Good morning everyone.
The Ragtag Daily Prompt for today is the word EXTINCT.
I pondered this for a moment, wondering what I could write on this topic. Lots of things have become, or are becoming, extinct. My thoughts went to a another blogger’s article I read recently, titled SAVE THE BEES. Click here to read.
They say one good way of writing poetry, especially haiku, is to contrast the very great with the very small. The universe versus one point of starlight. The person who’s just lost everything in a house fire holding the melted frame from their family photo.
This morning I thought of the major issue being discussed these days — climate change — versus the poor endangered bee. I see a certain irony in the fact that while folks are worried about our extinction due to global climate changes, the loss of this little insect will pose a grave danger to our planet, if the research that prompted Sue’s article is correct.
Yes, it’s sadly ironic that, in order to produce more food, many growers are inadvertently poisoning the very thing that helps them produce the food.
Christine's Collection 
They are under-appreciated little creatures which we exploit in our desire for honey. Beware or bee gone!
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We take a lot of little things for granted, I’m afraid. But at least taking their honey doesn’t kill the bee. Here on the prairies the bees have been abandoning their hives in winter and freezing, and I think the latest research blames this on some farm chemical that disorients them. Gardeners and growers will be doing a lot of hand-pollinating in years to come.
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My daughter is strictly vegan and honey is one of the things she misses most!
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Well, I don’t know what nectar your bees gather over there, but here in SK our honey is an extract of clover or alfalfa. 🙂
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That sounds gorgeous!
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And that just about sums it up.
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Unfortunately. Well, hand-pollinating is labor-intensive, so there’ll be work for all in the orchards. Thanks for your comment.
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🙂
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I was just reading the other day that demand for almond milk is affecting the bee population badly. Yoi can read anout it here. https://www.bustle.com/p/does-almond-milk-kill-bees-19781975
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