Winter’s Bee knows no rest.
Her instinct is to work.
Does she feel the cold piercing wind?
A breath upon her back.
Do her wings quiver at its touch?
Does she understand season’s end?
She must.
Why else would she continue to build?
To Bee?
It’s what she does.
She knows no other focus.
Winter is coming.
Work must be done.
Before, it is too late. For her….and for us.
Did you know that without a bee’s pollination human life could cease to exist?
It’s true.
But does she know that?
She gets no thanks from us.
We swat. We swerve. We avoid the BEE at all costs.
But truly? She doesn’t want to bother us.
She yearns to complete her purpose.
Saving lives.
Because really? The Bee is our unstung hero. Heh.
I think we could learn a lot from this fascinating creature.
Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams. – Ashley Smith
These are great…all that yellow is so sunshiney and inviting!
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Thanks Suzi! The yellow was almost too bright. I toned a few down a bit. 🙂
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Very Nice Angelia, I love these pictures and the message behind them, “Unstung Hero” 🙂
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Hi Jimmy! Bees and ants, they are oddly fascinating to me. 🙂
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Thank you, Bee! What a great reminder, and a great photojournalism. These images are professionalistic!
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Hi my Rommel friend! THANK YOU. I like that….professionalistic! *straightens shoulders* I actually put a watercolor filter on them. I thought a painted type image looked sweet (ha punny!).
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Our bees are fast asleep. Beautiful photos!
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Hi Susie – I bet they are! Way too cold in Colorado. It was 70 degrees today. Our average winter temp is in the 60’s. I guess we are super pollinated in Texas. 🙂
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Beautiful images and a delightful post. 🙂
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Thank-you dear LuAnn!
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Lovely pics and the words of wisdom that make the bee a special creature of God. Truly, every living thing is special, if only we could see and appreciate them!
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I think every living creature is special too. For many, it’s hard to see and appreciate them when we are in such a hurry. I think if everyone took some time to slow down and BEE in the moment. We could be more enlightened. 🙂
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Beautiful!
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Thanks Terre! I really like your new Facebook profile pic. 🙂
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Thanks. I shoud put it as my blog picture, too.
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Great post! Bees are an essential part of our lives!
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Yes, they are. I love flowers and I LOVE honey. 🙂
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Amazing colours!
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Thanks Vicki. I enjoyed playing with some edits on these. 🙂
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Beautiful!
Angelia, your style of writing is incredible. This entire post could be in a children’s or young adult reading book; as well as older adults!! You are incredible. Everyone needs writing and photos such as yours. Simplicity with gentle knowledge.
Love the quote; so true.
I hope you don’t mind if I reblog your link on my reblog page?
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Oh yes, YAY! Reblog me. That would be awesome. You know, I like to dabble creativitly in a lot of things, but nothing every sticks. Therefore, my dreams are short-lived as my muse of them are, but if I have ever had one dream that I really kept close to my heart. It would most definitely be to write children’s books. I had quite a few planned out a few years ago on my dog Brownie. It started with this blog post https://youthinkyoucanblog.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/brownie-poo-i-love-you/
Thank you sooooo much!
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The unstung hero 🙂
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She must be unstung, right? LOL.
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The bee knows his stuff. So does Ashley Smith. And what about the flowers? They keep on popping up here and there. Is winter coming? I so confused!
Unstung hero. GET OUT! Too funny. 😀
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Ha ha ha! Thanks Gemma. Well, this IS our winter. I’m sure we will have a below freezing day soon. But not this week. Sunny & 70’s. Oh yeah…I love our winter.
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Beautiful pictures, Angelia. The first one is simply great. 🙂
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Thanks Arindam. That one is my favorite too. I was thinking of having a canvas print made of it.
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Really enjoyed your write-up! Third from the bottom is my fav, great post Angelia!
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Thanks David. The lighting was really cool on that one. I was in an area where the sun was coming out and going away. It drove my meter mad. 🙂
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Angelia, my friend, BEEutiful post!
“I think we could learn a lot from this fascinating creature.”
Amen!
Your photos (as usual) are absolutely STUNNING!
Thank you for sharing this post!
And thank you, bees!
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Thanks Ron! Hope you had a BEEEutiful trip! Glad you are back. 😉
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simply BEEUTIFUL images and lesson from the lil ‘ol bee… 🙂
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Lil ‘ol bee never hurt nobody….. Of course, my husband is terrified of them. :-O
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“The bee is our unstung hero …” – Ha! Love that! Thanks to Susie for inviting us to her party. Did you do a Snow Dance for her? It’s a pleasure to meet you, love your blog and look forward to following!
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I did! I danced my tootsies off. I guess Old Man Winter is still hitting the snooze button. Thank-you for coming by. 🙂
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Lovely pics and words – but it should be ‘HER instinct is to work’. Male honey bees (drones) do no work at all, apart from the moment of mating, high up in the air. They also are not generally alive during winter, as their sisters kick them out of the hive in autumn.
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Ohhhh good to know! Why did I make it a him anyway? Girls rule! Boy bees drool. Sheez. I really do appreciate your generous knowledge. My post is now anatomically correct. 🙂
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Oh wow, you changed all the he’s to she’s! Yep, bee ladies are most definitely in charge.
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So true! I’m glad this wasn’t about spiders though 😉
Popped over from Susie’s blog.
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Or scorpions……
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Ooh yes, shudders.
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Beautiful pics and prose!
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Awe, thanks! I put in my mind someone who loves yellow and nature. It really helped.
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Beautiful words, photos and message. Thanks for sharing, and for popping by my blog! Cheers. 🙂
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I can never resist a good party. 🙂
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Really sunny post for a gray day! Loved it, thanks!
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Glad I could brighten your day!
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What a very bee-autiful post, Angelia. Love the “unstung hero”. 😀
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Ha, I love puns. 😀
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Dude these photos are great! And I love the poem the last line is awesome. “Unstung hero” 🙂
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Thanks bro!
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Bee’s are excellent teachers. We should be better students.
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I guess that’s why they call it the birds and the bees?? 🙂
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Bees are such hard workers and focused too… Great photos. 😉
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