I never realized how much I'd enjoy watching the honeybees sip water to take back to the hive. I was especially beguiled by this bee, who selected a clover leaf for her soda fountain shortly after a mid-day rainstorm.
"For the bee, honey is the ultimate reality. It represents the fulfillment of her life mission, the triumph over her enemies, the continuity of the hive, the justification for working herself to death. Honey is to bees what money in the bank is to people—a measure of prosperity and well-being. But there is nothing abstract or symbolic about honey, as there is about money, which has no intrinsic value. There is more real wealth in a pound of honey, or a load of manure for that matter, than all the currency in the world. We often destroy the world's real wealth to create an illusion of wealth, confusing symbol and substance."—Wm. Longgood, The Queen Must Die
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My partner was playing around in Photoshop with one of these images and has created an image that I would like to use on my blog as sort of my "trademark" :). Could we have permission to do this? You would, of course, be given credit. I will understand completely if you say no.
I'd be honored!
Which pic?
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Thanks so much. I'll let you know when it's up!!!!
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