DO BEES GET TIRED?

It might seem that bees never get tired.  They never seem to stop gathering from the flowers and going back to the hive to help honey get made.  But there is a lot of work in all that.  Then a bee has to stay up with the daily details of planning where they will go.  We have to spend some time visiting with each other as well.  Friendship is very important to bees.  I guess friendship is important to everyone.  Today I got out of the hive early and headed right to a special patch of flowers near a field of corn that Farmer Tom Thimble had planted.  All the creatures of Thimblewyck seem to like to visit that field.  I did some happy visiting there today.  I flew over a peaceful stream on my way and gave a special buzz to a grove of trees near the field.  Camber, the wood sprite, is a friend to us all and he makes sure the trees near and on the farm are well taken care of.  I have been worn out learning all about the events of last winter, when a terrible flood caused the move of the whole farm to take place.  Today I just rested by flying and gathering.  I did a bit of visiting as well.  Being around friends is always a good way to rest.  I watched Farmer Tom walk behind his horses that were pulling a plow.  They do the work and he does the guiding.  Soon there will be more growing things for me to visit.  If you ever visit Thimble Farm I will give you a buzz.  I will buzz more to you later.  Delbert.

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THE CLUE THAT WARNED OF DANGER AT THIMBLE FARM

Delbert here, still doing outstanding investigative reporting.  I have really been fascinated by all the events at Thimble Farm over the last winter.  While we bees stayed in our hive great changes were taking place on the farm.  So great that the whole farm moved to another location.  I've talked about it a lot lately.  One thing I wanted to know was why the fairies knew danger was coming to the farm.  Marus, one of the main fairies, talked to me a lot about it.  There were several things they were watching, all around the countryside, not just at the farm.  But he said that one big clue was the presence of ugly and stinky, yellow grey smoke. It was later discovered that evil creatures had been doing dangerous things in the caverns under Windom Castle.  Thimble farm was very near the castle at the time.  When the fairies would smell or see that kind of smoke they would investigate.  They looked around the farm and discovered that the river that ran by the farm was blocked up with burnt trees and other debris, and about to burst forth with a big flood.  So I guess the main clue Marus and the other fairies always looked for was that awful smoke.  Bees don't like smoke that much. It makes us go to sleep.  I guess we are lucky we were up so high in that old oak that we escaped a lot of all that trouble and danger.  That is one adventure I don't mind escaping.  Well, I'm off to visit some roses.  I'll buzz at you later.