“Hurry! Hurry! Hurry up!” the Queen Bee scolded her little minions. “Work! Work! Work!” she buzzed loudly.
The Queen Bee, named Bizzy, was always rushing her worker bees to produce honey, expecting production numbers to rise more and more each season. She was a proud Queen Bee, showing off her riches to neighboring colonies. She wanted to be the best, especially in beeing.
The worker bees labored their little wings almost off. There were few breaks, as they had to fly around frequently to flowers all around, and back to the honeycomb. Work. Work. Work. That is all they knew.
Till one day a bee who worked there a long, long time, fell ill. His fellow bees buzzed around him. “Are you okay?” “What is wrong?” “Can I get you some water?” Worker bees rushed all around the ill bee, expressing much concern. When Queen Bee Bizzy saw this, she scolded them, “Hurry! Hurry! Hurry up! Work! Work! Work! Back to the honey-making!” she buzzed loudly.
But the worker bees, including a little bee named Caring, with much concern for their fellow fallen bee, ignored her even though she was the Queen, and continued to tend to their friend, bringing water and nectar. Caring, the little bee, made sure he rested well.
The Queen Bee, much upset at being ignored, threatened to close down the colony and hire other worker bees. The current worker bees, now including the ill one, who was recuperating well, decided that was okay with them. “Actually,” said one bee named Adia, we choose to replace you!”
So they kicked out Queen Bee Bizzy and installed a new Queen Bee. They chose Caring, who was always a lovely, loyal, little bee friend to others.
Thus the colony continued on, with a happier buzzing atmosphere with Queen Bee Caring. And as it turns out, their honey was the finest-tasting in the county. It was positively delightful!
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Moral of the story: Work is important, but so is one’s health. Take care of one another. The outcome will bee positive. Theresa M.
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