Is anyone here of Latvian descent or knows the cultural significance of bees or snakes in the context of this Latvian folk song?

Latvian Folk Songs about Snakes

A black snake slithered
Into my bee garden;
That wasn't just a big black snake
That was the Mother of the Bees.

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