Bees in Fairy Tales
“Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.”
Do you notice the earth stirring? The quickening underfoot? Can you hear the buzzing of newly wakened bees?
If your gardens are still resting beneath winter's blanket, it won't be for much longer. Until then, join us in the fairy tale meadows, where the flowers have already started to bloom…
Place your ear to the pages of your favorite fairy tale, and you'll hear the gentle murmuring of bees. Often, a hive takes on the role that the fae folk might – saving the day when all hope seems lost.
Folk stories of yesteryear say bees are born within budding flowers. Like fairies, a bee takes its first breath within a bassinet of velvety petals. While the elder bees leave to forage for pollen, the flowers watch over their kin, and the wind rocks the young bees to sleep.
And did you know,…
The murmuring of bees was the inspiration for our book, Little Witch Tales: Telling the Bees. Order your copy from the Pointy Pat Press library today!
