honey | Australian Children’s Poetry

Lately I’ve become quite the honey connoisseur,

Trying different flavours as I go from store to store.

I’ve learnt the taste and colour depends on the flower.

Stringybark is dark while Blue Gum is amber.

Worker bees forage and collect the nectar;

Caring for the queen – they will fiercely protect her.

Drone bees have no stinger and they are the males,

While females do a waggle dance by ‘talking’ with their tails.

Keep on buzzing, little bees, I’m in awe of your skill.

Lucky honey won’t expire ‘cause my shelf is now full.

It’s time for gooey sweetness on my toast and in my tea.

Then I’ll plant some garden flowers to keep the honey bees happy.

Honey Bee by Linda Davidson

Photo taken by Linda Davidson

Happy World Bee Day !!

Beetrice is all abuzz
A busy buzzing bee
Busy as a bee can be
Her home inside a tree

Shall we look and see
What she really does?
The busy bee she needs to be
Aside from all the buzz

Deep within the hive
She works her busy legs
Taking care of ‘Queenie’
While she lays more eggs

Lots of little larvae
Needing to be fed
Making sure each one has
A share of sweet bee bread

Working waxy wonders
Rooms with walls of six
Holding strong for so long
There’s no need for sticks

A fussy, clever cleaner
She keeps a spotless home
Life’s such a buzz within
Her world of honeycomb

But beware of Beetrice
Best to let her be
Show respect for her place
A home inside that tree

Should it be disturbed
The hive a bee defends
She’s got quite a sting
And so have all her friends

Lots to do in Summer
Young ones can’t get hot
Busy Beetrice fans her wings
Or else they’ll lose the lot

United with her sisters
Workers make a breeze
Cooling down bees to be
Together done with ease

Foraging for nectar
Changing it to honey
On the wing from dawn to dusk
While the days are sunny

Visiting the flowers
Beetrice never stops
She helps feed our nation
By pollinating crops

What a wonderous worker
A busy buzzing bee
Without busy Beetrice
Where would we be?

Could she understand
What bees do for us?
She’s probably too busy now
Too busy for a fuss

Busy buzzing Beetrice
Thank you for the honey
To have on buttered toast
Golden, sweet and runny!

And for tasty fruit
You work away for hours
There’s apples, pears and cherries
From pollinated flowers

We are so grateful
For treats such as these
May there always be
Busy buzzing bees!

Australian Children’s Poetry