Yesterday, I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to view Cleo's swarm in terms of Feng Shui. The impact of this natural phenomenon has ricocheted through the garden. Fundamentally, it was a spiritual experience - a cleansing of the hive. When the colony vacated their home they re-grouped in the old Medlar whose roots run deep into the fissures in the lime stone. Here they receive cleansing from the spring water as it tracks down to The Rising from the hills above. The hills surrounding this lush valley provide positive energy and the water cleanses, washing negativity away. On Sunday the bees grounded their energy deep into the earth through the branches of the gnarled tree. Refreshed, they formed a vortex above the hive, revitalising themselves using the energy from the sun. Sixty thousand bees then created a bee-bridge from the sky to their hive and in a calm, orderly fashion they began to re-populate the spring-cleansed space.
Bee society was revered by the ancient Egyptians, artifacts show that bees were worshipped as deities. It may sound weird, but I suspect that in the natural world there is a link between our flood and Cleo's swarm!
