Don't Worry...Bee Happy...

I decided to be a good wife today (I was riding the high of being completely finished with school) and save Joe from mowing the lawn. I even got really ambitious and trimmed the hedges. I noticed there were some bees buzzing around the area I needed to trim and immediately turned off the hedge trimmer.

The first thought that popped into my mind was, "Holy crap! The vibrations from the lawn mower and trimmer have stirred up a hive of killer bees!"

The next thought was, "OMG...I totally forgot what to do if I'm attacked... Was it stop drop and roll?..wait no...that's a fire.. Strip down naked and run, traversing, arms flailing at full speed? Run inside? I don't want bees in the house! I know that I should NOT jump in a pool, lake, river or stream, because they will wait for me."

I decided to err on the side of caution and go inside before I failed my own Worst Case Scenario quiz. From my initial observation, there did not appear to be a hive...the bees were just flying to and from the overhang and maybe into the rain gutter...and in my opinion they seemed disgruntled. I called Joe and told him about our guests and then had to talk him out of getting on the roof to check things out for himself. You can imagine the worst case scenarios involving Joe and killer bees that popped into my head then.

As rational thoughts came back to me I thought I shouldn't be so presumptuous as to assume that these bees were of the "killer" variety. That was so FOX News of me, I scolded myself. I started to look into bee relocation services. I could have sworn I'd seen local beekeepers on Craigslist offering to relocate bees at no cost. I must have been bored that day...

The last thing I want is to exterminate them. Who wants to carry around the weight of ending the world (even if just a little bit) on their shoulders? NOT ME!

After doing some research I found that when bees swarm, sometimes it is just for a day or two until they find the ideal location to settle and build their hive. I am crossing my fingers that we don't have squatters on our hands here figuratively and literally. That was bad...forgive me. I've decided to give them until Monday before I evict them. Gosh, I do love bees buzzing around being all busy...but they make me nervous en masse. I also found the correct answer to my Worst Case Scenario quiz. I was way off!

Joe came home from work this evening and said "they're not in the attic...they are just on the side of the house...I think I can spray them." Oh Joe..

Here they are... It seems they've come home to roost for the evening....not as angry looking as before. No, I am not crazy...this is a 300mm zoom lens!