This page hosts links and files that Dawn Vorderbruggen has asked be put on our family web site. She is very passionate about the disappearance of the bees and I would encourage you to also be(e) concerned.
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Help from the Divine Realm
Patron Saints of Bees
* Ambrose of Milan (associated with bees because he was honey-tongued)
* Bernard of Clairvaux (Feast Day August 20-close to National Honey Bee Day – August 22)
* Modomnoc (When Modomnoc returned to Ireland after studying with St.David in Wales, swarms of bees left Wales to follow him, thus supposedly being introduced to Ireland.)
Goddesses and Gods associated with Bees
Potnia - Minoan-Mycenaean Bee Goddess
Bhramari Devi-Hindu Bee Goddess
Melissa-Roman-Greek (also a term for Bee Goddess priestesses)
Aristaeus-Greek God
Ra-Egyptian God – bees created when his tears fell on the desert sand
Bee Ritual