Bees are mysteriously dying by the billions. Researchers say that in the last 50 years domesticated honey bees have declined by 50%! Bees pollinate from 15 – 30% of crops eaten by American consumers. Bees pollinate more than 100 crops from lettuce to cranberries, from apples to almonds. As one researcher put it: “Bees are the glue of modern agriculture.”
Usually my only thoughts of bees are about avoiding getting stung. Today, I’m seriously loving bees and praying they come back in numbers to resume their role of pollinating and nurturing the plant species to sustain life on this planet. Why do we tend to see the good in something only after it’s gone, or appears to be on the verge of extinction? How many precious resources, within us and all around us, fly under our radar screen and are insignificant to us—until we realize their worth?
In our daily lives, each sign of kindness and caring—cooking a meal, doing the wash, showing up at work every day, letting someone go in front of you in the check-out line—is the glue that creates a human crop of understanding and connection. And a simple “thank you” becomes honey for the heart.
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