Bee Song

Bees sing their thrumming song with wings of gauze from Lavender to Lilac. Poppies follow - cacophonies of colour. But nothing beats rare Bryony - calm, serene her soft green mantle Rich nectar, bees sip, sweet satisfaction.

In answer to the prompt Etheree by Melissa Coffey, a poem form that has one syllable on the first line, two syllables on the second line, three syllables on the third line and so on, finishing with 10 syllables on the 10th and final line.

The photograph shows a Tree Bumble bee, the only UK bee with a ginger thorax and a bright white tail. It is a recent addition to the bumble bees of the UK and has become quite a success story, bucking the trend of plummeting numbers of native bees. It is feeding at a Bryony flower, a scrambling wild plant that has pretty shaped leaves, twining tendrils and masses of small flowers in shades of soft green.