Archive · 25 May 2025
Bees' Mysterious Behavior: Protecting Religious Icons in Beehives
A beekeeper in Greece puts pictures of Jesus and other religious figures inside his beehives.
The bees then build their honeycombs, but they never cover up the faces or bodies in the pictures.
This has been happening for many years, and it seems the bees know the pictures are special.
Others have tried the same thing, and the bees still don't cover the important parts of the pictures.
No one knows why the bees do this, but it's a fascinating mystery that continues to this day.
It's like the bees are showing respect in their own unique way.
A Greek beekeeper places religious icons inside beehives.
Bees build honeycombs, but avoid covering the icons' faces and bodies.
This has occurred consistently over more than ten years.
Monk Simon replicated the experiment with similar results, with bees selectively covering figures.
The reason behind the bees' behavior remains a mystery.
- Who
- Isidoros Ţiminis, a Catholic beekeeper, and bees near Athens, Greece.
- What
- Bees constructing honeycombs around religious icons while leaving the images untouched.
- When
- Over a decade, particularly every spring.
- Where
- Near Athens, Greece.
- Why
- The beekeeper aims to bless the bees and the harvest.
- Location
- Near Athens, Greece
- Beekeeper
- Isidoros Ţiminis
- Practice
- Placing religious icons in beehives
- Observation
- Bees avoid covering icon images
- Duration
- Over ten years
- Religious Icons
- Jesus, Virgin Mary, Saints