For The Good of All

The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. - Thoreau

back at the nest

in lieu of nobility

running in zig zags

whirring her wings

having a ball

she danced a joyous waggle

for some of life's rich nectar had been found

and not being selfish, desired to share the wealth of its location with the others

'twas her sacred, ordained duty

for the good of all

Author's Note

"There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance." - Thoreau

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

Oh, I love honeybees. I recently had to clean out a building though with about 50 wasp nests, a hornet nest the size of a basketball and a huge dirt dobber nest. I only got stung once by one of the hornets but that was after I had dispatched the nest and it was a straggler coming back...nailed me right on the arm. I had a honeybee swarm move into a bird house I made out of an old cabinet once. I wondered where the birds were and then when it got really hot I saw the bees all over the outside. I would have just let them "bee" but my brother had to smoke them and take their honey. Since it wasn't a super...it also destroyed the birdhouse and the hive dispersed. I enjoyed your tribute to our little insect friends.

[Re-Pete]

just a stone's throw around the corner where i live is a hornet's nest about the size of a basketball. the next is hanging from a tree branch at the edge of the road. fascinating. i usually get stung every summer one way or another but this year not.

[Gee]

They say without bees mankind would perish, now there's a thought. As a kid I was frightened silly by wasps and bees, as an adult I plant flowers for them and love to sit watching them as they go about their business.
Indecisive Pete

[Re-Pete]

fascinating creatures to say the least. thanks for buzzing by gee.

[Arundass TP]

For the good of all, nature thrives. Good poem

[Re-Pete]

thank you. nature has much to teach us.