Elle said in the Chat Box that there are native bees in Brazil that do not collect honey on the Sabbath.

Elle also said in the Chat Box:

Do they have worship services?

Of course! They are having the truest worship service.

This is taken from the chat box also.

Elle : They are stingless. Bee keepers keeps them in the forest in stumps where they close both ends with clay. Anyway, those who are familiar keeping these bees knows that they don't work on Sabbath. The bees stay in the hives and rest.

Rosangela : I've found it! The link is http://www.sealingtime.com/multimedia/other/3ABN/Wonderfully%20Made/Sabbath%20Instinct.htm

Dr. Lee speaks about them. The bee is Melipona I don't know this bee; it lives in the Amazonian rainforest and other areas with rich vegetation, I think.

The bird is joao-de-barro. Someone told him that this bird doesn't work on Sabbaths; it's a common bird, but I don't know if this is a fact.

The name of the bird in English is rufous hornero, it seems. My son made me laugh now. He said, tell them it is the John-of-clay. This is the literal translation of the name.

Ah, you can begin to watch the video at approximately 14 minutes into the video. And you will need Silverlight.

Elle : Dr.Lee did say in the Lecture I have here, that he never eye witness the birds keeping the sabbath, but just heard of them. But he did eye witness the bees.

He said he went on Sabbath to an amazon beekeeping farm, He saw hives with no traffic. He ask to crack open a hive. It was filled with bees having church service He return Sunday, and the bees resum work with lots of traffic going in and out.

I suppose for the music the bees are great at humming along.

I had just been thinking about those bees the other day.

I had heard about them but I don't recall from where.

Then about five years ago, I was at a conference training event and met a doctor who had been a missionary to Brazil. I questioned him about the bees and he confirmed the story.

Here you can learn more about the bird:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous_Hornero

or

http://wonderclub.com/Wildlife/birds/ovenbird.htm

But, according to what I've found in a search, here the legend goes that he doesn't work on Sundays.

Fickle bees.