The Marvels of Creation by Louis of Granada

Author:Louis of Granada [of Granada, Louis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TAN Books
Published: 2019-12-05T06:00:00+00:00

The creator did not neglect to provide the bee with some kind of defense. Indeed, in proportion to the size of its body, there is no weapon more powerful than that of the bee: the stinger with which it can kill or wound those that try to harm it. Since the honey they provide is a treasure desired by so many other creatures, there is good reason why the bees should have the means to protect that treasure. For this reason, they keep vigil at the door of the hive so that nothing can harm the hive or the bees without being resisted as strongly as possible.

The bees do not go out to the meadows all year round, but only when the flowers are in bloom. In the time of snow and frost the bees stay in their house and busy themselves through the winter months with tasks within the hives. Moreover, they do not go farther than sixty paces from the hive without sending their scouts ahead to look over the land and to report what type of pasture is there. Sometimes one swarm of bees will fight against another over a meadow or, if there is a lack of nourishment, they will try to rob the food from others, arranged almost like an army.

All that we have said up to this point gives evidence of the way in which the bees imitate the prudence and actions of men. And if we are amazed that such little creatures should so closely imitate men, how much more should we be amazed that they seem to know some of the things that men do not know. The bees know when there will be storms and rain even before they happen. At such times they do not go afar to gather nectar, but remain buzzing around the entrance to the hive. And when the caretaker of the bees sees this, he warns other men that there will be a change in weather.

But what causes the greatest astonishment in this matter of the bees is the production of honey, to which all their other talents are ordained. We know how many instruments and how much care are required for the making of jams and preserves. But I ask you, what instruments does this little creature have? And yet, it makes a sweet preserve from the nectar drawn from flowers.

Who taught this little creature such an alchemy whereby it can transform one substance into another? Let all the chefs, bakers and cooks join together with all their instruments, skill, and knowledge and let them try to change flowers into honey. Not only has man been unable to effect such a transformation, but neither does he know what causes this change. Yet foolish men will spend their time in scrutinizing the mysteries of the heavens and miss the significance of those things that happen every day before their very eyes.

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