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The Bee and its symbolism

Since time immemorial, man has used the bee (Apis mellifera) to obtain honey. It is therefore not difficult to understand that this link is the source of innumerable superstitions concerning this insect. We will try to summarize them below.

The Greeks used to consecrate bees to the moon and Plato in the Doctrine of the Transmigration of Souls , probably inherited from previous Middle Eastern and African tribal cultures, argued that the souls of honest and placated people were reborn in the form of bees.

In ancient times in Great Britain, bees were also called "birds of God", in Germany instead as "birds of Mars".

During the time of the Holy Inquisition it was believed that a witch who ate a bee before being captured and interrogated would endure torture without making a confession.

For Christianity the bee was a symbol of chastity and virtue: hence the belief that bees cause a loud buzz before just before midnight on Christmas Eve in honor of the unborn Jesus. Another legend tells that from the tears of Jesus bees came out.

It is important to underline that, often, in common folklore the bee represents the soul of a deceased: if a member of the family dies, it is necessary to tell the bees, otherwise they will leave the hive and never return. If, on the other hand, the head of the family dies, when the deceased is brought out for the funeral, the hives must be turned to the opposite side.

If bees swarm from the hive to the vegetation, there will be a death in the family. Bees should never be moved on Good Friday otherwise they will die.

The behaviors of bees, according to common superstition, are also traced back to meteorological events: if many bees enter the hive without leaving it, it will surely rain.

To avoid attracting bad luck, bees should never be sold, but bartered.

Many bees that fly near a sleeping child portend a happy life for that child, but if a bee dies in the house, bad luck is assured. The worst thing is to kill a bee in the house because, in this case, negative energies will pervade the house for many years.

Among the peoples of Mississippi it is a common belief that if you dream of a swarm of bees that alight on a house, bad luck will certainly come.

A virgin girl can safely go through a large swarm of bees without being stung while, if the bees remain stationary and doing nothing in a hive for a long time, they herald the arrival of a war.

Tradition has it that bees also have therapeutic properties in the treatment of rheumatism.

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