The other day I was sitting quietly in my office working away when I noticed a humble, bumble bee buzzing around my ceiling. A minute or two later it was followed by a flotilla of bees.
Now, I believe in the rule that you apply to snakes and thus to bees… if you don’t bother them they won’t bother you.
So I didn’t!
However, I did think it’d be a good idea to see where and why they were coming in. It was through the air conditioning unit where there was a dirty big gap that the tradesmen had forgotten to fill-in.
I put out a call to one of those trade services for somebody to help me and almost immediately had a call from a man who said he could come straight away and destroy them.
The idea of this horrified me (although I did know that it might be necessary if the bees were planning a home in the wall of my home) because of the shrinking population of bees in Australia.
I finally found an apiarist who told me these were “scout” bees looking around for a possible home but they would go away just before dusk and I could plug the hole.
Now, I might not have told you before, but I’m not much of a tradesman and plugging up holes which are entranceways for bees isn’t one of my talents.
However I carefully climbed a tall ladder and did my best with some paper, rags and packing tape.
And the varmints did disappear for a while. I congratulated myself for cutting them off at the pass.
But, the bees were somewhat perturbed by me blocking their travel plans. The next day, with bee-like persistence, they found a way through my flimsy blockage and were making hay while the sun shone (or should that be honey while the sun shone!).
So, I’m getting a tradesman friend in this evening to put a stop to their shenanigans with some of that putty like sealer that can be squeezed in the cracks.
However, I have been reminded of some great lessons by those bees that we should remember for ourselves:
One, if you don’t bother others they won’t bother you.
Two, always scout out what you’re planning to do to ensure it’s feasible.
Three, if your first plan fails, have an alternate plan.
Four, if your plan is derailed don’t shrink from having another go.
Five, persistence is omnipotent.
Six, little people can certainly win over big people.
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