Thanks, y'all. I'm sure my scofflaw bees will find a more law-abiding home. I am tempted to just try to force them to swarm and see what happens. But I won't.
Eta: You did, Consuela! I was actually just remembering that.
You guys had a riot? On account of me? A real riot?
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Feb 16, 2012 10:18:57 am PST #22329 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Amy - Feb 16, 2012 10:24:47 am PST #22330 of 30001
Because books.
Thanks, lisah!
lisah - Feb 16, 2012 10:34:14 am PST #22331 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Now I feel like I accomplished something today working at home!
Toddson - Feb 16, 2012 10:37:09 am PST #22332 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
-t, how about a community garden?
edited to add: In this case, when you tell someone they've gone to live on a farm, they really have!
le nubian - Feb 16, 2012 10:47:01 am PST #22333 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
aww -t.
I love bees. I wish you would come live near me.
Fred Pete - Feb 16, 2012 10:47:28 am PST #22334 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
When I was a kid, my father kept bees. For several years, they were on land way out in the country. I don't know what arrangement he had with the owner -- I was about 5 or 6 at the time. But I remember being able to run around the area (not too close to the hives!) while my father harvested the honeycomb.
Steph L. - Feb 16, 2012 10:49:19 am PST #22335 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I'm still bemused by the fact that you can just order bees and...they come in the mail. A box of bees! It's like a Monty Python sketch.
Toddson - Feb 16, 2012 10:55:45 am PST #22336 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Or an evil plot.
Sue - Feb 16, 2012 10:56:03 am PST #22337 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Boo to the bee boohooer!
I am off for four whole days! Whee. Work has been really fraught for the last little while, so it will be a relief to be away. Of course, I am going to visit my crazy mom. Who only stopped calling me daily to see if I made it safely home from work when I told her I was coming home for the weekend. So, it won't be entirely relaxing, I fear.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 16, 2012 10:56:38 am PST #22338 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm still bemused by the fact that you can just order bees and...they come in the mail. A box of bees! It's like a Monty Python sketch.
A one... two-- A one... two... three... four...
Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be
Vis a vis, its entity. D'you see?
But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury?
Singing...
La dee dee, one two three,
Eric the half a bee.
A B C D E F G,
Eric the half a bee.
Is this wretched demi-bee,
Half-asleep upon my knee,
Some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the half a bee!
Fiddle de dum, Fiddle de dee,
Eric the half a bee.
Ho ho ho, tee hee hee,
Eric the half a bee.
I love this hive, employee-ee,
Bisected accidentally,
One summer afternoon by me,
I love him carnally.
He loves him carnally,
Semi-carnally.
The end.
Cyril Connelly?
No; semi-carnally!
Oh.
Cyril Connelly.
[whistling]