06/05/2025
We had to share this from a fellow Chandler in Scotland. Something special for you to read today.
Bees hide a surprising secret.
When the hive loses its queen, who alone is able to give life to the colony and maintain order in a perfectly organized society, all seems lost. The life of the hive slows down. Without new eggs, the future is lost. In a few weeks, the colony may be doomed.
But the bees do not panic. Demonstrating extraordinary collective intelligence and profound instincts, they trigger spectacular emergency procedures, almost unimaginable in a world dominated by insects.
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The transformation begins with a simple but essential choice. The worker bees choose common larvae - those who would normally be mere workers. They are chosen to receive a special food: royal jelly. A rare substance, produced by healthy bees, rich in proteins, vitamins and bioactive compounds. This is royal food in the purest sense of the word.
Within a few days, their bodies develop differently. The ovaries become active. The body grows larger, stronger. Life span multiplied by almost twenty. She will not work. She will command. She will give life. The queen is not chosen based on her genes. She is created.
What makes this process so fascinating is that worker bees and queens share the same genetic code. DNA does not determine destiny. It is nutrition. Attention. The decisions of the hive. This metamorphosis does not just save the larvae. It saves the entire colony.
Once the new queen is ready, she takes over the hive, begins to lay eggs, restores order and begins a new cycle of collective life. Threatened with extinction, the colony is reborn stronger, more organized, more balanced.
A silent but profound lesson...
The bee shows us, without words, that in times of great crisis, despair is not a gamble, but clarity. A plan. The right choice. Attention and direction. In their world, a queen is not born. She is supported, fed and guided by the colony.
