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Tag Archives: Bees
340 AD: Patron Saint of Beekeepers
According to tradition, a swarm of bees settled on the face of the infant St. Ambrose, leaving a drop of honey and thus foretelling the saint’s eloquence—his honeyed tongue. He is the patron saint of bees and beekeepers. A certain … Continue reading
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Tagged 17th Century, 4th Century, Ambrose, Animals, Art, Bees, Books, Charles Butler, Christianity, France, Insects, Italy, Jacques I Laudin, Painting, Portraits, Religion, Saints
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1875: An Absolute Democracy
The notion has always very generally prevailed that the queen of the bees is an absolute ruler, and issues her royal orders to willing subjects. Hence Napoleon the First sprinkled the symbolic bees over the imperial mantle that bore the … Continue reading
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1865: The Master Is Dead, the Master Is Dead
A North German custom and superstition is, that if the master of the house dies, a person must go to the Beehive, knock, and repeat these words: “The master is dead, the master is dead,” else the Bees will fly … Continue reading
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