Comments on: Possible BEES Back Cover Copy https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/ Author of the Outlander Series Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Diana Gabaldon https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-610999 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 03:32:18 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-610999 Thanks, Robyn!

Speaking for myself, though, I do intend to “live long enough!”

Diana

]]> By: Robyn Schrama https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-610777 Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:07:32 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-610777 This is such a wonderful series of stories, Diana! I am so respectful of your wonderful talent, and am deeply committed to reading each and every word! I hope that we both live long enough!!
Thank you so much for sharing your inspiration! I’ve lost count of the times I have said
“I learned that in The Books!”

With great love,

Robyn

]]> By: Anna Marie Cizenski https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-607281 Thu, 24 Oct 2019 15:32:35 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-607281 I just love love your Outlander series.
I am currently reading “Written in My Own Heart’s Blood”
I can’t wait for your next book to come out (hopefully soon)
When reading, I imagine myself with the characters going through whatever they are.
It’s an escape for me to say the least!

]]> By: Elizabeth D. https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-590189 Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:20:37 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-590189 Hello Diana,

Thank you for your gift of Outlander to the world and now “Tell the Bees….” Beautiful title.

I’m trying to colonize some bees now in my home in Falls Church, Virginia, still working on now.

We recently returned from an ancestry research trip from Bath County, the highlands of Virginia. We were researching our family who came from Scotland and settled here around the same time as Outlander timeline – 1740-1800. There are many Frazers, McDougals, etc who settled here, as well as other clans we were researching from Inverness on our family tree.

You’ve really ignited an interest in our family, and we have found our way to Bath County to find our distant relatives. Thanks again, we love your writing and you have a true talent and gift for spinning a great yarn !

Sincerely, a fan,
Elizabeth D.
Falls Church, VA

]]> By: anne wilson https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-582079 Sun, 09 Jun 2019 15:19:40 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-582079 I own all the hard covers and the kindle versions have read them all at least 4 times I am now 73 this year please hurry

]]> By: Diana Gabaldon https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-581417 Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:46:29 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-581417 Julie-anne,

Thanks, and say hello to your Mum and sister…

Diana

]]> By: Nikki Brown https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-581203 Sun, 02 Jun 2019 13:27:52 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-581203 Love this for the back cover!

]]> By: Judith Colinger https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-581127 Sat, 01 Jun 2019 19:46:58 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-581127 I am not on Facebook or Twitter so I will say here that I am so grateful to enjoy your powerful books. Being a widow, I can stem the loneliness by spending time in your Outlander world. Thanks!

]]> By: Susan https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-580951 Thu, 30 May 2019 23:33:07 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-580951 There is a gold bee pendant in the Heraklion Museum in Crete. It is from the bronze age (1800-1700 BC) and was discovered in the grave yard outside Chrysolakkos, a Minoan palace. You can google it if you are interested. Not sure if this form will work with a photo upload. Exquisitely beautiful, the symbolism of it’s two bees entwined with drops of honey hanging from their wings, is equally beautiful.
The Bees pendant is one of the most famous exhibits in the Heraklion Museum, in the island of Crete in Greece.

It’s an amazing, very detailed representation.

This jewelry piece is an evidence of the artist’s mastery in the process of faience or granulation, the technique of soldering tiny pieces of metal, on the surface of the cast jewel.

Bees were very important in the Minoan, matriarchal civilization. It is believed that the Great Mother of Mother Goddess was related to bees, while honey was used in rituals. As a symbol of the Mother Goddess, bees represent the mutual support and fertility.

Later on, Greek Goddess priestesses were called melissae (bees) and bees were associated with Demeter and Artemis.

]]> By: Julie-anne Hoffmann https://dianagabaldon.com/2019/05/bees-backcover/comment-page-1/#comment-580879 Thu, 30 May 2019 09:34:42 +0000 http://www.dianagabaldon.com/?p=8838#comment-580879 Wonderful excerpt for the back cover. I can not wait till this book is available to read. I just love all of your books . I live in Australia and you are very popular here.
Thanking you so much for writing such great books. I am a fan of yours and have now got my Mum and sister reading your books.
Again Thanks
From Julie-anne

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