a History of Messenger Bees
06/11/24 • 19 min
There were once magical bees that told the weather and who was coming to visit; like all good things, people had to ruin it. This is the tale of Messenger Bee: glowing bumblebees with strange, precognitive abilities. Once friendly helpers, they became associated with evil spells and witchcraft, and so, as most magical things were in centuries past, they couldn't be allowed to exist.
What color of Messenger Bee do you want to show up at your door?
Do you have a story, sighting, or piece of folklore to share? Visit our office.
Grab a cryptid study, visit the Ballyraven store.
There were once magical bees that told the weather and who was coming to visit; like all good things, people had to ruin it. This is the tale of Messenger Bee: glowing bumblebees with strange, precognitive abilities. Once friendly helpers, they became associated with evil spells and witchcraft, and so, as most magical things were in centuries past, they couldn't be allowed to exist.
What color of Messenger Bee do you want to show up at your door?
Do you have a story, sighting, or piece of folklore to share? Visit our office.
Grab a cryptid study, visit the Ballyraven store.
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Ballyraven Cryptid Wildlife Protection Agency - a History of Messenger Bees
Transcript
In the lush summer meadows of central West Virginia, a handful of bright, glowing insects bob and flutter among the wildflowers, buzzing gently. Now a rare sight, Appalachian fields once hummed with these luminescent creatures; shining balls of color, they drifted in wobbly yet orderly lines from holes in the ground. A tangle of light in the early morning, they dispersed on a mission; the small, flying puffs of fur bumped into doors, hovered by windows, and circled impatiently around beekeeper
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