Beekeeping Demo at Tower Hill

Dearly beloved, we gather today
   as much sweetness as we may,
extracting the amber-hexagon trays
   from stacked white boxes.
There they are: architects, nurses, nannies,
   dancers, guards and undertakers:
kneading the meadow’s bouquets into bee’s bread,
   honey in with pollen, filling the coffers.
Seal all under gold wax. Ambrosia before dying.