The Buzz on Dumbledore

[cornflower_o_shea]

No: HPFGUIDX 31185

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "finwitch" <finwitch at y...> wrote:
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> Agreed - as mentioned before, he surprised Harry with the Mirror 
of Erised, flew to Hogwarts once discovering he had been tricked by 
a false letter + Dumbledore means bumblebee. So um - I believe it's 
quite clear that he's a bee animagus.

Oh! I like the symbolism of that! The life of bees has been a little 
fascination of mine, and Dumbledore is one of my favourites. It 
seems a little iffy, because of the whole Rita is a beetle thing, 
but it feels right somehow. When I read this I zipped to my search 
engine to find some info on the symbolism of bees, and aside from 
the obvious, "diligent and hardworking" stuff I found this:
"The bee represents perfect community, and although it is weak in 
body, it is strong in spirit and wisdom." 
Hogwarts is the hive, and Dumbledore the Queen? Does this make 
Hagrid "Keeper of the Bees"?
Cheers!

- Cornflower O'Shea

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"Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!" -Albus Dumbledore (BUZZ?)

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ps. Actually, if he really was a bee animagus, would JK have 
mentioned in an interview that Dumbledore means bumblebee? Not 
likely.