Honey bees are inherent hoarders…

Honey…….is what they like to hoard…….their own…….as well as others…

They organize hits and raids on other bee hives…

………….it’s a bee-thing.

*****Robber Bees Explained*****(they are so mean)

The trick is to have a strong enough hive who is able to protect itself & ward off other robber bees.

They need to be able to protect their own hive along with its honey stores.

Otherwise there will be honey-loss along with the loss of life with a lot of bee-body-carnage.

…..here’s a personal suggestion for new beekeepers (which was learned the hard way)…….

…..you don’t want to happen upon a robbery-in-progress…..

…..nobody will be in a good mood…

And you guessed it…….that is exactly what happened this week…

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I check on my hives daily when I am out doing regular barn chores…

I just eye-ball the hives and walk around them…….mostly to see if there are any new/bad activities…like…new ant trails…or new animal tracks…or just to make sure the hives are still active & happy…….

…..well………….my beezles weren’t happy.

I didn’t even get a chance to get up close and personal…….

…..everything was all abuzz         (HA!  Get It?  Abuzz!)…….

…..No…….I wasn’t wearing my veil…….I wasn’t expecting ANY confrontation…….

…..I should have known by the buzzy noises…….(but remember I’m from the Walkman-era and the great Rock Band concerts)……..and there I was within dive-bombing-range…….

…..and Bob’s your Uncle…….

…..the rest is history…….

…..Uncle Bob didn’t get in my way while I ran…….

…..he lead the way…….

…..and I booked it too……..

But one, incensed booger got stuck in my hair and really delivered a whollop of a sting!!!

I’m not a screamer…….but I AM a flailer.

I wish someone had gotten it on video…

It really hurt!

I was really doing some high-speed dancing!

Even though the one sting was on the top of my head (in the divot left last spring by the flying fence-post-driver)……. *****See: Concussed & Other Safety Issues*****

…..the next day my forehead and my right eyebrow was swollen…

…..and the next day my droopy, crepe-saggy eyelid was swollen shut…

And now the swelling’s down to my cheek and jaw line…….

…..a very Quasimodo-esque, uni-lateral puffiness.

Then to add injury to insult…….I burned my already swollen forehead on the handle of a cast iron skillet that was freshly out of the oven.

I scorched & branded my forehead when I bent over to bring out another casserole………….I’m a mess…….don’t ask…

…….silly, silly me………….

Timing is everything…

…..and recently my timing’s been doo-doo…