Mind your own Bees-ness.

Back by popular demand, a highlight from last summer (July to be exact):

Okay, so a few weeks ago, Jen and I noticed that a hive of wasps were making their home on the back porch. "Who really likes wasps", we thought. They don't even pollinate flowers or make honey. So, we started discussing how we would get rid of our uninvited guests. Then a few days later, we were swinging in the porch swing when we noticed a second hive. Wahoo! Two for the price of none! Okay, so with that preface, a few days ago we decided to finally evict our guests. We decided to run the hose from the garage to the back door and spray the bee-jabbers out of them. Done and done. We sprayed them like nobody's beesness. Then the next day, we returned to see how they were doing. Yep, they were back. So, we fashioned a bee suit made from my clothes and a jacket, gloves and a machete. Yep. A machete. Jen sprayed them and sprayed them, again the bee-jabbers. And then I went out while Jen watched the skies. She would spray them out of the air with the hose while I removed the hive and smashed it (with a hammer). It was tons of fun and very scary.

Victory! Right? No! They came back again. This time, we made the bee suit and improved it with rubber bands around the wrists. We returned at the end of the day and saturated the hive with actual wasp killer. Three wasps fell dramatically to their deaths and then I ran back in the house. We have not seen them since the great spraying of 08. Indeed, they do make sprays for that. Both hives are gone and we are bee free for the time bee-ing. We send our love and hope this post finds you all well. Smile and have a bee-autiful day.

Unfortunately for us, the bees are back again this year. We might just pull out the bee suit again with further added improvements.