Interesting article about bees in a different culture. SBF
Are Lithuanians obsessed with bees? – BBC Travel
Will Mawhood writes about bees in ancient Lithuanian culture and the enduring effect our favourite creatures have today. Photo: Rambynas/Getty Images
“Lithuanians don’t speak about bees grouping together in a colony like English-speakers do. Instead, the word for a human family (šeimas) is used. In the Lithuanian language, there are separate words for death depending on whether you’re talking about people or animals, but for bees – and only for bees – the former is used. And if you want to show a new-found Lithuanian pal what a good friend they are, you might please them by calling them bičiulis, a word roughly equivalent to ‘mate’, which has its root in bitė – bee. In Lithuania, it seems, a bee is like a good friend and a good friend is like a bee.”
Read the BBC Travel article here: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180319-are-lithuanians-obsessed-with-bees
Above introduction via Bees in Lithuania — West Kootenay Beekeepers
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Bees have always fascinated me!
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Yep, they are fascinating. Thanks for the comment.
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