Friday, February 14, 2014

the love story of flowers and bees





Something I ingest each day is the result of love in nature.

How sweet.

I realized this after I stared at the bee pollen
I put in my smoothie this morning
 and wondered how these tiny sweet yellow pebbles are made.

When a bee visits a flower, it plays a game of give and take.
It gathers pollen and mixes it with some of the nectar in its honey sacks.
This love dust is extracted ever so sweetly
and then scattered on other plants nearby,
 therein giving them life.

Bees also take pollen back to their hive,
where it is shared with the family,
and altered to create it's tiny imperfect pebble shape.

The flower needs the bee, and the bee needs the flower.
He needs to eat.  She needs to spread her blooms.
He needs shelter.  She needs wings.
Ah, the mutualistic relationship.
The beauty of he and she.
They and we.
Flower and Bee.
You.
Me.

I'll be the buzz if it makes you bloom.


~ L ~