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Superstition
By Pat Travers, Carmen Appice
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"What's that?"
"You better get the kids inside. There's a swarm coming down the street."
"You're kidding right?"
"No joke! There's a swarm. Do you see that dark area in the sky above that fence down the block?"
"Oh! I see it now! Bees? I'll get the kids inside."
This was a conversation I had with a neighbor about three years ago when a swarm of bees played in our "hood." They went from yard to yard, over fences, moving like a strange dance. I had never seen anything like it before. I wasn't scared. I was amazed, interested, excited, but not scared. I got the kids inside, then watched as they continued down our street. As they came into my yard, they moved as a group energy and the sound was like a engine with a race to run. I'll never forget it. The Weekly Photo Challenge suggested by Polleekin is
Superstition
When I googled superstitions about bees, I found more than I wanted to read. This one was interesting from The Telling of Bees:
." There is a strange story told in My School and Schoolmasters which goes as follows:
A friend and I lay on a mossy bank on a hot day. Overcome by the heat my friend fell asleep. As I watching drowsily, I saw a bee issue from the mouth of my sleeping friend, jump down to the ground and crossed along withered grass stubs over a brook cascading over stones, and enter through an interstice into an old ruined building. Alarmed by what I saw, I hastily shook my comrade, who awakened a second or two after the bee, hurrying back had reentered her mouth. My friend, the sleeper, protested at my waking her saying that she had dreamt that she had walked through a fine country and had come to the banks of a noble river, and just where the clear water went thundering down a precipice, there was a bridge all silver which she crossed and entered, a noble palace on the other side. she was about to help herself to gold and jewels when I woke her and robbed her of this fate."
"Bees will not thrive if you quarrel about them." I have never had a quarrel about bees. We welcome them into our yard to do what they do so well. "Bees have often been regarded as wise and even holy." I have personally never met a stupid bee. They always hit the target and keep on moving unless defending themselves and they usually hit that target too. I must say, I would regard the bees with reverence as their work greatly effects one of our food groups. I try to create a bee friendly environment and in doing so, my berries and tomatoes benefit greatly. If you want to see more Superstitions, click this link. It's all the buzz today. Make it a good one!
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Comments (41)
How fascinating that must have been! My brother (the novice beekeeper) says that they swarm when there are too many in the hive and some leave to find a new place to live. I'm sure there's a lot more to it than that, but at any rate, cool post. :)
@distractedbyzombies - Thanks. I heard that from a local beekeeper too. They rounded them up much later when they settled down.
That post was the bee's knees! I am fascinated by the bee - of the honey variety. The bumble bee just scares the beejesus out of me.
www.redstonemeadery.com I happen to bemoan the fact that the black rasberry reserve is difficultt to acquire. next, I adore the idea of whipped honey butter especially atop a rye. I like blah blah blah or baklevah nutty and crispy crunchy sweet- and for all of this,
I've never once been stung in my life knock on wook. I am somewhat frightened of yelow jackets and the weirder and even more frieghtening paper wasp- which I laughed as it is my symbol for that john cougar mellencamp album of the time and had a song- paper and fire. bees find me curious which irritates me. I'm far more likely to be hurt quite a bit worse by mountain lions or bears but they bother me so much less than BEEs petting mountain lions is fun....elephants like me too....but with a chant of here dinner dinner,to the geese, I suppose I'm not surpised they shun me....the bullies.
Well done...I've never been scared of bees until the Killer variety tales came to beeeeee...haaa
@murisopsis - The bumblebee is such a huge clumsy looking insect, but lands on his flowers quite smoothly. I had to move rather quickly to get the bumblebee shot as he kept moving and very gracefully to my amusement.
@Uncious - I have never seen anyone jump quite so high as the time that I watched my husband and a friend surprised some wasps when they were collecting oak bark for a BBQ. My guy says he outran the other guy so he only got one bite compared to the 4 on the friend. Ouch!
@slinky - I remember being a bit taken a back by those stories of the African Killer Bees.
@Jaynebug - no, that remark is not qualified for a "pats heart!" That remark of laughing at the the "runner" you guy did is completely a "slaps knee!" ;) my oh my are you an ornery one.
they seem to be coming back after almost vanishing in these parts i was glad to see them i welcome them too we all need to or we may starve lol very cool post
I like bees . . . and I thought they all made honey . . . but apparently not . . . so what do bumblebee's make? and please don't say tuna!
Nice photos. I imagine the swarm was an interesting thing to see. But I would't want to be in their way
. The superstition you found is very interesting. Cool post. peace & smiles
@mag_1 - They are always a welcome sight in my yard. I remember a few years back when we found so many dead on the sidewalk, but the kids bus stop. Haven't seen it since then and I'm relieved.
@peacenow - Thanks. Peace back to you. I didn't get in their way either, just watched from a distance.
@jacksoncroons - They are excellent pollinators. Used in agriculture for the technique known as buzz pollination.
THis is really cool! Your bees look much different than bees in these parts.
@MooncatBlue - Well now I want to see them Blue. Take a picture and post it with some of your fabulous writing.
I guess I can post again. I have had nothing but problems since about three weeks ago. Judi
@Jaynebug - I think i have a picture of a dead one in my photo blog, lol. I have a weird habit of taking pictures of dead things. I will try to get a live one. The coloring is different. Will have to look up in my Palmers.
honey bees are ok here -we have wasp that are mean
@jassmine - Glad to see you got in Judi. (smiles)
@Jillycarmel - They bite rather than sting.
@Jaynebug - it hurts!
I've read or heard, somewhere, that if bees disappeared, so would all life on the planet, eventually ... they are that crucial to all healthy ecosystems.
@speraquodvereor - I've read and heard this too. That could make them pretty holy huh?
Frogs too. I sure hope we save them all or leave them to do what they do so well without our help or poisons.
Very nice post. Last year the national news had said that the bee population was down. I wondered then about people who kept that statistic. I think I would have ran into the house too.
@ZSA_MD - Save the bee. Plant more flowers.
I had a friend named Bee Bob. He was at one with the bees even when they stung him.
As a kid, I inadvertantly stepped on a yellow jacket's nest. That was a bad day. A few years later, I learned eating local honey helps with allergies. I forgave them.
I encountered a swarm of bees on my recent Isle of Wight ride. Never seen them swarm like it before and, thinking it was flies, I went right through the swarm (head down and breath held). Didn't get stung even tho' I caught a couple down my riding top.
Enchanting tale and beautiful photos.