Masonic & Occult Symbols Illustrate

Another Masonic symbol is the bee and beehive. One source reveals:

“The bee is sacred to the goddess Venus and is considered a sacred feminine symbol. According to mystics wheat, bananas, and bees are forms of life which came to the earth from the planet Venus millions of years ago.... “In Greece the bee was considered a priestly creature. The priestesses of Eleusis and Ephesus were called Melissae or ‘bees,’ probably with reference to the virginity of worker bees. They served at the greatest Greek festival in honor of Demeter, the Queen Bee, celebrating the return of Persephone from Hades