One of the nature’s little wonders is an insect that gives life to the floral world – bees. Bees are gathered of pollen which they make honey from it. There are many books about bees and one of them is Nature’s Little Wonders – Bees written by Candace Savage published by Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, BC, 2008. The bee goes to flowers to collect pollen and the flowers benefit because the bees spread the pollen in the flower so it can reproduce and flower. The reason why bees are considered nature’s little wonders is how does the bee organize itself in the hives and how does it find the pollen. It turns out the bees are intelligent and interestingly generally women rule. The ruler of the hive is the queen bee who produces millions of eggs; the bees in the hive build and maintain the hive so the queen can lay her eggs. The also produce honey  which we humans eat. The flavor of the honey is dependent on where the bees are collecting their honey. Similar to the properties of wine, the location of the honey can be tasted.

Bees tell other bees where good places are to collect honey are with a dance. These dances will give directions to the other bees for them to try out and come back and tell others. The bees go out and are able to come back to the hive which means many have attempted to study how they does this and marvel at their other skills.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, what seems simple is often complex. The bee at first glance seems simple – it gathers pollen for food and to make honey. The gathering ensures plants are pollenated and the circle continues. As you look through the many stocks on the exchanges – they are all trying to make money however only a few actually do. If you start with those and try to invest from those that continually make money by increasing their dividends you will make a complex exercise more simple and profitable to you.

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions.