“Mommy, why are bees yellow and black?”

“I think that is a question you will have to ask God.”

Pause

“Okay, can we go call him now?”

I love that the hardworking honeybees are females and that they are usually the

only bees people see. The females gather food, create and protect the hive, clean, and

circulate the air by flapping their wings inside the hive. The Queen’s job is to simply lay

the eggs for the next generation of workers.

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