Bumblebees

ISSUE: Winter 2009, poetry | December 1, 2008

The foraging bee that doesn't make it
back to the hive

and companion warmth
fastens to a leaf.

Bumbling-bees?

Or does the nectar so distract

it forgets the cells
called home?

The lapse is a cause for concern
the entomologist reports --

because its tiny body slows to the stillness of dew.
Is that quiescence

or acquiescence?

Or simple stupidity
one always forgets a day later?

Comments

Stefani Christenot wrote on January 29, 2009, 11:09AM : Flag this comment as inappropriate

I love this poem, and the tone that is set. Very light hearted. And probably true. Bees are not very smart.
AllforUrth wrote on May 08, 2009, 06:03PM : Flag this comment as inappropriate

Thanks for such creativity in bringing attention to such a devastating issue. Hope readers read-on to learn about the connections between the use of pesticides and the demise of our earth's most important plant pollinators--the bumbling bees.