= flying insect that collects nectar from flowers and converts it into honey; lives in swarms made up of many thousands of insects; stings only when threatened; with connotations ranging from positive (food producing) to negative (as a metaphor for an army of well-organized enemies

= woman; nurse of Rebekah

= woman; wife of Lappidoth; prophetess, warrior and judge of Israel in the pre-monarchical period