The Work of the Bees

Bees are social insects and the most valuable to humans because they pollinate plants that grow our food. We as humans literally depend on bees for our survival. Bees live in colonies, nests, or hives, and they work together in harmony and unity.

Mother Earth is a garden, and all over the planet, bees cultivate many different kinds of plants, flowers, and trees. As they harvest the nectar, bees give each tiny flower or blossom their focus and attention for only a brief moment, and yet, “the work of the bees” helps to grow food and sustain life for billions of people. You are connected to the “work of the bees” for your own physical survival as well as your emotional well-being.

Bees have 2 stomachs, a second processing system. Bees store nectar they have collected in their first stomach. Their stomach is used to hold what has been gathered. Using enzymes, the stomach breaks down the nectar and pollen and purifies this mixture. Then the purified mixture is moved to the second stomach, where it can be transformed into honey. 

Like the bees, we go from “flower to flower,” gathering experiences in life that are both bitter and sweet. We store memories and feelings about these experiences in our mind and our bodies until they can be digested at a later time. Some impurities and hurt that have been collected along the way can be processed naturally and digested with ease in the first stomach.

However, there are traumatic life experiences, like neglect, abuse in all its many forms, betrayal, or abandonment, that may need more processing or digesting. In order to digest painful experiences, we need to break down what happened by using a second processing system, or like the bees, utilizing a second stomach. 

We can use enzymes like art, journaling, exercising, or meditation practices, and especially other therapies that can help us break down the pain and let it go. Using a variety of support, the pain is broken down into smaller pieces, and it can be assimilated and digested a little bit at a time. By mixing enzymes that come with therapy and emotional release, we CAN start to feel better. If we ignore painful experiences and refuse to work through the trauma in healthy ways, it turns into bitterness and self-destructive patterns.

Bees have the power to transform bitterness into sweetness. We have the power to purify or metabolize poison. By digesting it properly, we can turn it into something good. There is something called Post Traumatic Growth that happens when someone goes through difficult experiences. We begin to access the power of this growth when we can recognize that we are stronger because of what we went through. This healing process takes patience and time. By engaging in the “work of the bees”, eventually the bitterness can be metabolized, and feelings of sweetness and joy can be restored. Your trauma isn’t bigger than who you are-- you are capable of healing and turning bitterness into sweetness.

May you continue to harvest the sweetness in life!

Loves,

Pam

For more information about Pam or the Institute of Healing Arts, visit: https://www.ihaofutah.com/