Saturday, September 10, 2011

Bee happy

“Bye, honey,” said the husband to his wife on the TV show, and I imitated the lines to my wife, picking up my bag to leave for office.
My mind kept whirling around the magnificent insect, honey bee.
How many of us know that to make just one teaspoon of honey, bees need to travel about 1,250 kilometres (roughly Mumbai-Chennai distance) and visit more than 40,000 flowers?
I heard a spiritualist say: One should extract happiness from life as the bee extracts nectar from flowers. The bee flaps its wings and a sort of warmth is created around the flower. The insect then extracts only as much nectar as is needed so as not to harm the flower or cause any pain.
If someone asks who is your favourite music composer, better answer Bee-thovan.
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22 comments:

  1. Anupama K. MazumderSeptember 10, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    I like the "Bee-thoven" bit! Very interesting facts!!

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  2. NonaSeptember 10, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Like you traveled all the way to Emirates?

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  3. SEPOSeptember 10, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    Hi honey!! :P

    lol, very insightful post as always!!

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  4. MadhulikaSeptember 10, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    very enlightening post..!!! Thanks for sharing..!!

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  5. hamaarethoughts.comSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    haa.haaaaaaaaaa
    Got it...like it!
    :)

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  6. Onkar kediaSeptember 11, 2011 at 8:16 AM

    What a wonderful post! Thanks.

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  7. RajlakshmiSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    ahaa philosophy :D well said/

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  8. TomzSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Liked it Rameshji..thnk u

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  9. SandhyaSeptember 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    We have to take lot of effort to be happy and make others happy...well said, Ramesh!

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  10. UnknownSeptember 11, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    hahahah u r hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  11. FidaSeptember 12, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    You don't live in the moment, eh! Thinking of bees when you saying bye to your wife! Tstststsss...

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  12. BK Chowla,September 12, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Happiness and prosperity must be shared to its fullest.

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  13. Kavita SahariaSeptember 12, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    Bee - utiful !

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  14. RachnaSeptember 12, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    True. Extract as much as you need without causing any harm to anyone else. Beautiful thought.

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  15. ಅಶ್ವಿನಿ/ AshwiniSeptember 12, 2011 at 9:55 AM

    Good thought and as usual very well presented. Love the spiritual theory touch to it.

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  16. AshaSeptember 12, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    'BEE'yond words!

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  17. Erratic ThoughtsSeptember 12, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    That was very enlightning,very interesting post:)

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  18. ShobhaSeptember 12, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    BEEutifully presented thought.

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  19. Felicity Grace TerrySeptember 12, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    Isn't there some theory that the earth cannot survive without the honey bee?

    Bee-thoven? Groan.

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  20. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    That was some post. BEEutiful...

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2011 at 9:19 AM

    :) Hi Honey.... I really missed these inspiring posts of yours. Always brings on a smile. Remember me buddy?

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  22. Sai CharanSeptember 19, 2011 at 1:39 AM

    Short, to-the-point, sweet as honey and simple - yes, happiness is not far away, its how the heart accepts and picks the joy out of even petty things of everyday life!!

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