Superstitious Saturday Bees
Here we are in beautiful spring and many
people’s thoughts are turning to the outdoors - especially now when many of us are
sheltering at home. So although this superstition isn’t related to the
performing arts, it is an interesting one.
Telling
the bees is an ancient tradition,
believed to come from western Europe. It also appears in the Appalachian
mountains of the U.S. And it is just what it sounds like: talking to bees.
To keep their bees producing, farmers
would talk to them, telling them all about the human goings-on every day. They
believed this passing of information was critical for the bees – without it
they wouldn’t produce honey.
This superstition also involved keeping
the bees informed of life’s milestones from birth to death. If a death occurred
in the family, the beehives had to be draped with black fabric so the bees could
mourn. Otherwise, they would perish too.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Superstitious Secret #204:
“Telling the bees is a
superstition from western Europe.”
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Quote of the Day:
“Handle a
book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.”
― John Muir
― John Muir
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