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Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

THE HONEYBEE
"And your Lord taught the Bee"
"And your Lord taught the Bee to build its cells in hills,
on trees, and in men's habitations; then to eat of all the
produce (of the earth), and find with skill the spacious
paths of its Lord: there issues from within their bodies a
drink of varying colours, wherein is healing for men:
truly in this is a Sign for those who give thought." (Surat
An-Nahl: 68-69)
Just about everyone now knows how important the honey
produced by bees is for human body. But have you ever thought
about the detailed story of the bees that manufacture this valu-
able food?
Bees' source of food is pollen from flowers. But it is impossi-
ble for them to find any pollen during winter. For that reason, the
combine the pollen they collect with special secretions from their
bodies to produce a new foodstuff, honey, which they store away
for the winter.
One noteworthy point here is that they store much more
honey than they need. The first question that comes to mind, of
course, is why bees do not abandon this "excess production" that
looks like a waste of their time and energy. The answer lies in the
"inspiration" received by the bees and revealed in verses 68 and
69 in Surat an-Nahl quoted above. Like all other living things,
bees act in accordance with Allah's inspiration.
Bees manufacture honey not only for their own needs, as re-
quired by their creation, but for us, too. Like many other life
forms on earth, bees have been placed at the service of man.

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