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The Bumble Bee

The Bumble Bee Value the industrious bumble bee Working all of the teeming daylight hours. Fertilising crops for you and for me, Taking pollen from the sunlit flowers. Flying on the season's warm, scented breeze Unlikely pilot of the summer sky. Your antennae navigating with ease The paths by which your queen, and we, rely. How long without the bee would we survive? Seeker of ambrosia where you alight, Collecting nectar for your busy hive, Tunefully humming on your fertile flight, Working all of the teeming daylight hours, Taking pollen from the sunlit flowers. 20/09/16 Syllables checked with PoetrySoup and Howmanysyllables.com

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White Wolf

Date: 10/12/2016 7:48:00 AM

What a lovely poem about bees! In the Druid tradition, the bee represents community, celebration, and organization. Just thought I'd buzz by /|\

Barry Stebbings
Date: 10/12/2016 12:59:00 PM

Thank you, Rick. Interesting comment; I can see why the Druids would think that. Barry.

Sandra Haight

Date: 9/25/2016 8:12:00 PM

Barry, this is such a nice tribute to the bee and how hard they work and how they go about it and in helping us it all inside this fourteen-line Sonnet! Well done, and best wishes for the contest. Sandra

Barry Stebbings
Date: 9/26/2016 7:59:00 AM

Thank you very much, Sandra. The Bee is so important for us. Barry.