we brought the bees home tonight
a whole swarmed hive’s worth
home to my daughter’s on the high
desert in nevada we set them beside
the other hives opened the small
hole droves crawled out covered the
front where are we why are we here
gillian assures me they won’t fly off
in the dark in the morning she’ll
untape the main entrance see what
happens these are descendants of
carniolans no miticides pesticides
they’ll be survivor bees small celled
regressed the size honey bees were
before greedy breeders bred them big
I’m learning a lot about bees didn’t
know till now about propolis or the
difference between the circle dance
and waggle dance for entertainment
go read the internet bee postings
bee people are passionate about bees

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