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Asked by: Yuli Ruthardt
hobbies and interests beekeepingWho is the queen bee in The Secret Life of Bees?
The queen bee is the mother of every single other bee, just as, according to August, the Virgin Mary is the mother of all the women she is close to, whom she calls the Daughters of Mary. Because the beehive is a very sensitive organism, the bees have developed many mechanisms to protect their home.
Similarly, it is asked, what Does the Bee symbolize in The Secret Life of Bees?
Answer: a) Bees symbolize Lily's mother in a number of instances throughout the novel. In Sylvan, Lily feels her mother's presence when swarms of bees enter her room. Her mother's name, Deborah, literally translates as "bee." She follows the path of her mother to Tiburon and finds herself on a honey farm.
Keeping this in consideration, what are the symbols in The Secret Life of Bees?
The queen bee symbolizes the mother Lily searches for and eventually finds. The beehive, as a community, symbolizes the community Lily finds at the Boatwrights' home. The intricacies of bee life and beekeeping mirror human relationships, life, death, and rebirth.
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES BY SUE MONK KIDD. The major theme of this novel is expressed in its title, which comes from a statement made by August: “Most people don't have any idea about all the complicated life going on inside a hive. Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about” (148).