{"id":13082,"date":"2020-05-20T18:17:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T01:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=13082"},"modified":"2020-05-21T13:35:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T20:35:20","slug":"the-bee-another-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2020\/05\/20\/the-bee-another-wonder\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bee, Another Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend of mine is starting a bee business and I said I’d make him a painting. It’s really more of a ministry, thus the painting is a contribution. But that’s besides the point. The point is, I’ve been reminded of the wonder of those pesky little creatures among us.<\/p>\n

Considering the general abundance of all things, I checked to see if bees come in multiple species. Sure enough: 20,000! The Honey Bee is just one.<\/p>\n

And honey, to state a metaphor almost too close to be one, is just the icing on the cake. Pollination is what makes the cake.<\/p>\n

“If bees didn’t exist,” it’s been said, “neither would humans.”<\/p>\n

Funny, though not unusual, when my nine-year-old granddaughter sees a bee, she panics. I suppose I should too, having had enough stings that one more will put me over the top. But I’ve learned that if we leave them alone, they’ll leave us alone.<\/p>\n

And, more, they’ll ensure we are fed.<\/p>\n

You know the expression, “A land flowing with milk and honey”? It’s in the Bible 20 times, symbolizing a highly healthy land, complete in its ecosystem, strong in agricultural productivity. The presence of milk-producing animals implies grasses and other vegetation. Honey indicates pollinating creatures . . . bees.<\/p>\n

It’s another wonder.<\/p>\n

I’ll support the bees by giving them space, and they’ll support me in ways I hardly know.<\/p>\n

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PS\u00a0 By amazing coincidence, in sitting down to write these words today, Wikipedia informed me that today is World Bee Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s the statement: The\u00a0UN Member States approved\u00a0Slovenia\u2019s proposal to proclaim 20 May as World Bee Day in December 2017. It was on this day Anton Jansa,\u00a0the pioneer of beekeeping, was born in 1734. The purpose is to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem.<\/em><\/p>\n

Pretty amazing to have come across that the very day I’m thinking about it!<\/p>\n

Will wonders never cease?<\/p>\n

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Couldn’t resist including this one, partly to show the painting’s size. The gas mask is not a bee helmet, rather something I wear when using a certain fast-drying additive to my oil paints. (Helps preserve the lungs.)<\/p>\n

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