Comb Cultivation

Scouts probe territory for nest site Scour cracks, crevices that invite Search cavity for any structural blight Recon area for creatures that fright Examination complete, return to hive Inform workers about potential, new dive Caucusing, new consensus to derive Coalescing, to other bees send vive Scouts guide colony to new location Formulating comb workers new vocation From honey extract new colation Emanating, waxy cells new station In upper cells honey will pour Underneath, pollen laid in store Below, worker, drone broods bore At base Queen pods do gore Queen lays eggs in every assigned spore Hatchling larvae from nest now implore Nursing becomes workers new chore Feeding every beckoning pore Workers seal chambers with waxy mortar Larvae evolves into pupae in short order Days later, fledglings chew through pasty border Forthwith, become queen's new warder After tending queen, receive new commission Guards protect domicile from every imposition Drones mate with the queen at every petition Foragers busy themselves with pollen acquisition