Diet, Habitat And Their Impact 
Honey Bees Have The Amazing Ability To Learn Odd & Even Numbers - Read More! 
Are Honey Bees Helping The Environment? Let's Know The Truth! 
Video Recordings Are A New Way Of Understanding Rare Honey Bee Behaviors 
Honey & Its Importance In Different World Religions 
Natural Honey - Its Neurological Effect Is Worth Knowing! 
Acacia Honey: Characterization Of This Popular Honey Based On Physicochemical Parameters And Chemometrics 
Prevalence Of Honey Bees In Ancient Art & Human History 
Increasing Sickness Rate Of Wild Bumble Bees – What's The Key Factor? 
Bees Can Search And Remember Flowers Just Like Humans: Know How! 
Swarming Bees: What Is It All About And Are They Dangerous? 
Honey Bees Are In Love With Small Urban Gardens – Know Why? 
Himalayan Salt Lamps – A Detailed Info 
Bee Pollen - Composition, Uses and Benefits Of This Healthy Bee Product 
Buckwheat Honey - Know All About This Unique Flavored Honey 
Honey Bees - Diving Into The World Of Lovely Pollinators 
Royal Jelly - Surprising Health Benefits Of This Wonderful Bee Product 
What Is The Secret Behind The Hexagonal Shape Of Honeycomb Cells? 
Memory Formation In Bees – They Can Remember Exact Odors Soon After A Single Learning Experience 
Importance Of Social Networks In Studying Life Of The Honey Bees 
Uncovering The Hidden Superpowers Of Honey Bees 
What Is More Interesting Than Honey In A Beehive? 
African Beekeepers Teach Great Ways To Build Strong Bee Colonies 
How Bees And Birds Beneficial In Coffee Farming? 
Common Weed Killer – Good For Animals But Bad For The Bees! 
Asymmetrical Development Of Bees Wings Is Due To Climate Stress 
Environmental Threats And Concerns On Bees 
Bumble Bees Play With Toys and Might Even Enjoy It 
Social Distancing is now seen even in Honeybees 
Biodiversity and Habitat Quality affects Bee Health 
Introduction to Bee Venom Therapy: A General Overview of What Bee Venom Therapy is? 
Honey in Folklore and Mythology 
The Role of Carniolan Honey Bees in Agricultural Ecosystems 
How Honey Bees Communicate Through Chemical Signals 
Exploring the World of Himalayan Salt Lamps 
Bumble Bees Warm Up While Carrying Pollen 
Carpenter Bees Unearthing Intriguing Insights 
Mason Bee Detection and Qualities 
Characteristics of Africanized Honey Bees 
Propolis: The Power of Beekeeping 
Climate Change: A Work in Progress 
A Comprehensive Guide to the Tawny Mining Bee 
Bee-Friendly Farming Practices 
The Comprehensive Guide to Honeybee Diseases and Pests 
History of Honeybee Domestication 
Traditional and Modern Use of Raw Honey in Medicine 
Historical Insights and Potential Future of the Global Honey Industry 
The Bees Knees: Exploring Honey in the Digital Age 
Honeycombs Role in Rituals and Research 
Organic Sugar: Beyond Just a Sweetener Ancient Significance of Honey Bees
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Bees are the true fount of very positive symbolism. The bee represents such fine moral qualities like hard work, diligence, wisdom, spirituality, humility, modesty, humility, communication, physical and spiritual cleanliness. Little proud bee is a symbol of courage, dignity, and dedication, because it always stands up for itself, though, if it stings the enemy, Useful waste products of bees have made it as an emblem of eloquence (honeyed speeches) and education (due to wax that is used in making candles).
Outstanding minds of the Middle Ages (Machiavelli, Shakespeare, etc.) gave certain important symbolic value to the beehive, seeing in it a vivid allegory for the feudal state, where the queen bee stands imperious queen, worker bee’s act as a hard-working farmer, and drones represent parasites - loafers-nobles.
In mythology, the bee looks like a divine creature, companion and assistant of immortal gods. Its very origin is often surrounded by a halo of sanctity, according to ancient Egyptian mythology; bees were born from the tears of the sun god Ra.
In Hittite mythology, the bee is a savior of the world from the drought, and in the Greek - the nurse of Zeus, harvested supply of honey and wax for the winter. Honey of wild bees of mythical Golden Age is ambrosia - food of the gods, bestowing immortality.
Every nation, engaged in beekeeping, had similar beliefs about the gods - the patron saint of bees. In gratitude for their patronage, the people sacrificed their first pitcher of fresh sweet honey. Bees were the companions of some ancient goddesses: the Phrygian Cybele, the Greek Artemis, the Roman Diana, priestesses of the goddess of fertility Demeter was called “the bees”.
In the religion of the peoples of the world the image of the honey insect was idealized, they often mistakenly attributed wrong characteristics of a bee. So, some people mistakenly took her hibernation for death portrayed a bee on the tombstones as the emblem of the resurrection, and the Greeks, the Aryans, and Muslims made it an allegory of the pure soul.
Christians, too, have fallen into this kind of error: they believed that the bee breeds by chastity; they made it a symbol of the Immaculate Conception and emblem of the Virgin Mary sinless.
Bee was idealized by many Christian church fathers. The famous preacher, Bernard of Clairvaux, for example, saw in it the embodiment of the Holy Spirit. Finally, Christianity closely linked the image of the Savior Himself with a bee: its honey was associated with the grace of Christ, and the sting - with his sufferings.
In Hindu iconography, a bee is a symbol of the rebirth of powerful gods. A certain deity matches an emblem: a bee sitting on a lotus - Vishnu bee over the triangle is a distinctive sign of Shiva, while the blue bee on a forehead - the emblem of Krishna.
In the Blue Masonry bee is a symbol of industriousness. Brothers of the Order were sometimes likened to these diligent insects, and Masonic Lodge - the hive, where their tireless work is constantly boiling.
In the military of ancient and medieval bees were often used as living weapons. One of the most striking examples brings us to the romantic era of the Crusades. At the time of the Third Crusade, the troops of Jerusalem, French, English, Danish, and Flemish Crusaders nearly two years unsuccessfully besieged the Saracen castle Accra on the coast of Syria. The situation changed when in the summer of 1191 the famous English King Richard the Lion Heart arrived in the camp of the Crusaders at Accra, amazed the contemporaries by his enormous physical strength, reckless courage, and unbridled imagination. Before the final assault by the order of Richard, the catapults threw into the Accra castle hundreds of beehives. When the knights went on to attack, the Muslims were not up to them: a crazed by bee stings Saracens fled in panic, and armor protected Crusaders could not be afraid of retaliation by angry insects. So bees helped Christian to take the strongest citadel in Syria.
In the ancient East, a bee was a symbol of royal power, and in the period of the Old Kingdom, it was also the emblem of Lower Egypt. Golden Bee was the personal emblem of King Chilperic (539 - 596) and the great Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1804, during the coronation of Napoleon, his purple imperial robes were embroidered with golden bees. In the middle Ages, the deeply symbolic emblem of beehive had great popularity. Three golden bees were depicted even in the arms of Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644).
Here are some omens or signs of weather:
- If the bees are buzzing in the morning and do not fly out of the hive, then bad weather is approaching.
- If the bees leave the hive, fly far, expect rain.
- If the bees work tirelessly from early morning until late at night, expect bad weather.
- If the bees stop working early, then the next day will be fair weather.
The bee represents hard work, diligence, organizational and creative skills, cleanliness, sociability, modesty, spirituality, courage, wisdom, dedication, eloquence (“honey of speech”). In Greek, Middle Eastern and Islamic traditions a bee is an allegory of the soul. Chinese associated bees with the volatility of “discerning brides”. The ancient Slavs made it a symbol of love, as it combines the sweetness of honey and bitter of a sting. The queen bee, the mother goddess is a symbol of supreme power, fertility.
- In some traditions the bee was a symbol of the sky and stars, participated in the creation of the world; it was on God’s side against the evil spirit.
- Pythian prophetess was called the “Delphic Bee”, they attributed the ability to divination to bees.
- In Orphic teaching, bees were considered the embodiment of the soul, because they are moved like a swarm, like souls which are like a “swarm” separate from the Divine One.
- Celts believed that bees transferred secret wisdom, coming from another world. The Germans called the air filled with the souls of the dead - “bee path”.
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