Engaging Nature’s Heart

Michael Birnbaum

I love to be out in nature with my camera because I notice events that I would otherwise miss. I was capturing an image of a lotus flower. The shot I wanted was a close-up of the petals and yellow core of the lotus. I had my camera centered above the lotus and I was shooting for several minutes and then it happened:

Two bees landed on opposite sides of the lotus. They appeared lonely and in search of something. They spiraled towards the center. Their antennas touched and so started their communication. One bee’s proboscis entered the other bee’s mouth. Chills ran down my neck as the two bees started to kiss. Was this a love affair? Indeed it was as I later learned from a beekeeper. It is the loving gesture of one bee sharing nectar to assist in the other’s journey back to the hive. To my knowledge no one has ever photographed this magical event.

The consciousness evolutionary epiphany is: “Loneliness spiraling to communication ends in love.” By taking time to engage nature’s heart we too can learn about true love.