Issue 12 Arthropoda

A Day in the Life of a Bee I’ve heard some whispers

important for the hive’s

from several reliable

development and future

incompetence as I watch the

sources that a virgin queen

survival and development.

foragers zip past and waggle

will be close to the hive

Despite how attractive this

at one another while I wait

tomorrow as she carries

all sounds, I’m not naïve

patiently for the nurse

out her nuptial flight, so all

enough to believe that

workers to come and feed

the drones within the

there’s room for

me and the other

colony will have to fly

forgiveness if I fail at the

drones. I usually try

upwards to the drone

one thing I was made for.

to comfort myself

congregation area to form

The one thing I was born

with the affirmation of

a cloud and wait for her.

for.There are merely two

my more respectable

Thousands of drones from

options that await me now:

qualities: my large eyes,

various colonies will be

I’m lucky enough to gain

extra sensitive antennae,

there as

the queen’s favour amidst

dependable flight

the swarm, mate

muscles and large

successfully and plummet

build – I may

to my blissful death or I fly

not be as

back to the hive

impressive as

overwhelmed by the

the queen, but I’ve

undeniable feeling of failure

got the worker

and shame to await my

bees beat in terms of

well

eventual expulsion from

size. One could argue

but with the competitive

the colony come autumn.

(in an attempt to demolish

nature of our gathering

Only ten to twenty of us

my confidence) that these

hanging over our heads, I

will succeed so here’s to

features are useless unless

doubt we will be able to

hoping my next day is my

utilized. However, the time

get along that well.The

last ∎

to put them to use is fast

pressure is nothing if not

approaching.

suffocating; this is finally my

chance to do something

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