Garden Ministry’s purpose is to encourage the workers in the field of the Lord, and to keep them looking up to Jesus.
This is the 38 letter:
Text for the day: Habakkuk 2:14
The earth is filled with the Lord's glory.
Our Theme for the day: The lessons from the bee keeper (Part 1).
A few days ago my friend Mike asked me if I have any room for a bee hive at our home. Well I said yes, and he came over with this small hive, now let me say this was the second time I had bees on our grounds. The last time we had bees I notice that the hive had enough food around the hive to keep it’s self but it did not products enough honey to share. As you look around the world, framers are concern because there are half as many beekeepers as there were two decades ago, and the remaining beekeepers are mostly large-scale pollination services or commercial industries, with thousands of hives and millions of bees. But there was a time when beekeeping was more of a hobby than a commercial industry. It is said just two hives can pollinate an entire mid-sized residential garden. For most people, beekeeping grows into a passion. As the bees in my yard were settling I asked a very important question, how can I help the bees produce more honey? He said something that caused me to think of all Gods servants who are trying to help the many people near their church, work place, schools, or help center.
He said, which is also recommended by top bee keepers, cultivate plants that will attract bees to your bee garden. Choose flowers that bloom successively over the spring, summer, and fall seasons such as coreopsis, Russian sage, or germander in order to provide pollen and nectar resources to the native bees of all seasons. If you’re not sure what to choose, you can always check with a local garden center for their advice on “bee-friendly” florals. To improve bee visitation, the garden should contain large patches of like flowers planted in close proximity to one another. Diversity is a key factor in keeping bee keepers in business. Researchers have found that more bees will be drawn to gardens with ten or more species of attractive plants. The key to a productive hive is, you must diversify your garden, keep part of it wild because bees prefer that to a manicured space. Go for a “planted by nature” effect rather than a perfectly pruned garden. Remember: bees don’t discriminate between weeds and cultivated flowers, so let those dandelions grow.
And of course keep your bee garden free of pesticides, let me say right here as a person who has a garden this is a danger in any garden. He went on to say some pesticides can kill the bee before it returns to the hive; other pesticides can be carried back and can harm the rest of the hive. This lesson on bee keeping opened my eyes and then I thought, what spiritual, and civil lesson we can learn from the care of bees that can help those who are leaders over a church, or community program directors. That can bring better service to the areas they serve. Join me tomorrow, as we learn some lessons form the bee keeper. Until then remember what Job said, “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?” Job 12:7-9.
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Our Prayer for today:
Please join us as we pray for all writers of spiritual truths that they will say focus.
Remember, you’re the only Jesus some will ever see.
If you are blessed by these “uplifting gems”, share them.
These letters are written by Elder Kevin Santucci
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