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It is early spring. The sun shines with cold light.
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Bees testing the outside air
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A swarm of thousands of bees is in search of a new home
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The bees cluster around the queen
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A new worker bee bites through the cell cover and is born
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The hunting grounds of the worker bees
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They jostle and push, thrust and lunge among the flowers
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Across the petals, the bees hasten in endless search for food.
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They reach out of sight deep into pastel halls
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Burdened with nectar and pollen they flit to the hive
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The queen works frantically at laying her eggs
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As thousands of new bees are born, the hive is too crowded
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The mating done, they tumble from the sky
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The heat of summer fills the air and the drones drowse away their final days
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The worker bees advance on the drones, silent and menacing
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Cold days come. The bees cling together for warmth.