Symbolism of bee
Denotes
industrious and cooperative teamwork and denotes diligence and a
sense of order. A beeswarm suggests an overwhelming situation Being
stung by a bee can represent a negative situation. Dreaming of a bee
flying away can symbolize death as the bee is the soul, but if
the bee flies into the mouth of the dead person, that person will
come back to life. In the mediterranean civilizations, the bee was
seen to be brave, chaste, industrious, clean and lives harmoniously.
The Christians looked upon the bee hive as the church and the bees as
the parishioners, who collected only the best from all the flowers.
They were symbols of purity and abstinence. In the secular world, the
bee was a royal symbol and the queen bee was long regarded as a King.
The sweetness symbolised Christ and his mercy. The sting was felt to
be the last judgment.