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The Bees from Yonder Hills of Kade

#1 · April 17, 2015, 7:44 am

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The Bees from Yonder Hills of Kade

A Vedda honeycomb cutter's folk song, Sri Lanka

The bees from yonder hills of Kade

Suck nectar from the native flowers,

They hive and build the honeycomb,

Colony humming in constant movement.

What wonders they work in the perilous wild!

So, when you cut the empty comb,

In mindless search of missing sweets,

Why add to their labors extra pain?

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