Amen to that
>Out of concern for the decline in the number of bees due to parasites,
>disease, and pesticide misuse, I offer this prayer for the bees.  I invite
>you to make it your prayer as well.
>
>Our Heavenly Father,
>
>Thank you for creating us and our glorious earth.  We especially want to
>thank you for the bees that so fascinate us in their unique ways.  We grieve,
>as you most surely grieve as well, over the decline in the number of bees.
>
>Help us as caretakers of your creation to be diligent in protecting them.
> Those of us who care for bees ask that you give us wisdom in the way we
>manage them.  May we be diligent in our study of the bees that we may be
>knowledgeable and alert to their needs, and recognize the treatments they may
>need.
>
>Help us to find ways to educate the public about the importance of our bees
>and about the seriousness of the threat to our food supply should they die
>out.  Help them to overcome their fears of bee stings with a sincere
>appreciation of their importance and an awareness of how gentle bees are
>under normal circimstances.
>
>Impress upon the farmers and the crop dusters the seriousness of pesticide
>misuse to the existance of our bees.  May they see the need for bees to
>assure us a variety of foods as well as better tasting foods.  May they
>recognize our loss if the bees die out.  Expand their concern for the total
>welfare of mankind and may they not let personal greed get in the way of good
>stewardship.  Be with our lawmakers and law enforcers and give them the
>desire to be knowledgeable and protective of our bees.
>
>And, Lord, when our efforts and energy have maxed out and we realize we can't
>do it all, please watch over our bees.  Protect them from what we cannot.
> Give them the care that we, through neglect or lack of time and energy,
>cannot give.  Hold them in your hands when calamities occur in the weather.
> Intervene when man in his ignorance and/or greed would do them harm.
>
>May the unique and wondrous bees that you created continue to bless this
>earth with their services in pollinating our plants and providing us with
>their golden sunshine -- honey.
>
>Amen
>
>QueenB Jan  (Janice Green) and Pollinator (Dave Green)
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