Just bee-tastic.
Last Wednesday I was raking up the dead leaves and the dead weeds. The dead weeds have been the only silver lining in our cloud and rain free summer to date. There was one stubborn thistle that needed pulling, so I reached down and gave it a good tug. What I didn't see in the evening twilight was the large hive of underground bees buzzing around. My efforts gained me one large thistle and one large bee sting. I'd been stung once before, when I was around 10, so I didn't get too concerned about allergies, but it still really hurt.
Saturday the buckthorn infested city land behind ours had a box elder come down. We helped another neighbor finish disposing of it. And what did I put the same bee stung hand into while moving some lumber? ANOTHER nest of ground bees. I got two pokes in the hand that time around.
I guess the dry weather is making the bees cranky too.
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Hey, I recently got stung by a bee for the first time in decades too! Mine was much easier than yours -- only one, and in the calf not the hand. (Ouch! Much sympathy.) But you may be on to something with that cranky bees thing.
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