A distracted worker bee buzzes from bloom to bloom. Brushed with pollen, it rubs its hairy legs, one against the other. Zigzagging through the hot still air, it follows ancient steps coded in its fuzzy abdomen. With twitching antennae, two worker bees greet each other and fly away. This insect life strips life to its core. There is only work to be done, in a distracted kind of way. But it’s okay. No highs and lows, only this pick-up and delivery.
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Posted by sean on June 27, 2012
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wrenna
/ June 28, 2012Have you read the Slought Foundation’s Revolt of the Bees? It has an intro by Anthony Grafton.
birds fly
/ June 28, 2012No, I haven’t but I think they have revolted because they’re not pollinating my cucumbers.
wrenna
/ June 28, 2012you’ll have to get out a q-tip and do it by hand.
birds fly
/ June 29, 2012Yeah, I know, except there are no more male flowers right now.