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THE PLIGHT OF THE HONEYBEE
The precious little honey bee,with pollen she seems covered.
But take a closer look and see -
she's absolutely smothered!
Her pollen packs are bursting,
full of flowery gold.
She really is a miracle,
if the truth is to be told.
With golden cargo laden,
she rushes off to store
this treasure in the honeycomb,
then dashes off for more.
Through the Summer sunshine
she goes buzzing to and fro,
in town and country gardens,
or by the old hedgerow.
Sisters hunt for nectar sweet
and sticky in each bloom.
Delivered to the bee hive,
'twill be honey really soon.
In Winter they're not seen much,
worker bees do not grow old.
They soon succumb and die
when exposed to wet and cold.
They spend the Winter huddled
in swarm around the Queen.
Within the hive this miracle
is by humans rarely seen.
They work their way along each row
of golden honeycomb.
The fruits of Summer labours,
which their sisters all brought home.
.So clever are these creatures,
yet how abused they are.
Weird disease and strange disorders
afflict them near and far.
Scientists blame pesticides,
or mobile phone-line waves.
Despite the warnings I am shocked
mankind still mis-behaves!
Without these busy workers,
our race is doomed they say.
Disaster striking bee hives,
will affect us all one day.
So listen politicians,
as these creatures face demise,
for their fate is linked to ours and will
bring us to our knees.
Westminster listen to us now,
as you plunder Public Purse,
the bees will die and I can't think
of anything much worse.
Please Gordon Brown and cronies,
forget your foreign tours.
For the fate of Nature's honey bee
is also mine and yours...
Poetry by normalil
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Written on 2009-08-23 at 14:46
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