Bee Aware

I am currently chasing a *ping* … it’s comical really.

Those *pings*…they tell me to go in a certain direction or pay attention to something closer then I normally would have…they normally end with lessons learned or revelation explained.

I know if I just keep going I will find what He is trying to teach me…

So I am reading bee keeping  books by the stacks, buying them for myself and for the children.

Blazing a trail through the books I decided I needed to pace myself with something to slow me down… instead of hungrily devouring the books, and I can’t figure out a way to paint  AND read…so I picked up some crochet which needed finishing…So now I am stitching and hooking  together these little snippets and turning them into a bigger piece of art…

Taking pieces of a hobby and making them…a lifestyle…

a revelation which I need to hold tight….

but what is it You want me to see….

• Is it about the unselfish nature of bees? How they work together for their communities greater good.
• Is it about  how some times it takes entire colonies collapsing to have only the best go forward? After the Colony Colapse Disorder of 2007 which nearly wiped out our food supply the bees are slowly coming back.
• Is it about bee keepers who don’t care how much honey they get, but just how healthy and thriving the bees are in the hives? Quality vs. Quantity.  How Quantity is a lot like ” the law based” ideas of doing as many good things as possible, keeping as much law as possible with no regard of who you are becoming….VS.  Quality which is so much more “graced based” not focusing on much other then being the best final product with the healthiest  relationship.  An age old Mary vs. Martha argument but in a agricultural or business setting.

• Is it about the overcoming spirit you must have to approach the bee hive each time you go out to tend them?

Overcoming the fear of the hive and bee community.  No matter how tough you are… How strong you think you are… this teeny  tiny thing, this bee can stop you in your tracks if you don’t get ahold of yourself..your flesh.
How you must dust off the long lost art of quieting your emotions and centering yourself…so lost in a world which tells you to inspect each emotion and memory as if each one is of utmost importance and value.

For more art and bees and to see what else I have already read… Bee Attitudes.