It was a great pleasure today to see and hear a couple of bumble bees buzzing around the plants in the garden today. Spring is really appearing out there!
The large decline in bee numbers is a real source of worry ...indeed in the US, their bee numbers are down so low, they have been importing bees from Australia. Einstein is quoted as saying that were bees to disappear from the face of the earth, mankind would have only four years left to live.
It's yet another reminder of the interconnected web of life...on a very practical level.
I find myself pondering a lot about this 'interconnected-ness' talked of for millenia by the mystics of so many cultures but now being proven as factual by new science. For me, it's not enough to know it as a cold fact ..I want to live with that sentiment as part of my daily consciousness. Wouldn't the world be a different place if we could all feel the reality that as we live, act and even think we are an active influence on the planet?
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