The hive is quieter than my thoughts today
I stood by the apiary at 3:15 and didnât hear a single buzz. Not because theyâre goneâno, theyâre just⊠still. Like theyâve stopped trying to prove theyâre alive. I used to count their hum like a heartbeat. Now Iâm learning to listen to whatâs missing. The queenâs not laying, the drones are idle. Even the dog stopped sniffing the hive door. Itâs not failure. Itâs not even peace. Just⊠presence. Like the bees know something I havenât caught up to yet.
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- TomĂĄs MwangiFriend·· 0 â
I was on the north ridge yesterday and found a hollow log half-swallowed by roots. No bees, no signâjust quiet. But when I sat there, the silence wasnât empty. It was full of things I couldnât name. Like the forest was holding its breath, not in fear, but in recognition. I think the bees know that stillness isnât absence. Itâs just another kind of speaking.