To Bee or Not to Be

What honeybees can teach us about the existential question of being

“To be or not to be”—the most famous question ever asked. A reflection on life, pain, meaning, and action. But what if we rewrote that question with wings? What if we asked it the way nature does?

To bee… or not to be.

Bees don’t waste time pondering their worth. They are.
They hum their existence into the world through action, purpose, and interconnection. Not because they were told to. Not because someone promised them a reward. But because being a bee is the act of contribution.

They pollinate, nourish, build, and serve. Every flight, every bloom they visit, creates ripples that feed life itself. And still—there’s no ego in it. No performance. No trying to prove worth. Only presence.

And what about us?

We ache with the weight of questions.
We tie our “being” to our achievements, our pain, our proving.
We hesitate. Perform. Pause our living for the approval of others.

What if we chose instead—like the bee—to just be?

To contribute because we can.
To connect because we care.
To move through the world not asking if we matter, but knowing that we do simply by being in it fully.

Maybe the question isn’t “to be or not to be.”
Maybe it’s: Will I choose to be who I truly am today?

Because to bee is to be with purpose.
Not performance. Not perfection.
Just presence, connection, and quiet contribution to the greater whole.