Bear Guarding the Beehive

This is an allegorical tale of honeybee colony collapse, and the threat that poses to the Earth's ecosystem.

The bees are in terrible trouble.

They need a good lawyer - one who is on their side.

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful country called Oblivion.

It had everything growing in it to make its people happy and healthy: raspberries, almonds, peaches, apricots, blueberries, cranberries, lavender, thyme, irises, roses, tulips, daffodils...the list seemed endless.

But it did end, because some of the Thieves of Oblivion wanted to sell all of these wonderful things, and to force Nature to produce more and more and more of them.

These Thieves, running a corporation called BearGenics, had a conflict of interest with Nature. They tampered with the genetics of crop plants.

They never gave a thought to the fact that without honey bees, none of these plants would grow. The Thieves poisoned the plants, and in so doing, poisoned the honey bees.

That's what happens when you leave the bear guarding the beehive.