An old country custom, to tell the bees of any death in a household.
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Death of an Apiarist
Go, and tell the bees.
Go, and take his keys.
Tap them on the hives;
tell them he has died;
lest they should leave;
still being as it should be,
their honey still supplied,
so go and tell the bees.
© D G Moody 2023
Poetry by D G Moody
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Written on 2023-05-16 at 17:08
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