![]() These differences are often invisible and may be misunderstood as character flaws. Neurodivergences can include various combinations of learning disabilities, ADHD, autism, anxiety, and more. This would be like a blue orchard beekeeper raising their bees in a honeybee hive that is surrounded by summer blooms. Unfortunately, this doesn’t work very well for those with neuroatypical or neurodivergent development. This is in part because environments and methods are designed for those with neurotypical development even though our world is neurodiverse. Even when there is a diagnosis, the challenges can be difficult to adequately address. Everyday activities are frustrating for reasons you can’t quite understand. These people may have a diagnosis or they may just seem different. It seems fitting to consider that some people are like blue orchard bees living in a honeybee-loving world. They are “atypical” in a honeybee-loving world and they have their own unique requirements for life. They do not make honey, but are essential spring pollinators and beautiful creatures in their own right. Rather than living in hives, blue orchard bees live in solitary cavities, forming cocoons to overwinter. Scientists are just now learning to understand the place of this bee in the ecosystem. The blue orchard or mason bee is a less well-known, native bee. While honeybees are what everyone thinks of when they consider the “typical” bee, the rise of colony collapse has brought attention to the diversity of bees and the need to understand and nurture that diversity.
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