Henry the Honeybee Has a Problem
Mick Kilburn
- Although,
- of
- course,
- honeybees
- can’t
- sneeze
- with
- their
- rudimentary
- respiratory
- system,
- the
- story
- of
- Henry
- and
- his
- struggle
- with
- adversity
- was
- motivated
- by
- two
- reasons
- and
- the
- hopes
- of
- solving
- these
- problems,
- and
- overcoming
- adversity.
The
- first
- reason
- was
- that
- I
- hope
- it
- helps
- provoke
- thought
- on
- the
- ecological
- causes
- that
- are
- really
- troubling
- our
- honeybees,
- such
- as
- hive
- collapse,
- which
- has
- devastated
- bee
- hives
- around
- the
- world
- for
- a
- number
- of
- years,
- and
- continues
- to
- be
- researched,
- whether
- it’s
- caused
- by
- organisms,
- pesticide
- toxicity,
- or
- other
- undiscovered
- causes.
- And
- now,
- more
- recently,
- honeybees
- are
- plagued
- by
- the
- monster
- murder
- hornets
- from
- Japan
- that
- are
- able
- to
- quickly
- kill
- a
- hive
- when
- left
- unchecked.
- Hopefully,
- this
- story
- will
- help
- to
- focus
- interest
- in
- solving
- these
- problems.
The
- second
- reason
- I
- wrote
- this
- story,
- really
- was
- not
- as
- a
- mandate
- to
- wear
- masks,
- and
- is
- much
- less
- a
- mandate
- than
- an
- encouragement
- for
- young
- children
- who
- might
- be
- struggling
- with
- an
- illness,
- an
- immune
- deficient
- disorder,
- or
- facing
- the
- side
- effects
- of
- chemotherapy,
- to
- see
- Henry
- the
- Honeybee
- as
- a
- mascot,
- of
- sorts,
- a
- buddy,
- and
- a
- support
- for
- them
- to
- identify
- with,
- and
- feel
- they
- are
- not
- alone
- in
- their
- struggle
- to
- deal
- with adversity.
