The Queen Bee Alone Survives
by John Burroughs
The queen bee alone survives.
You never see her playing the vagabond in the fall.
At least I never have.
She hunts out a retreat in the ground and passes the winter there,
doubtless in a torpid state,
as she stores no food against the inclement season.
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A cluster of Carniolan honey bees (Apis mellifera carnica) on a honeycomb.