Meaning: Honeybee Variations/Synonyms: Melisa or Mellisa Description: In Greek mythology, Melissa was one of the nymphs who nursed the baby Zeus and fed him with honey. Melodia Origin: Greek Meaning: Song Variations/Synonyms: Melodie, Meloddia, or Melody (English) Description: The name is more...
"Much travail of the clever honeybee he [Aristaios (Aristaeus)] brought, in the riddled comb her masterpiece . . . That man invented the riddled hive with its rows of cells, and made a settled place for the labours of the wandering bees, which flit from flower to flower over the meado...