Help the Honey Bees
May. 1st, 2007 08:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hypatia42The phrasing on this is a bit odd, and the style very politically correct, new-agey, but the crisis is real, and our ability to help by sending our spiritual energy to help the problem is also real. So pick your own style, and send out prayers or energy or magick to help the bees on Wednesday. Speaking as a horticulturist, honey may either soon be a thing of the past or beyond most of our ability to afford; and when the pollination suffers, crops suffer as well. Catastrophic Colony Collapse Disorder has followed on the heels of the Varoa mite infestations. "beekeepers in 24 states have reported losses as high as 80 and even 90 percent" as it says in this article.
http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=16891&gclid=CKPpz8_A6IsCFQXTgAod2SDkPQ
Bees are wonderful at recovering- but we still need to help them. I figured the people on my flist, being aware of the interconnectedness of bees, pollination, food, etc. would want to know. Anyway, pass this on and participate.
Begin forwarded message:
I am putting forth the call to join our hearts together on May 2, 2007 to send A Message of Appreciation of Honeybees!
Honeybees. All over the world they are disappearing. Hives are empty, Not Even a dead bee to be found. Invader species refuse to take up Residence in The old hives. No one seems to know why the bees are disappearing. What We do know is that 60% - 70% of all honeybee colonies are vacant. We Realize That without honeybees the crops of fruits, nuts, corn etc do not Become Sufficiently pollinated to allow them to bear fruit.
In the past I have called for such action when Sedona was Experiencing an Unbroken drought. People from all over the world joined together in Giving Appreciation for Precipitation.
As the Weather Spirits received this outpouring of love and gratitude They Responded with a giving forth of rain! Rain poured down from a sky That had An hour before been bone dry! And it rained for two weeks, giving us The Needed drenching and respite from devastation.
It is now time to hold the honeybees in appreciation, to allow our Pouring forth Of gratitude to revivify and embrace back into the fold of life and Sustainability Our dear companions upon this planet: Honeybees!
Appreciation of Honeybees! May 2, 2007
In whatever manner you are personally able, move your awareness into That of Appreciation. Perhaps meditate upon someone for whom you have Appreciation And gratitude, an event that stimulates a sense of deep gratitude. When this Is A felt-sense, a palpable experience within your body, disengage the Object of Your appreciation (the person or event) so that you remain in a non- Attached State of appreciation. Draw into this state the image of honeybees. Now bring In an association of how they sound, their buzzing about, their Beauty and Grace, the wonders of honey as a food and as a wonderful sweetener of Life! Feel that joy rushing through your body as you contemplate the Honeybee.
Hold your awareness of Honeybees in this state of appreciation. Do so For As long as is 'right' for you. When you are ready to stop, forcefully Blow Your Breath into the image of the honeybee. This breath of life, sent in Appreciation Carries with it all your desire for blessing and positive life Empowerment to Be Carried forth to the honeybee species.
This is all that is asked, all that is required. No dogma nor Doctrine is Involved. No dieties or angels need be called upon (you certainly may if you Choose). Keep it simple! No money is being collected, No organizations derive Financial Benefit from participating in this. This is solely about the Honeybees, and Our Appreciation of them.
Yes! Please Forward this along to all you know!
http://www.shamanic.net/
http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=16891&gclid=CKPpz8_A6IsCFQXTgAod2SDkPQ
Bees are wonderful at recovering- but we still need to help them. I figured the people on my flist, being aware of the interconnectedness of bees, pollination, food, etc. would want to know. Anyway, pass this on and participate.
Begin forwarded message:
I am putting forth the call to join our hearts together on May 2, 2007 to send A Message of Appreciation of Honeybees!
Honeybees. All over the world they are disappearing. Hives are empty, Not Even a dead bee to be found. Invader species refuse to take up Residence in The old hives. No one seems to know why the bees are disappearing. What We do know is that 60% - 70% of all honeybee colonies are vacant. We Realize That without honeybees the crops of fruits, nuts, corn etc do not Become Sufficiently pollinated to allow them to bear fruit.
In the past I have called for such action when Sedona was Experiencing an Unbroken drought. People from all over the world joined together in Giving Appreciation for Precipitation.
As the Weather Spirits received this outpouring of love and gratitude They Responded with a giving forth of rain! Rain poured down from a sky That had An hour before been bone dry! And it rained for two weeks, giving us The Needed drenching and respite from devastation.
It is now time to hold the honeybees in appreciation, to allow our Pouring forth Of gratitude to revivify and embrace back into the fold of life and Sustainability Our dear companions upon this planet: Honeybees!
Appreciation of Honeybees! May 2, 2007
In whatever manner you are personally able, move your awareness into That of Appreciation. Perhaps meditate upon someone for whom you have Appreciation And gratitude, an event that stimulates a sense of deep gratitude. When this Is A felt-sense, a palpable experience within your body, disengage the Object of Your appreciation (the person or event) so that you remain in a non- Attached State of appreciation. Draw into this state the image of honeybees. Now bring In an association of how they sound, their buzzing about, their Beauty and Grace, the wonders of honey as a food and as a wonderful sweetener of Life! Feel that joy rushing through your body as you contemplate the Honeybee.
Hold your awareness of Honeybees in this state of appreciation. Do so For As long as is 'right' for you. When you are ready to stop, forcefully Blow Your Breath into the image of the honeybee. This breath of life, sent in Appreciation Carries with it all your desire for blessing and positive life Empowerment to Be Carried forth to the honeybee species.
This is all that is asked, all that is required. No dogma nor Doctrine is Involved. No dieties or angels need be called upon (you certainly may if you Choose). Keep it simple! No money is being collected, No organizations derive Financial Benefit from participating in this. This is solely about the Honeybees, and Our Appreciation of them.
Yes! Please Forward this along to all you know!
http://www.shamanic.net/