Honey Bee - Spring Fling KidLit Contest
This year's Spring Fling Kidlit Contest asked writers to pick any spring-themed gif and write a story for children 12 and under in 150 words or less. Here's my entry, 123 words featuring two of my favorite things, honey bees and California poppies!

HONEY BEE
By Cheryl MacAller
Honey bee,
honey me,
Moving flower to flower
Striped bodies flying, flitting, gliding
Gathering by the hour
Comb and brush,
wing and hush
Their baskets fill with pollen
Bright specks of orange, white and yellow
They hear the sweetness callin’
Darting, dipping,
zooming, sipping
‘Till every flowers’ tasted
Then back to their family they fly
Without a moment wasted
Golden walls,
golden halls
Buzz welcome as they arrive
Winging, singing, with back legs swinging
Baskets emptied for the hive
Wiggle dance,
waggle trance
A map the bees are makin'
To fields of poppies, orange and sweet
With pollen for the takin’
Resting, sighing,
new bees flying
Out and home again they go
Serving their hive and sisters and queen
Helping their family grow