By William Butler Yeats
I WILL arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the mourning [...]
Archive for January, 2008
The Lake of Innisfree
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee”
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Quoted by Mohammad Ali.
This is a graphic image on Mohammad Ali’s technique on how to box. Isn’t it strange how we need to refer to the insect kingdom (and not the kingdom of mammals) to describe the extremes of grace and power!
Picture from: http://theknightshift.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html
Honey Bees Have an Internal Biological Clock!
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The genetic blueprint of the honeybee was published in 2006. It revealed surprising links with mammals, including humans.
Honey bees apparently have an internal “biological clock” which is more like those of mammals than of flies, the research has revealed. The clock governs many activities, including time sensing, navigation, labour division, and the famous bee “dance [...]
Oldest Ever Bee Found in Amber
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 2006, scientists identified the oldest known bee, a 100 million-year-old specimen preserved in amber which was found in a mine in northern Myanmar (Burma).
More at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6084974.stm
Bees as a Symbol of the Divine Feminine
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bees are often considered a symbol of the Goddess or Divine Feminine because they are ruled by queens. In particular, they are associated with the goddess Venus because part of their labor is the indirect fertilization of flowers, all of which come under the dominion of Venus.
Without bees, many species of flowers would die out, [...]
I am All That Has Been, That Is, and That Will Be
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The bee was the symbol used by the Pharoes of Lower Egypt and the bees’ religious significance extended to an association with the goddess Neith, whose temple in the delta town of Saisin, Lower Egypt was known as “per-bit” – meaning ‘the house of the bee’.
Plutarch, who lived from circa 46 – 120 A.D., said the [...]
The White Bees
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(by Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933 )
I
LEGEND
Long ago Apollo called to Aristaeus, youngest
of the shepherds,
Saying, “I will make you keeper of my bees.”
Golden were the hives, and golden was the honey;
golden, too, the music,
Where the honey-makers hummed among the trees.
Happy Aristaeus loitered in the garden, wandered
in the orchard,
Careless and contented, indolent [...]
The Queen Holding Court
Posted in Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A fantastic picture of a Queen Bee holding court
with her daughters:
The daughters care for her by feeding and grooming their Queen.
They also give her drinks of water.
The queen is a pampered mother!
From: http://www.liberty4hbees.com/ - a fantastic site showing children beekeepers!
See also my recent entry: http://beelore.com/2008/01/20/the-melissae-and-aphrodite-in-ancient-greece/
Little Brownies, Little Brownies, Your Mistress is Dead
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The practice of telling of the bees of important events in the lives of the family has been a widely observed practice for hundreds of years. Although it varies somewhat among peoples, it is invariably a most elaborate ceremonial. The procedure is that as soon as a member of the family has breathed his or [...]
A Hive of Bees for a Silver Spoon
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Beekeeping on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I got one of my very first hives from a lady beekeeper called Greta whom I met when visiting Peter (who was the beekeeper who originally taught me the fundamentals of beekeeping). Greta had a spare hive of bees – and she said she would give them to me if I could look after them [...]
