Dumbledore Bumblebee

[Anne]

No: HPFGUIDX 54144

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Drusilla Malfoy" 
<drusillamalfoy at g...> wrote:
> 
> > My theory is that he transforms into a bumblebee.  That doesn't 
fit in
> > with his love of muggle sweets, bees prefer nector, but it does
> > explain how he can get around Hogwarts unseen.  A bumblebee in the
> > dark would be invisible even without a cloak.
> 
> > sirius kase
> 
> I agree with you there. Expecially as "dumbledore" is, in fact, an 
old
> Englisch
> expression for "bumblebee", as JKR said in one of her many 
interviews.
> And as we have a lot more talking names like e.g. Lupin
> this would seem logical.
>

Hmmm....If Dumbledore IS an animagus, he probably was registered 
during the 19th century, when he was a young man... so Hermione would 
have missed seeing his name on the list of 20th century animagi... 
because he didn't become an animagus during the 20th century. So if 
DD can transform into a bumblebee, he *could* have been present when 
Hermione discovered that Rita Skeeter-Beetle had been spying on Harry 
and put Rita in that jar. So he *might* already know that Rita wasn't 
going to be around to do any more articles about Harry or the Tri-
Wizard Tournament in the near future.  If DD really is a bumblebee 
animagus, it would be very interesting if, at some point during OoP, 
he suddenly "appeared" at some point when HRH are discussing Rita's 
current condition ...  

Anne U
(not betting the farm on this one, but it could be interesting)