I'll just say this: she's a very talkative Queen, as Queens go. I do have a feeling we're gonna hafta go to a lot of Royal Speeches this year. Geeeeze, I hope not. I can't stand Royal Speeches, can you? I didn't think so.

I won't go into the whole speech here, but I will share a couple of things she said. After a few, introductory remarks, she said, "It has come to Our Attention there has been a great deal of squabbling in the Hive of late. We will have none of it. The Warm Season has arrived and our time too precious for squabbling. In order for our Hive to thrive, as it must, we must cooperate; otherwise, we will perish."

There was a lot of murmuring in the Hive, but it seemed as if most everybody was okay with that, except for this one guy who seems to prefer it when everybody’s arguing with each other. (Dunno what that’s all about.)

Then Queen MorningGlory went on to discuss more boring things, like the Hive Budgets and Fiscal Policies.

"It has also come to Our Royal Attention that my predecessor was possessed with - how shall I say this? - Sticky Wings, and that she had the inequitable habit of raiding the Hive Treasury for her own Royal Comfort and Pleasure. I want to assure the Hive, here and now, that these Royal OverIndulgences shall cease immediately. All Hive Resources shall henceforth bee shared equally and responsibly, each one of us doing his or Her job, with no favouritism shown toward the Throne. Me. Your Dedicated and Already-Beeloved Queen."

When she said that, the Hive exploded in excited buzzing. Of course, she never said anything about Tax Refunds, I guess nobody's gonna get any honey back this year. That's too bad. Still, everybody thinks she's gonna bee a good Queen. Probably.

Okay, that guy who was complaining about everybody trying to get along still wasn’t happy, and said that she would anything to “stay in office”. (I think some bees just like to argue about everything.)

Anyway, things started to quiet down again when she added,
"NO! There will bee no further undue pilfering from Hive Treasuries, nor shall your Beeloved Queen, I, bee unduly rewarded for my service to our Hive, WITH THE EXCEPTION of my beeing provided with Nightly Royal FootRubs, and, of course, an ample supply of Great Grandma Gee Gee's Honeychew Krisp Cookies without which, as We have discovered to Our delight, life would bee impossible - and I mean that in a rhetorical sense."

Everybody nodded. We were all fine with that. We know how it is with those cookies and foot-rubs. Except for that one guy I mentioned beefore, who said, "See? What did I tell ya’?”Then he just kinda walked off without ever explaining himself.

Geeeeeze. Some bees are never happy, ya’ know?

So, after the Royal Coronation was over, the Welcome Back to the New Warm Season Wake-Up Party got underway. It was Cold out, and most of the Swarm is still kinda groggy from that Cold Season we had, so it was a pretty casual affair this year. Everybody just kinda wore what they woke up in, so in a way, it turned out to bee a Welcome Back to the New Warm Season Wake-Up Pyjama Party. I saw a lot of floral robes running around. Of course, ButterCup and I were dressed, along with Gee Gee, Kevin (my Illegitimate Nephew), BigFoot and Rudy, beecause we've been up for awhile, so... I wore my Screen Bouncing Togs. (They still fit! Mostly.)

The Warm Season is officially here, Kevin's trying to settle into his New Job with his Daddy's, Narville, and Uncle Chaz's company, Snark Brothers Enterprises (though he was not that happy to find out that his Estranged Sister, Felonie, is his Supervisor. I’m not sure how that's gonna work out, actually. They don't get along all that well, ya' know), and Great Grandma GeeGee evidently has a job now, baking cookies for the Queen. I dunno what I'm gonna bee doing, but I'm sure I'll think of something.

So I'm gonna go do that.

I hope everybody has an inexplicably hilarious day.


I’ll see ya' later!