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Courting honeybees —
blossoms consummate the past
their future assured.
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(c) 2019 Betty Hayes Albright
(From a scribble written in 1998 – rewritten into a Senryu.)
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Photo taken in 2011, on our deck.
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August 16, 2019 by Betty Hayes Albright
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Alas…unlike their human counterparts.
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Sadly, you’re right. 😔
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Beautiful! I’ve seen more bees this year but I am out in the country so perhaps that is it.
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Thanks, Renee! Glad you’re seeing lots of bees. I worry about them…. there don’t seem to be as many of them as last year. Hardly any bumbles.
Hope you’re having a good weekend!
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making the world go round…(K)
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Indeed! Thanks for reading, Kerfe. 🙂
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Love the poetry and romantic notion Betty 💛
Those bees on our flowers are coming to the end of their life cycle. Their job of bringing in the pollen and nectar to feed the next generation is only for the most dedicated and active females before they die. Consummation is only for the Queen and her drones when they impregnate her flying above the hive in the spring and early summer.
Apologies for being such a bee meister. They are fascinating creatures and often misunderstood in stories passed down to us..
Drones or male bees are only there for the queen to lay eggs. When the blossoms are over, the females kick the male drones out of the nest and hunker down around the queen to ensure survival through the winter.
There are many lessons to be learned from our bees❣️
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No apology needed, Val. It’s always good to learn something new about bees! My poem was actually about the consummation of the flower, brought about by the pollination process (after the flowers attract the bees) which assures the future of the flower, via seeds. It’s my fault that the poem isn’t more clear, and perhaps I should rewrite it.
On a metaphorical level it’s also about the consummation of past and present which spawns the future. I’m afraid that’s too obscure also. ☺️ Again, my fault. Will rewrite this someday.
At any rate, it’s so good to hear from you! Hope you’ve had a good summer. 🌞🦋
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Thank you for your kind explanation Betty. So interesting to take the flower’s perspective vs the bee’s. No fault on your part, just bias on mine. I love yours 🌼🐝🌼
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I do have a special love for bees too. Worry about them…. seems every summer there are fewer of them. We need a way to assure their future too. 🐝💛🌻
Thanks again, Val.
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Fingers crossed given some of the worrying evidence concerning decreasing bee populations.
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Yes, I worry too about all of our pollinators – plus our flora and fauna in general. (We have a stupid “leader” who is getting rid of our Endangered Species Act…. don’t get me started…. 😥 )
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No need. I’m already there. And it’s pretty crowded too.
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I love this tribute to a threatened but vital natural relationship.
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Lots of fun implied in this poem, and a pleasure to contemplate. But we must care for bees in all seriousness as they are creatures vital to a healthy Earth.
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Sharon, I totally agree with you. I’ve been very worried, as every year we’ve had fewer bees here. Honeybees, bumbles, mason bees – all of them. It upsets me that people continue to use pesticides (among other things that affect bees).
(BTW, this was originally written in 1998. Things were going downhill then but I never imagined it would get so bad. Life on earth as we know it is not assured.)
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We are awful caretakers of earth, its people, and the universe.
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Sadly so. Humanity had so much potential to become stewards and caretakers of Earth. But alas…. we’re not fulfilling that potential. There are those of us who try though. Gaia waits and watches….
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Beautiful Betty, I plant bee and butterfly friendly plants.. We planted loads of poppies along our allotment plot boarder, we had so many bees visit them and subsequently our crops, it’s a win win..
We should all be taking care of our little Bee and insect Kingdom..
Wonderful poem Betty ❤ and image.. ❤
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We do the same, Sue. We’ve found that bees love oregano and ornamental onion flowers even more than they like the annuals, so we’ve let them spread up and down the driveway. 🐝❤️
Thanks so much for your comment! ❤️
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Wonderful 🐝🌸🌺💕
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