Letter to Sarina: 11, O honey bees, you are the dedicated insects of this world
Vocabulary: Honey comb or hives=bees home, A normal hive consists of up to 60,000 or more bees.; Stinger = an insect that
stings, such as a bees; sting=injury caused by
the venom of
bees ; mandible= the bone of the lower jaw, function is typically to grasp, crush, or cut
the insect’s food, or to defend against predators. Propolis
= Propolis is the sticky
resinous substance that the bees collect from the buds of trees and use to seal
up cracks in the hive. Horticulture= a branch of agriculture.
O’ shy of human, for you I implant every spring flower plants
Mankind and birds are thankful for making our life pleasant
O' honey bees, you are the dedicated
insects of this world
You have a honey stomach, five
eyes and a pollen basket
You have two sets of flat and very
thin transparent wings
Your buzz is resulting from incredibly fast wings
strokes
Spiracle at thorax and abdomen are
the tiny holes to breath
Body has stinger, antennae, feathery hairs to collect pollen
A Tube-like tongue, mandible and
six legs make your body
Forward legs to clean, middle to
walk, hind to load pollen
You have very ancient highly organized family structure
As insects you have created first
female oriented kingdom
Queen, workers and drones are your
three family classes
Mankind created non-functional
several casts and classes
Queen, ruler of the family is the most reproductive female
Workers are non-reproductive females with combs on legs
Tasks of workers are defending,
feeding and nursing babies
Till recently our females had no
chance to become Soldiers
Drones are
short lived safe males, they do not have stinger
In a honey comb thousands of bees
spending peaceful life
Please teach us your art of living
together without fighting
You are one of the most
intelligent insects worth knowing
Amazed to see the hidden places
where you build the hives
O’ smarty you know tricks to repair
your hive using Propolis
O’ clever, you know the tricks to
keep home warm in winter
In spring your buzz goes from flower
to flower to get nectar
Our Horticulture depends greatly on your help in
pollination
Humans and birds will never forget
your help in agriculture
You know how to convert nectar into
healthy sweet honey
You store honey nectar in your honey
comb and we steal it
Your honey that we love to eat with
bread for our breakfast
Our doctors have found many uses of
honey for medicines
Highly beneficial for blood,
antibacterial, Arthritis and cough
Bees wax used in drugs, cosmetics,
candles, furniture polish
O’ shy of human, for you I implant
every spring flower plants
Mankind and birds are thankful for
making our life pleasant
Author:
Ramesh M. Gohil
