The Official NCSBA Song:

1

I've a hive of honey bees
Nestled down among the trees
They live in peace and at ease
My thrifty, gentle honey bees.
(Chorus)

6

Long before the first snow
The drones know they soon must go
After a life lived in vain
Their last days are spent in pain.
(Chorus)

2

In spring they await the last freeze
Blossoms will soon be in the trees
And when the nectar starts to flow
My bees will get it, don't you know.
(Chorus)

7

Fall has come, summer has gone
The sweet nectar flows no more
Only the workers and queen
Will live to see the next spring.
(Chorus)

3

Then in May and weather warm
I look up and see a swarm
And high up in a tree I see
A swarm of gentle honey bees.
(Chorus)

8

When in winter's cold weather
In the hive they cluster together
And eat honey, Oh, so sweet
From it they get their only heat.
(Chorus)

4

In June still more flowers bloom
There is never time for gloom
They will gather nectar plenty soon
I super up to make more room.
(Chorus)

9

The cold nights are getting shorter
Days are now getting longer
Spring is just around the corner
Bees and their keepers start all over.
(Chorus)

5

For our work we now get our pay
We just take away the honey
Nature's purest and sweetest sweet
The loveliest food we can eat.
(Chorus)

10

Just a hive of honey bees
Nestled down among the trees
I don't want killers, please
Just some gentle honey bees.
(Chorus)