bumblebees

BUMBLE AND OTHER BEES

A Plea for Sanity for Bees and Me

By Izzy Ess of Honeycomb Sweetness

It seems to me that bumble bees look big

And fat and multi-coloured, almost menacing,

When in reality, they are

The gentle giants of the insect world.

They rarely sting unless unreasonably

So provoked that they will give their lives

To defend themselves, and all their friends, from

The enemies that would prevent them from

Their vital work of pollinating and

Procuring nectar for the honey combs.

Unfortunately, honey bees are dying

Out and bumble bees are now much fewer

In their populations, having been

Replaced by swarming killer bees which sting

Their enemies with vigour and some malice,

Not in self-defence.  The killer bees

May eat the nectar but are not as organized

As honey bees which fill the honeycombs

With honey and support a queen

Bee who is kindly so inclined to make

More worker bees and drones to mind the combs

And make more babies, (for the queen,) who need

The honey for their nourishment.  Perhaps,

The killer bees who come from Mexico

And warmer points down south, will rue the day

They came so far north that it’s very cold

For them and they have failed to quite accommodate

Like fatter bumble bees.  The Global

Warming may be at fault, inasmuch

As polar regions are more warm these days

And killer bees can roam a little farther

North before returning to the south.

Perhaps, we need the present warming cycle

To reverse before it gets so bad

That bumble bees and other honey bees

Will disappear and not return.  Meantime,

We could build artificial bio-domes

For bumble bees and other friendly honey

Bees so that Mankind’s supply of honey,

Which can easily be stored for years,

And still supply a vital food for everyone,

Including Man and other bees,

Including bumble bees.  The other thing

That Man could do is cease consuming oil

And gas, so that the carbon dioxide,

Which is now at the all-time highest levels

Since the dinosaurs, will start declining

And the Global Warming Cycle will

Reverse and bring back polar ice caps of

Significance and thus send back the killer

Bees from whence they came, allowing bumble

Bees and other honey bees to be

Successful, once again.  I don’t know the

Real answer, but I love those bumble bees.

One has never stung me.  They come up close and

They look me over and decide I am

No threat to them.  And, I am not.  I do

Respect them and admire them, and they know.

THE END

© izzy sommers, md

Welland, Canada

Septembre 10^ieme, 2013, ACE