A long time ago, there was a beehive in the middle of a forest. Every
day, as worker bees do, they would go out into their fields, gather
pollen from the flowers, and bring it back to make honey.

The bees had a problem, though, because every so often an intruder would
come around, such as a bear who wanted the honey, or kids who thought
it'd be fun to throw rocks at the hive. Finally, the bees got tired of
it.  Being the intelligent bees that they are, they built an alarm
system for the hive. They built it such that one bee pulls a lever,
which triggers the alarm that the bees will hear from the fields, and
then the bees can come back to protect their home.

There was one bee who was exclusively assigned that job, and he was
aptly named the "Lever Bee." His job was to watch for potential
adversaries, and pull the lever to raise the alarm.

Now obviously, the security of the hive depends on this one Lever Bee.
So he has to be constantly ready and on the alert to be able to do his job.

And that, dear beekeepers, is why people still say, "I'm as ready as a
Lever Bee."

Tom Elliott
Chugiak, AK

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