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low_delta ([personal profile] low_delta) wrote2003-09-08 01:20 pm

what I learned yesterday: bees

I've always gotten along well with bees. I was only stung once before. If they buzz too close around me, I gently push them away with my hand. I don't swat at them, because I don't want to make them mad. The one time I was stung, I didn't realize it was a bee, and trapped it against my skin.

Last night, when I saw a bee near me, I tried my usual tactic. What I didn't realize was that this bee really did want to be near me, and wouldn't take no for an answer. It was angry at having its nest raked open. What I should have done was gotten the hell out of there.

Here's the lesson: stir up a bees nest, run away.

[identity profile] specificocean.livejournal.com 2003-09-08 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I alwasy heard stir up a hornet's nest. But same difference...