Ode to the Japanese Honeybee
A poem by Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello
may victory be yours
against every venomous stinger
preying on your colonies
you require a different strategy
if you can't penetrate
then swarm and flex
trap the giant and
bake the hornet alive
to keep your honey sweet
in the wars you wage
against the murder hornet
two inches of havoc
regulated by your unique brain
the exoskeleton
those vibrating flight muscles
create enough friction
in your hot defensive bee ball
may your celsius rise