The Bee’s Painting

by Ari Dees, Ayden Williams, Brayden Brooks, and Truman Pickens

Hi, my name is Camille the Honeybee. 

Normally when I wake up in the morning, I go to pollinator school, but this week I’m on spring break, so . . .

Today, I was flying and painting flowers and oranges. Then, in the corner of my eye, I saw a beelicious flower. I swooshed to the flower, my wings beating 200 times per second, so I could make honey and give it to humans and share like a good bee.

I painted like I just don’t care. 

I could paint my favorite place: the orange tree that I pollinate. 

It had an orange slide and swings. Monkey bars, and people were on them. I tried them and I was good at climbing them. I could see a hive in the orange tree filled with honey. I could hear birds singing. I could taste oranges and nectar. I could touch pollen on my fuzzy bee legs. 

It was so fun, I wanted to paint more. 

And there was so much to paint, so I started painting a Florida jungle. 

I smelled the jungle. It smelled like plants and animals. I heard the howl of a wolf and the bark of a fox. I saw a pitcher plant and his best friend, D.D., a banana plant. 

I PAINTED.

And as I was painting, I heard a noise behind me and then I saw a giant spider with eight legs. 

“AHHHHH!” I yelled.

The spider bit my wing but then he stopped and said, “I’m sorry I bit you!”

And I said, “I’m sorry I stung you,” because I realized I’d stung the spider when I was scared.

I said, “What’s your name?”

The spider said, “Buzzman Jr.”

The spider said, “Do you want to come over and play games?”

So we played Minecraft and Beyblades and drank orange juice together. Then there was a knock at the tree and my mom flew in with food from McBee’s. It was burgers and fries you could dip in orange honey! I was so happy I started to dance, but after we ate the food it was time for the honeybees to start their pollinating for the day. 

Buzzman Jr. was sad to go home, but was happy to have a new friend!