A blood bee was a type of bee.[1] In 134 BBY,[2] shortly after Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon arrived on the planet Siline, she was brought to a room within a crystalline tower, where she concentrated on sensing the flow of the Force. Lon felt that the planet's geology or atmosphere seemed to vibrate on a fundamental level, and although it did not clash with her sense of the Force, she mentally compared the distraction it caused to a blood bee buzzing around her head.[1]
Behind the scenes
Blood bees were mentioned in The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown, a 2025 young-adult novel by Tessa Gratton.[1] In the real world, sphecodes is a genus of bee also known as the blood bee.[3]
Appearances
- The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown (and audiobook) (First mentioned, in book)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown
- ↑ The events of The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown take place in 134 BBY per the following reasoning. The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown establishes that Jecki Lon is the Padawan of Sol and Yord Fandar has yet to undertake his Jedi Trials. The novel also states that Lon has been Sol's Padawan for at least two years, as well as that Sol had not taken a Padawan for years after his former Padawan, Verosha Aniseya, left the Jedi Order. From this, at least four years have passed since Aniseya left the Order. "Lost / Found"—the events of which take place in 132 BBY per the reasoning here—establishes Aniseya left the Order six years before its events, equating to 138 BBY. The episode further states Fandar passed his Jedi Trials two years before its events, meaning he must have passed his Trials in 134 BBY.
- ↑
Sphecodes - Blood Bees on buzzaboutbees.net (backup link archived on April 16, 2025)
