Here's the sonnet, freshly revised:
 
 
Mothers’  Day
I’m Mother to five hundred thousand  bees, 
With thirty thousand with me, still  alive. 
I’ve swarmed and changed my home now  twice to please 
My daughters, who thought somewhere else  we’d thrive. 
My old homes are not very far  away: 
One in a hive, the other in a  tree. 
My grandbbees come and pester us each  day: 
They try to see what food they’ll get  for free. 
I know that, now I’m getting past my  prime, 
My daughters think they’ll try to  supersede. 
They have four scattered queen cells at  this time.  
The larvae they’ll with royal jelly  feed: 
For one of them I really must make  way 
Because I know this Mother’s had her  day! 
Chris Slade, Mothers’ Day 2010. (rev  23/3/10)

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