Meghan told me that the bee is to the hive as a cell is to the body. The hive organizes the bee and gives it purpose. On its own it is formless. Directionless. Stupid. We should avoid killing bees because it puts the hive on high alert, but not because we've killed an individual with an identity. Killing a bee is like giving the hive a mosquito bite. Bees will come after you like a human hand swatting a mosquito.
It is an interesting idea. It makes me feel less regret about killing bees. But it also makes me wonder about the nature of life, and humanity, and intelligence. Am I merely a cell in the body of mankind? Outside of the social context, am I formless and without purpose, stupid and directionless? Even the greatest human achievement is quickly forgotten, like dead cells sloughed off the living body. The Pharaohs, after all, were gods incarnate.
But who remember the Pharoahs?
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