One day in spring there was trouble in the hive. There was no
honey to feed the baby bees! Everyone flew around anxiously,
but there were no flowers. This was because there had been
no rain. BusyBee was a little worker bee who looked everywhere.
But, he couldn't find a single flower!
Then one sunny morning he flew over a farmer’s lands and what did he
see? You'll never guess what! Yes, a whole bed full of
flowers that the farmer's wife had carefully watered! "Yippy!"
he cried and dived into the nearest flower. BusyBee drank and
drank until his tummy was full of nectar. At last he flew back
to the hive as happy as a bee can be. When he got there, he
thought to himself, "I won't tell anyone so that I can have all the
flowers to myself!
BusyBee flew to where the queen-bee was laying eggs and chose a
honeycomb cell where a white egg lay and filled it with the honey he
had made. When he finished, he flew to the hive entrance where
his friends were waiting. When he saw how worried they were
about the lack of food, he felt bad inside. The hive needed food
and he was being very unkind. He knew that we must share what
we have with others. We need to be kind to our friends and let
them play with our toys, even our best ones.
BusyBee was very kind. He quickly told the other bees to follow
him as he flew back to the garden. What a surprise they had -
there were flowers and flowers. There were red ones, yellow ones
and every colour you could think of. The bees joyfully got to
work gathering nectar and soon the hive was buzzing with happy bees.
And there was plenty of food for all the baby bees.
BusyBee was very happy that he had been kind and shared his flowers with
all his friends. And children, you will be happy if you are kind
to other boys and girls and this will make Jesus very happy too.
God bless!