A Wasp is a Wasp.

A Bee is a Bee.

The difference is really

quite easy to see.

For a Wasp is more streamlined,

while we Bees are quite plump.

Wasps attack you for fun,

while we promise we wont.

Wasps are a nuisance,

they wont go away.

Once one has arrived

soon more come to stay.

Now we Bees are more gentle

we work flower beds,

to make you sweet honey,

to spread on your bread.

Some Bees are quite tiny,

but Bumbles are fat.

We like to be friendly

but it takes two to do that.

So don’t swat us or bash us,

or some other such thing.

“Cos if you do, you should know,

we also can sting!

We don’t like to do this

but we cant make you hear,

If our wings are unable

to fly through the air.

We only attack,

If there’s no other way;

for if we sting you, we die,

I’m sorry to say.

Wasps, on the other hand

sting again and again.

Which hardly seems fair,

If we get the blame.

So please check us out,

now you know who is who.

Be kind to us Bees,

we’ll be friendly to you.

 

 

David Garlick, Victoria, 1990