 St. Gobanit (Gobnet, Gobhnet, Gobnaid, Gobnata, or Gobnatae), Deborah
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for details. To read about the legends, beliefs and traditions surrounding St. Gobnait and honey bees, follow the links below. |
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in the course of researching St. Gobnait) |
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. . . .Monasteries and oratories in Gobnait's time would have resembled stone beehives. This site (the prayer foundation) provides very good images and information. A Clochán is dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof, dating from the early Middle Ages or earlier. Most archaeologists think these structures were built on the southwestern coast of Ireland since the Bronze Age. See this Wikipedia page for more info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Historical Information about St. Gobnait from the Diocese of Kerry and from Wikipedia.  An
interesting article from the "goddess" perspective. About
"Pattern Days" from Irish Culture & Customs (one of my favorite sites).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  "Bees
are the smallest of birds, and are born from the bodies of oxen" according to one of many fascinating accounts
from the Medieval
Bestiary.A short history of beekeeping is not a slick site, but very informative,
with illustrations. Another not-so-slick site that gives a lot of interesting info is Herbs&Honey.com. More slick, with great resources is BeeCare.com. Great old-fashioned drawings in addition
to good information can be found in this history of beekeeping site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  And
speaking of not-so-slick, click on the image to see an illustration for "Dr. Hutzelman's Solution" [pdf], something my grandfather
(a country doctor) developed and marketed in order to help support his large family during the Great Depression.
There's also page
2 [pdf],
if you're really interested. PS: I'm grateful I did not inherit his artistic ability! (But I
wonder what happened with that patent....hmmmm....). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apitherapy is as old as beekeeping itself. Apitherapy began as part of folk medicine and continues to be used today to treat a range of conditions and diseases as well as to promote overall health and well-being.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
Protect Our Pollinators What we can do to safeguard the honey bee...  Lots of great info here, including Free Posters to Download from the University of Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Albert Einstein said that if the bees disappeared, "man would have only four years of life left." Colony Collapse Disorder (or CCD) is a little-understood phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or Western honey bee colony abruptly disappear. CCD was originally found in Western honey bee colonies in North America in late 2006. This page has much info and resources. Science Daily has numerous articles with the latest news about CCD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  A portion of proceeds from sales of St. Gobnait will
go to Heifer International to provide a family with a package of bees, the box
and hive, plus training in beekeeping.
(Check it out:
for less than the cost of an AnachronTM, you can do the same!) |
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