Posted on 11/07/2010 7:31:43 PM PST by nickcarraway
“That is one pretty darn big nest,” said Ken Crayton, a retiree from Rochester, N.Y., showing it off in Thursday morning’s drizzle.
“Oh, my goodness,” said Joan Hayes, the homeowners association vice president, peering at the big hive. “Never seen anything like it,” her husband Bill said. The Craytons had just returned last week from spending two months in Anderson, S.C., and invited their son and daughter-in-law for dinner.
“We never noticed anything,” Crayton said. “But our son took their Jack Russell outside for a walk and said, ‘Holy jeepers! Look at the size of that nest up there!’ That’s how we discovered it.”
“As soon as I looked at it, I said, ‘Everybody back in the house,’ ” Nancy Crayton said.
The bees appear to be docile and hadn’t stung anyone as of Thursday.
Charlie Hunsicker, the county’s natural resources department director, wasn’t surprised by the hive’s size. “These are honey bees taking advantage of their surroundings — thousands of acres of mangroves and wild flowers that bloom in the fall,” he said. “That’s their main source of food.
“They’re an important part of our environment — although you might not want them right in your backyard.” Hayes said she had contacted the subdivision’s management company and the hive would be taken care of. Rather than have it exterminated, however, she had a creative solution.
“Maybe we have a way of paying our association dues now,” Hayes kidded. “We can make our own honey, call it ‘Perico Island Honey!’ ”
Oh, one of those waspy chicks.
You need to talk to him about the birds and the bees.
Yup.
She starred in a lot of 60s “B” movies.
He’d rather talk about whips and chains.
:))
Used to go to Double features and see movies like those when I was a kid (and eat Jujube's)
I still remember sitting in the isle of a packed theater stuffed with kids to watch Swiss Family Robinson.
They never bother me - sometimes they go around my head and into my hair, but very gently, as if they are saying hello.
I’d have bet money on that....:)
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