What Bees Know That We Often Forget

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about bees.

Not because I’m about to start a honey farm (although… never say never 😏), but because something about their seasonal rhythm has been stirring something in me.

Spring has officially arrived, and in the world of honey bees, that means one thing: the hive is waking up.

After months of clustering tightly through the winter, bees begin emerging with urgency and purpose.

They stretch their wings. They get to work.

They don’t need a pep talk—they just know what the season requires.

They instinctively shift from survival mode to gathering mode.

And when summer hits? That’s when the hive reaches full force.

The queen is laying at peak speed. The worker bees are visiting thousands of flowers a day.
It’s go time.

But even in that buzz of productivity, they remain in sync.
No panic.
No chaos.
Just rhythm.

And here’s the part that hit me in the chest:

When something changes—when the queen weakens, when the hive grows too crowded, when survival demands a new structure— the bees don’t freak out.
They don’t cling to what was.
They prepare for what’s next.

They feed the next potential queen.
They make space.
They adapt.

They don’t see the shift as a failure.
They see it as the next phase of becoming.

And honestly? That’s hitting real close to home right now.

In life.
In leadership.
Even in my own personal growth.

There are moments—quiet ones—when you realize your old way of doing things can’t hold what you’re trying to grow into.

You’ve outgrown something.
Or something has outgrown you.

And like the bees, you have a choice:
Cling to what was…
Or prepare to build again.

This weekend, I’m writing about this more deeply—what happens inside the hive when becoming, breaking, and rebuilding collide.

Because in leadership, in motherhood, in identity, there’s a rhythm to reinvention if we’re paying attention.

But for now, I’ll leave you with this:

💭 Where in your life might something need to shift, not because it’s failing, but because you’re growing?

Saturday’s post might sting a little… in the best kind of way.
I hope you’ll come back for it. 🧡