March 5, 2020

Location: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park, Okeechobee

We are Western Honey Bees,
If our eggs weren't fertilized, we are drones
If our eggs were fertilized, we are girls,
And if we eat royal jelly, we are queens without thrones.

Sources: UF | IFAS Featured Creatures - European Honey Bee

Photo and text © 2020 Dee Fairbanks Simpson