Today we celebrate the Feast of St. Ambrose. ⁣ ⁣ Bees have been associated with our patron saint because of a legend that his father once found his infant son's face covered with bees. This was taken as a sign of his future eloquence, or speaking with a "honeyed tongue". ⁣⁣ One biographer commented that even if the legend was not true, nevertheless, “bees are a propitious symbol, suggesting community, diligence, selflessness and, of course, sweetness with the ability to sting”.