November 3, 2026

🐝 I‘m a beekeeper. Perhaps not a very good one, even though I’ve done it for about 10 years now. Like many beekeepers, I have had trouble keeping the bees from failing or abandoning the hive (absconding) before winter comes. I try to reassure myself that even seasoned beekeepers are experiencing the same thing, it’s not that I’m doing anything wrong. I try to not take complete responsibility, but it STINGS (pun intended 😜). Every time I've lost a hive, I tell myself “That’s it! I’m never doing it again!”. Then, come Spring, I itch for that electric, thrumming energy that comes from an active colony. As an energy worker, I am particularly sensitive to it. There’s nothing else like it! 

I would be remiss to leave out how VITALLY important our pollinators are to our survival on Earth. Without them, our crops will fail, our food chain will wither, and so will we. Keeping a hive or two doesn’t really move the needle, however it can't help but change one's mindset about things like using pesticides and planting pollinator friendly flowers. It matters. That mindless chore of spraying your weeds with Round-up matters. It’s a part of what's killing our bees. 

This year, I moved my hive to a new spot in the yard. So far, they've seemed happy. I’m keeping all of my things crossed that they STAY happy and that they STAY in the hive, but if we fail each other, I will dust myself off and do it all over again. 💛🖤🐝🖤💛