Nature is awesome : sometimes ruthless, sometimes fragile, sometimes cruel but always wondrous and intriguing.
The importance of balance and harmony.
The all cannot exist without the one …
… and the one cannot exist without the all.
The rewards of being truly present.
To relax and breath.
What is transformed when fear disappears.
The power of observation.
The need to commit and to persevere.
The ability of a group to achieve a common objective …
… and to do so without elected leadership.
How a myriad of small contributions can build something big and beautiful.
When you find a good source of nourishment, share it.
Defend your home and family - everything else can be achieved without threats or aggression.
Through the act of pollination bees continue the cycle of life in such a way that not so much as a flower or a leaf is destroyed.
Bees don’t care about my gender, race, political persuasion, ethnicity, level of education .. they do care how respectful and gently they are treated.
I have spent some 75 years living and working in England,Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, South Africa and the USA, with many opportunities to learn from beekeepers in a v variety of African and European countries in between . An educator by profession, with a focus on history and group dynamics, the honey bees chose me in 2002, despite which, like many beekeepers, I lost my first two hives over winter. In 2009 I was asked by the editor of the PSBA to write a column for the monthly newsletter, which she labelled "Jeremy's Corner"; 14 years later is still continues. A rather eclectic style of content and vision developed, and these posts are based mostly on those essays. Meanwhile I was fortunate to be honored as York County's Beekeeper of there Year in 2013, and similarly for Pennsylvania in 2018.
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