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Source of Life, bless the honeybees for alchemizing apple blossoms into fruit. | |
Bless the farmers, the hive-tenders, and the elements, so the lands overflow with abundant honeycomb. | |
Bless the bees, that they may tumble in pesticide-free meadow and food forest, school garden and urban hive. | |
Bless their honey, pollen, and nectar to feed worlds, salve wounds, and coat throats. | |
Our Sages teach that honey sharpens the mind and restores vision — May the gifts of the honeybee inspire us as harbingers of prophetic insight, spooning honey generously to soothe the anguish we carry, and we cause. | |
Bless the bees — too often feared, overworked, and undermined. | |
May we revere pollinators as bridge-builders — for we are all interwoven. | |
Bless us to cross-pollinate the most equitable ideals of our “hive mind,” and offer honey to those pained by swarm and sting. | |
Remind us that bees guard what they treasure — and so do we. May we protect what we love but break cycles of collapse, and end the ravages of war. | |
Bless the bees that hum while foraging and safeguarding all that nourishes their hive. | |
Let us labor with love, harvest only what we need, and give back more than we take. | |
Guide us far from extractive practices until body and hive collapse. | |
May we value a sweet rest. For hive collapse is a whisper of war: blossoms withering unvisited, fruit orchards under rubble, a ghastly hole in the web of life. Landscapes made barren — an erasure of what once was — and a harrowing, urgent call to tend what might become. | |
Tasting apples and honey in 5786, may this ancient ritual touch lip and deed as we repair one heart, home, and hive at a time. | |
Blessed are You, the One who Regenerates, for feeding the honeybees so they can feed all of life, and spread sweetness that heals. Amen. |
This prayer by Devorah Brous (fromsoil2soul), “A blessing for the bees (5786)” was first published as text rendered inside a video compiled by the author. For an earlier expression of this prayer, find “A blessing for the bees (5785)” (Devorah Brous, 2024).
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Bees pollinate the sunflowers on Goldpetal Farms, Chaptico MD 17 July 2021 (USDA)
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