Bees were kept for their medicine, honey, propolis, royal jelly, wax, even their venom. Ancient peoples understood the healing properties of various forms of bee medicine, and their reverence reached epic proportions because both bee goddess and priestesses are depicted in many countries and multiple continents. From and rituals and rites depicting dancing and music on artifacts and cave walls, to the history of music imitating the humming and buzzing of hives, to the mythology of the Oracle at Delphi, Max shares insight into matrifocal and Goddess-worshipping cultures of Europe, Anatolia, The Mediterranean, North Africa and India.
