The Bee's Story
By Franz
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be something you're not? Like being fish or a lion, just to experience that life for one day.
Well, I never wanted to be a bee, not even for one day, but I was taken completely by surprise when a bee landed on my forehead and started talking to my mind!
This lead to me going into the very busy hive and experiencing all sorts of adventures, as well as learning a whole lot about the way bees live and work inside their little world.
I visited other hives as well, and was even able to save a whole hive from being destroyed by ants, but that was all nothing compared to the adventure my assistant and I had during that night.
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The Bee's Story - Franz
Foreword
This work was undertaken as a means of stimulating interest in the life of bees, and in no way presents itself as an educational document or manual for beekeeping. It is purely a work of fantasy and fiction. But, if I managed to generate interest and care in honey-producing bees through this work, I would consider that I have done my part successfully, and it was all worth the effort.
I hope the reader enjoys the tale and reads it in the spirit it was written, so fantasize with me and let’s go on this journey together.
The Author.
ISBN 978 0 620 95193 7
CONTENTS
Lindy 5
Queen Bertha 7
The Co-ordinator 9
Manufacturing 13
Housekeeping 15
Construction 18
The Super 20
The Excursion 22
The Split 25
Vacating 28
Queen Sharon 31
Twist in the Tale 33
Bibliography 37
About The Author 38
LINDY
It was early in the morning and I was strolling through the dew-covered fields and under the tall trees on my way to the home apiary, and deep in thought about what I should be doing that day. I knew I had a lot to do with some of the hives that were ready to be inspected, and there were even some I might have to split, as they showed all the signs of becoming over-populated and too busy. The problem was that when they became so crowded, the bees started becoming aggressive, and they would attack you when you’re simply walking past! I suppose it’s because their brood chamber was by that time so full of honey, they automatically went into attack mode to defend their home against any honey robbers.
I had three other apiaries on neighbouring farms, which kept me busy most of the time. I really didn’t mind these daily chores and it was only when the weather was quite warm, that the bees became a bit aggressive and I had to wear my protective bee suit, complete with veiled helmet, elbow-length gloves, and rubber gumboots. I made the mistake once when I was splitting a hive, of not quite zipping the bee suit all the way up, leaving a small gap at the top, and while I was busy, with thousands of bees buzzing around me, I suddenly realised that I had one bee inside my veil! I must say, it was a scary thought that, if one bee could get in, so could many! I frantically felt all around the helmet, in case there was a tear in the mesh, and eventually, I found I had not closed the zipper all the way, rectifying the mistake immediately. I could just imagine a veil full of angry bees, with me not being able to remove it, with many thousands buzzing around my head, and if the ones that had gained entry started to sting me, I would have just had to put up with the pain, or most probably died!
And then, as I was deep in thought, out of the blue, and to my great surprise, a single bee in full flight hit me on the forehead, right between the eyes!
Now, that wasn’t really something out of the ordinary as it had happened on many occasions previously. It seems to me that bees just set their direction of travel on auto mode, then close their eyes and go for it at full speed! If one happens to be in its way, it’ll fly straight into you! Normally they just bounce off and continue on their way, but at times I think they get such a shock at flying into an obstacle, they simply go into defence mode and sting whatever or whoever they ran into! But not this time, this time it was different, very, very different.
The bee that hit me on the forehead didn’t bounce off, it simply sat on my forehead, right between my eyes, and it didn’t move. I stopped walking and waited to see what it was going to do next, ready to swipe it away if it became aggressive, but it didn’t, instead, it gave me the fright of my life!
We’ve been waiting for you,
a soft voice spoke in my head. We think it’s time for you to come with me, to learn a bit more about our way of living. My name is Lindy, by the way.
It took me quite a while to register, but somehow, I wasn’t very concerned about the voice in my head, anyway, not as surprised as one would imagine one would be, and my own thoughts simply replied, I would never have believed we could communicate through thought Lindy, or any other way!
I didn’t know what else to say, except, So why, after all these years of being a bee-keeper and working with you bees every day, do you communicate with me today?
Lindy fluttered her wings furiously at first, tickling my skin, then settled down again,