Page 90 - Dark Matter:Women Witnessing Issue2

Currently, all of our colonies are endangered and at risk of collapsing. Insecticides. We are all at risk

together. We’ll have to collaborate with humans to save all our communities. I know I speak bluntly. No

time left for imprecision: it is better to speak blunt truth than to play nice. You pay a price either way,

bee or person.

A swarm of us isn't necessarily a hostile force. Most often, we are either acting in legitimate self-­‐

defense or traveling together to a new location. The woman who trespassed on our well-­‐hidden hive

that day didn't know she was stepping on marked territory and wasn't prepared for our response. She

was blindly following the lead of a man who appeared to know everything about the forest. He didn’t. It