A flying insect that makes honey from flower nectar, lives in large swarms, and can sting if threatened.
About Bee
Flying insects that produce honey and wax. Bees are mentioned in the Bible for their productivity and as a source of food.
Bees (Apis mellifica) are one of two insects that are kept and bred by humans. The other is the silkworm. Bees collect nectar from flowers while spreading pollen. They might show other bees where to find nectar using a "dance" that communicates distance and direction. Bees can see four colors:
Key References
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
All Scripture References (9)
Deuteronomy (1)
Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
Judges (1)
When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
Psalms (1)
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
Isaiah (1)
On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
Matthew (1)
John wore a garment of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
Mark (2)
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
Revelation (2)
And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.