The honeybees have been buzzing with activity all the time. After watching them, the expressions “busy bee” and “busy as a bee” have a whole new meaning for me now.

We watch the honeybees fly in and out of the hives, and we watch them visit flowers around the garden. We also visit the hives regularly to have a peek inside (through the viewing window so we don’t disturb them.)

I mentioned before that we have a viewing window on each hive, so we can simply remove the wood cover on the side and watch the bees. We love watching them. Seeing the honeycomb form day by day is amazing.

I took the pictures above showing the viewing windows in July (and also shared a video over on Instagram.) B took the first two pictures in this post, when he spotted a honeybee on a zinnia flower in the garden. I absolutely love what he captured on camera!

B showed me that if you place your hand gently near the plexi-glass cover on the viewing window (you don’t even have to touch it), you can feel warmth emanating from the bees and feel the vibrations. A single bee would be too subtle to feel, but together they create what feels like a healing energy field.

In today’s world, there is a lot of BUSY, and there are also a lot of distractions. There can be so much buzzing around without clear purpose, or without much sense of accomplishment at the end.

Bees are always busy, and always focused on their clear purpose… everything they do is in service of the hive, and together they accomplish so much, and create an awe-inspiring sacred alchemy from flowers.

Watching the bees inspires me to reflect on that a bit, and to bring myself back to center whenever I feel like I need to return to the heart of my purpose that day. To remind me of the bigger picture, and what I’m working towards.