If you spend some time with a Bee Hive you will get to understand why a very busy person is compared to a bee. I feel like a bee at the moment. Flitting frantically from one flower to another collecting and delivering. Never stopping. Constantly moving. Always busy. Seemingly moving randomly and somewhat desperately. Mostly feeling like so little is achieved. And yet! Ultimately the survival - and more than that - the thriving of so many is dependent on the constant busyness.
We half covered our dam with shade net. The purpose is two-fold. We need to protect the tilapia underneath as well as the hard working little honey bees who constantly stop at their favourite watering hole. Beekeepers have various methods of assisting the bees to drink - without drowning.
Did you know that bees choose very particular spots to drink water, generally mineral-rich and possibly also to do with salts.
It encourages me to watch the bees. I feel a lot like a bee. They are one of the most incredible insects. Indeed one of the most incredible of creatures. Their goal and purpose is singular. Nothing diverts them from their vision. Unless they feel their colony is threatened then they will sacrifice their lives in protecting those they love.
