Spring Haiku
Spring sun warms the hive
Queen Uma’s bees are flying
My heart is hopeful
Winter took its toll
Queen Xanthe is here no more
Cold silent bee hive
Green buds unfolding
Promise of flowers growing
Bees will come again.
A garden apiary in Whittlesford, Cambridge, UK - honey bees and their beekeeper Hilary van der Hoff.
Spring sun warms the hive
Queen Uma’s bees are flying
My heart is hopeful
Winter took its toll
Queen Xanthe is here no more
Cold silent bee hive
Green buds unfolding
Promise of flowers growing
Bees will come again.
The bees that came in from the cold.
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Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
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