Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The bee that can't be forgiven

Living near the ocean in a subtropical climate in wintermode approaching spring and warmer temparatures results in observing changes in nature.
The beach is widening as sand is being transported by the waves due to new currents.
The sun rising earlier and earlier and going down later and later.

And the insects come to life.
All winter months they have been hibernating or were not born yet, but now they are coming!

First attack was from the bees.
Already last week a queen of bees and her entourage had attached themselves to the rocks nearby.
Thousands and thousands of bees crawling on what looked like a black ball very much alive.

But yesterday they came to the Fuso Szulc.
Circling around the expedition vehicle and any person coming outside was attacked.
Getting into the hair of the humans and any opening of the clothes.
This is how the driver of the Fuso Szulc was bitten by a bee.
In a place of which the management has decided it is so intimate and private, the exact location can't be revealed to a public audience on the internet.

After the bite, immediately protection and shelter was found inside the Fuso Szulc and with a piece of cotton 85 % alcohol was gently applied.
Gently because of the particular location of the bite.

There was no other way of dealing with the bee situation than like in the film "The Birds" by the English film maker Alfred Hitchcock.
Hiding inside and hoping for the best.
That one day the bees would go away.

They did.
But now where the bee had its bite, the pain is gone to be replaced by serious itching.
Making scandalous situations and how lucky no other people are around.



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