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“Droughts especially appear to have accompanied the spirits of the dead in bee-form, and for this reason the honey offering was almost always customary in rain-magic, and the power of predicting rain was attributed to the bee.”

Hilda M. Ransome, The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore
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The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore The Sacred Bee in Ancient Times and Folklore by Hilda M. Ransome
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