Worker Bees

Watching the bees from a safe distance, I wondered if they were aware of the colony collapse epidemic wiping their kind off the face of the map. The architecture of their perfect honeycomb hexagon, the wax that has embalmed humanity since the beginning of history, the sweet honey that has been the sugar for both bread and beverage, all ceasing to to be manufactured one hive at a time? I have always admired the industry of bees and insects in general. Each moment is purposed, each moment filled with living and doing... always producing, they never waste a single span of precious time. All colonies collapse, all creatures expire at some point... may be the bees do know and it isn't colony collapse that they fear but rather, losing their lives by not living in the first place.