Bejabar Bees

"There was a buzzing and a whirring and a droning in the air. Bees were busy everywhere. And such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them. 'If one was to sting me," he thought, "I should swell up as big again as I am!' They were bigger than hornets. The drones were bigger than your thumb, a good deal, and the bands of yellow on their deep black bodies shone like fiery gold." (Queer Lodgings, The Hobbit)

1The bees of the Beijabar are uncommonly large, but not aggressive around their keepers. Bees and bears are a leit-motif of Beijabar artwork, especially as decoration between flowers on embroidered things.

As honey is the staple of the cuisine of the Beijabar and helps them to observe their dietary prohibitions, the Beijabar always ensure that there are enough flowers surrounding their manors to keep their bees happy.

"There was a buzzing and a whirring and a droning in the air. Bees were busy everywhere. And such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them. 'If one was to sting me," he thought, "I should swell up as big again as I am!' They were bigger than hornets. The drones were bigger than your thumb, a good deal, and the bands of yellow on their deep black bodies shone like fiery gold." (Queer Lodgings, The Hobbit)