Friday, April 29, 2022

Bee Fairy named Latreille and other Insect loving Fairies coloring pages

Welcome to my free coloring pages blog!

Today's new drawing is of a Bee Fairy named after the famous 

French Entomologist Latreille. 



Bee Fairy named Latreille


There are many Fairies that are specialized.  Bee Fairies are a specialized type of Fairy.  They help and care for bees... especially Honeybees.  Honeybees are responsible for pollinating over 70% of our food.  They are not particularly aggressive either.  The honeybee has been domesticated for almost as long ago than the dog.  

Bees were actually domesticated between 10,000 and 8,500 years ago... when humans first started doing agriculture... AKA farming.  The drawing above shows a Bee Fairy named Latreille with a Honeybee.  

Bees make wax or beeswax.  They, of course, make honey as well.  Humans have been harvesting honey from wild bees before the bees were domesticated.  Ancient pottery shows that beeswax was present in the pottery.  

Recently a problem has killed many bees.  It is called Colony Collapse Disorder.  

Pierre Andre' Latreille was a Roman Catholic Priest in France.  He was the premiere entomologist of his day.  He was imprisoned at the start of the French Revolution but was freed when he discovered a new species of beetle in his cell.  

This drawing shows Latreille the Bee Fairy with a Honeybee.  Latreille the Bee Fairy was named after this famous French entomologist.  


NOTE:  Below are some other drawings of insect-friendly Fairies.  To get to the new drawing up top... in printable form, just click on the button labeled Fantasy, Myths, and Circus.  



Laurielle the Firefly Fairy



Firefly Fairy with a Firefly and a Deer Mouse



Fairy with a Praying Mantis



Fairy Laurentia with Box Elder Beetle



This is a detailed drawing I did of Laurentia, a Fairy with a Box Elder Beetle.

I have written a novel about her.  She is a very intelligent Fairy who marries a Mortal. 



Butterfly Fairy by a River




Butterfly Fairy named Zinnia




Moth Fairy on a Mushroom

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