"Honey Production Made Simple" by Bob Atkinson

"Honey Production Made Simple"

(c)2010 Bob Atkinson

Honey Bee Three

took to the air

a course was set

for all of them

yet, some that course

didn't care

they had not mapped

that route through the air

it wasn't their favorite path

they didn't fly so far, so fast

the quota of honey production

wasn't a worry in their deduction

the Queen, she asked them

"please proceed

at the best possible speed"

but since they didn't

carve that route

wasn't their doing

not their fault

now,

there was a working

worker bee

who at the colony

did oversee

she looked at the errant

worker bees

and knew they didn't

the right track proceed

their work this year

wouldn't get done

and this winter

they all would starve

because of those

who took their pride

beyond their duty

and

on their own decided

which way to go,

what path to use

without research,

co-operation

or a plan to do

so the working worker bee

made a plan 
for all to see

the errant workers 
all were told

to map all 
of the most direct routes

they were to study 
charts and graphs

and search the books 
with sextants and glass

they were to ask 
those most in the know

and compare their notes 
on which way to go

every one of them

began to contribute

to the new plan
and thus  
were together banded

it was their feeling, finally

that their voices were heard

loudly and clearly

the next time

they flew a route

it followed, directly

the very best path

no longer did they
feel estranged
from inclusion
in management's game

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