‘Tis chilly season for cozy lovers, bees & sweetness. We’ll be doing Boston area local deliveries Valentine’s Day, so text 413-834-7415 to get in the last minute honey cue to gift your sweet ones. 🍯 🎁 🐝 Saint Valentine is the Patron Saint of Beekeepers, yet we were unaware of Saint Gobnait, equally if not more so auspicious day of spirituality, healing & redemption. Thanks to our @whitemountainapiary friends! #Repost @whitemountainapiary ・・・ TODAY is the Feast Day of St. Gobnait, Irish patron Saint of BeeKeepers. She was born in County Clare in the 5th or 6th Century, & is said to have been the sister of Saint Abban. She fled a family feud, taking refuge in the Aran Islands. Here an angel appeared & told her that this was “not the place of her resurrection” & that she should look for a place where she would find nine white deer grazing. She found the deer at the place now known as St. Gobnet’s Wood. Celtic lore held bees in high esteem, believing the soul left the body as a bee or a butterfly. Gobnait is said to have added beekeeping to her life’s work, developing a lifelong affinity with them. She started a religious order & dedicated her days to helping the sick. She used honey as a healing aid. She is credited with saving the people at Ballyvourney from the plague. One story tells of how she drove off a brigand by sending a swarm of bees after him and making him restore the cattle he had stolen. St Gobnait’s well is situated to the North of Ballyagran. It is said that a white stag can sometimes be seen at the well. #saintgobnait #patronsaintofbeekeepers #healingsaint #celticlore #healingbees #FollowTheHoney #She #Melissae #ShamanicWayOfTheBee #Boston##Cambridge #Bees #WomenSupportingWomen #WhiteStag #ValentinesDay #WomenBeekeepers https://www.instagram.com/p/CLNcvKNHxa8/?igshid=15ecdwr8iewrg
