Dear Frank,
I haven't heard anything about St. Gobnet as the patron saint of bees.
Maybe that's a local specificum of Ireland.
Here in Germany there are three saints known to be portrait with
strawhives or bees. They are Ambrosius , Bernhard from Clairvaux and
Johannes Chrysostomos. Here in Germany mostly it is Ambrosius who is the
patron saint of beekeepers and candle-makers.
If you get some infos about St. Gobnet, please let me know.
 
Sincerely
 
Reimund
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Frank Bates schrieb:
 
> I came across an intriguing reference to bees as weapons in a book the
> other day.
> It was a picture of a stained glass window from a church in Ireland
> depicting "Saint Gobnet, the patron saint of bees, loosing her bees to
> repel invaders.
> Anyone have any more info on St Gobnet & this incident?
>
> At 10:57 5/03/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >Reply-to:      Discussion of Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
> >From:          "Frederick L. Hollen" <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >> Anyone know if bees were ever used as a weapon of war ?
> >
> >The Romans used to load hives of bees on their catapults and
> .... snip
>
> Frank Bates
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