Hum of the Bee Makes the Rose Grow

Hummm and that Rose will Grow 16th November 2008

I know you won't believe it, and yet maybe you will, but I have observed something amazing, well maybe, maybe not...
But sometime ago, like...say three weeks ago, we had a swarm of bees that fixed themselves to one of the front yard rose bushes.
I think it was the just joey near the letter box.
Anyhow, this rose following the departure of the bees, was marked by white wax.
And then, several weeks later the new shoots appeared red and began sprouting with renewed vigour, unbelievable.
Had the bees said something to that rose...?
Maybe they stung it, massaged it, tickled it, hummed it - lots of hums...and more hums... and feasted on nectar and that rose grew new shoots, they multiplied and shot out every which way...
And today, another story that reminded me of this one about the rose...
My auntie and my mother, the three of us visited Dawsons Nursery on Hale Rd Forrestfield... and beside eating a lemon flan and creme, and a reasonable sized cappuccino whilst the song: "Born Free, as free as the wind blows" played nearby... and besides wandering through a maze of rose delights like Mr Lincoln...wow what perfume, and Angel Face... and all others... besides... I made a chanced discovery of how to grow a magnolia.
"It wouldn't move" said my auntie.
"So I hit it with a stick against its lower trunk and you know it began moving soon after."
And she didn't seem surprised?!
And I am still surprised that plants can react this way.
I always talk to my plants, and I talk to plants I don't even know... sure plants are strangers who really want to be friends...befriend we humans... shake a branch and it drops an apple, hit its stem and it sprouts a new leaf.
But I reckon we should do what the bees do.
If a rose won't move, try tickling it, eat a honey sandwich or drink, sip or slurp some honey tea in its company, or hum to it...
I reckon the humming is what did it.
You can't sting it, because that's something bees wouldn't do, because when they lose their stings they die!
Try humming...and begin today...