The Remarkable Honey Bee
Out in the garden I hear honey bees
Buzzing round flowers and landing on trees
Working all day and for very long hours
Why does the honey bee love all the flowers?
They like to forage for pollen and nectar
So, you could say, they’re a tiny collector
Crawling inside as the flower heads sway
Sometimes they’ll visit 100 a day!
Nectar is sweet, and for our wee soldier
It’s what they eat when the weather gets colder
During the winter it helps them survive
That’s why the nectar is stored in the hive.
Worker bees wait for the nectar at home
Spreading it over the hive’s honeycomb
Once it is dry, then it isn’t too runny
We can enjoy it as well – yes, it’s honey!
Flowers – (like restaurants waiting for diners)
Open their doors to these little bee miners
Then as from flower to flower they fly
Some of the pollen will fall from the sky.
Sprinkled all over the plants down below
Pollen helps other new plants start to grow
Almonds and berries and plants like the clover
Benefit when the bee has come over.
Flying around like a top-dressing pilot
Collector or miner, however you style it
One thing is sure and I think you’ll agree
This is a very remarkable bee!