Faith in Nature

       Time and again we hear about our world experiencing a honey bee crisis.Whatever the causes,whether it's pesticide overuse,GMO crops,varroa mite infestation or anything else,they all seemed to be caused by human interference of the misguidedly destructive kind .If your land is being visited by honeybees,consider yourself very fortunate.Bumblebees are hardy and selfemployed,and do much in the way of pollination,but the balance in nature is restored when the honeybee nation is thriving.
       2 years ago,I was listening to the usual debate,with experts putting forward their views that if the honeybee did not survive the onslaught of human interference in nature, then we were sure to follow.And that's a pretty depressing forecast.So with heavy heart,and seeing only bumblebees (working far harder than they probably should)I set off for a long walk on one of the warmer days of late spring.
       I had spent most of the winter indoors,as many people do.And when that happens,there's a disconnect with nature,which can impact your health emotionally,mentally,spiritually and physically.Certainly that day,I needed a long walk in the fresh air for the reconnect.
       Nature was coming back to life all around me... a cloudless blue sky,birds singing and greenery unfurling everywhere I looked... I was feeling better with every step.I had walked quite far away from human habitation;no houses in sight,just the hills and woodland,and the company of deer.And then I heard something.It was a wonderful sound,subtle at first,almost inaudible,but right there at the edge of my awareness.I followed the sound,and yet it drew me on towards the source without any effort on my part.It was the buzzing of bees!Many bees!Honey bees! And then as I walked towards the sound of many buzzing honey

bees,I could see little dots whizzing back and forth through the air to and from the base of a tree at the edge of the woodland.I can't describe how I felt at that moment,except writing this is bringing back the feelings.Hope,relief,excitement,elation,optimism,triumph even!
           I sat a few feet away from this wonderful wild and healthy hive for as long as the sunshine kept me warm,enjoying the experience,and watching them going about their business.....hugely vital business for such tiny creatures.
           I remember thinking,if there's one hive here,there will be more,many more that people don't know about simply because these bees are living their tiny busy lives naturally,without human interference,within the intelligent and divine ecosystems of nature.And this gave me such a buzz :-)