Bzz bzz. Hello! I am busy from the moment the sun peeks its golden head up from its bed to the moment the moon tells the sun it is time to sleep again. Finding flowers is my main job, and I work very hard. I use colour, scent and electrical signals to find that sweet pollen and nectar.

Like you, I have chores inside the hive, it must be kept clean of debris, and I have to make the little pots that hold the honey. Then there is processing the nectar and pollen into honey and keeping the hive warm at night.

Please don’t worry if you see me, I am so busy going about my duties for the day, but if I should come to peek at you, it may be because you are sweating. Sweat is sweet to bees, so don’t swat at me. Go about what you are doing, I may land on you to sip that sweet sweat, but I am not interested in hurting you. Oh! If you could plant some flowers for me, that would be a tremendous help. I must buzz off now and continue my work.