"Gary" wrote in message ...

Ophelia wrote:
> Thank you, but I don't think I have the nerve to work with bees I
> would love to but ....

My mom is very allergic to bee stings and could quickly die
without immediate attention. People like that should carry an
EpiPen thing but she doesn't.

All that said, bees (and even wasps) are very friendly.
They only sting when they feel threatened. Treat them gently
and you're safe.

Terry was changing the hives and got stung a few times but
that's only because they felt threatened.

Bees really are quite friendly creatures.

Here's a good story about that:
When my daughter was only about age 4-5, one day she was
playing outside barefoot in the yard. Many clovers there
and many bees. She stepped on a bee and it stung her.

She ran inside crying and we fixed her up. Several minutes
later, she came out of her bedroom wearing shoes and
announced that she was going back outside to stomp on all
the mean bees that she could find.

That's when I got up and explained to her that bees are
friendly. I took her outside and quickly found a honey bee
on a clover. I put my finger right next to the clover and
it started walking around on my hand.

I took a finger from other hand and gently petted it.
Daughter was freaking out. Then I convinced her to
pet it herself (very gently) and she did. She couldn't
believe that it didn't sting me.

Then I left it walking around on my hand until it finally flew
off to another clover. Good lesson for her, I thought. That
other bee only stung you because you stepped on it.

All of God's creatures should be respected and more
importantly understood. Bees are cool, imo.

Awww bless you I could never have done that)


I also used to be the chosen one to paint around wasp nests
up in the eves of a house. Nest was usually in a corner. I
refused to kill them and knock down the nest but I would
do the painting around them.

I remember a good one that was amusing (to me). Big wasp
nest right in a corner. About 100 wasps sitting on it.
I climbed the ladder and painted both sides first away
from the nest.

Last part was painting right next to and even under the
nest on both sides. That is the threatening part so I
painted in very slow motion.

So funny how the wasps reacted to that. Since I was moving
so very slow, they didn't feel threatened but they sure
watched me very closely.

No matter where my hand was, all turned to watch it.
Paint on the other side of nest and all turned to watch
my hand on that side. All 100 of them w would turn around
to watch. hehheh

No human (me) or wasps were harmed in the painting of
that house.

APPLAUSE!!! Oh boy I wish I could do that) I don't
think Terry would have any problems with that either)))

You are a brave pair)



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