The Bee and Jupiter  by mzzhope

The Bee and Jupiter




A BEE from Mount Hymettus, the queen of the hive, ascended to
Olympus to present Jupiter,the god of light,some honey fresh from her combs.
Jupiter, delighted with the offering of honey, promised to give
whatever she should ask. She therefore besought him, saying,
"Give me, I pray thee, a sting, that if any mortal shall approach
to take my honey, I may kill him." Jupiter was much displeased,
for he loved the race of man, but could not refuse the request
because of his promise. He thus answered the Bee: "You shall
have your request, but it will be at the peril of your own life.
For if you use your sting, it shall remain in the wound you make,
and then you will die from the loss of it."

Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.


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interesting story! wonderful image to accompany it too! Is that foxglove on the right?
July 4th, 2014  
Stunning image, cool story, love everything about this
July 4th, 2014  
what cleverness
what happened to you? did i miss something?
July 4th, 2014  
@kali66 I fell Kali.I had my camera and I held my arm up to save it.The dicots dx is Whiplash.It is painful...but this will pass!
July 4th, 2014  
@grammyn yes Katy! Etoosied to be "Jupiter"
July 4th, 2014  
Stunning photography.
July 4th, 2014  
oh well at least you saved the camera, my goodness you have your priorities straight ! please get better quickly my dear, lots of healing visualisation is my prescription!
July 4th, 2014  
nice capture hope
July 4th, 2014  
@kali66 thank you so much,Kali!
July 4th, 2014  
Fantastic and magical image--love the colors and focus! (Feel better soon!)
July 4th, 2014  
This is gorgeous. It has a real sense of myth about it
July 4th, 2014  
Very creative
July 4th, 2014  
Brilliant processing. Love this one.
July 4th, 2014  
A very creative shot. Fav
July 4th, 2014  
Wow, excellent!
July 5th, 2014  
fantastic.
July 5th, 2014  
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