Riddles from the Border Regions, 4/3/10

They trample in the garden
And they do not wipe their feet
Yet by their very carelessness
The tulips don't deplete.

This is a riddle about bees pollinating the garden.  When you think of trampling, the ramshackle image hardly brings to mind something as delicate as a bee.   That's the trickster part of this riddle.   But in their own, small-scale way, bees are in deed out there stamping about on our flowers, tracking that vital pollen all around to ensure the next generation of blooms.   Here's another good answer for this riddle: a rain storm.   Of course, rain doesn't pollinate, but the well-watered tulips won't deplete.

NEW RIDDLE:
He needs no full spectrum
To show his true stripes.
(answer: see 4/10/10 piece)