Bee Whispers It was a sunny day. Too sunny. After weeks of heavy rains and storms, Meanwhile, from the hive’s point of view, the giants were approach- the droughts and heatwaves plagued the town like a curse from ing. And this time it was not one, but two of them. above. Many beekeepers worried about how this could impact their ‘GUARDS! GUARDS!’, signalled one of the bees to the others. ‘We little honey-making friends, but there was one beekeeper in particular have movement here. Code G2, I repeat, code G2.’ who grew very concerned about their future. ‘Anna, it’s so hot… I can barely stand being outside. What do you think The word spread quickly and a bee general arrived promptly to assess we should do?’ asked Bethany. the situation. ‘Not sure’, replied Anna, ‘I was thinking about starting my own little ‘Have we established the giants’ intention?’, asked the general. garden to get my little friends some food’. ‘No, sir’, replied the guard who spotted the giants in the 昀椀rst place. ‘It’s ‘Your little friends?’ not Tuesday yet. They shouldn’t be here.’ Anna stared out the kitchen window looking concerned and said, ‘I ‘Alright, let’s see what they want, but remain on high alert.’ really have to tell them…’ One of the giants leaned in as the bees stared into the white-suited ‘Tell who, about what?!’ said Bethany impatiently. creature intensely. The creature started to tell the bees all about their concerns and the bees created a long line to pass the information to ‘The bees! I have to tell the bees about the drought. It’s like a bee- the Queen as they received it. keeper’s law!’ ‘What are they saying?’, the bees in line started getting impatient as they wanted to pass information as quickly as possible. 19