A hive of bees, as I've heard say,

Said to their Queen one sultry day,

"Please your Majesty's high position,

The hive is full and the weather is warm,

We rather think, with a due submission,

The time has come when we ought to swarm."

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz.

Up spake their Queen and thus spake she—

"This is a matter that rests with me,