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> http://www.cybertours.com/~midnitebee/
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> Kathleen:Thanks for signing guest book. I have the following info for
you.
>                 ARISTAEUS,in GREEK mythology,son of the god Apollo and
the
> nymph Cyrene. He was worshipped as the protecor of hunters,herdsmen,and
> flocks and as the inventor of beekeeping and olive culture.When Aristaeus
> tried to seduce Eurydice,the wife of the celebrated musician Orpheus,she
> fled from him and received a fatal snake bite.The nymphs punished him by
> causing all of his bees to die;but he appeased the nymphs with a
sacrifice
> of cattle,from whose carcasses emerged new swarms of bees.He was widely
> honored as a beneficient god and was often represented as a youthful
> sheperd carrying a lamb.
>               The only one close to a goddess I found was MELLONA, a
Roman
> divinity who protects the bees.  Her name was derived from "mel" (honey).
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