Crunch time

4/30/06 and tomorrow night is a meeting to decide whether a beekeeping ordinance will be imposed. I'd like to answer a few questions that have come up. Exhibit A: "If bees are safe, why do beekeepers wear those protective veils?" This is a stupid question, in my opinion, and only deserves a stupid answer. If someone ripped the walls of your house out of the ground and peered closely at you, wouldn't you be mad??? Bees are like that too. (Previous sentence in a Kindergarten Lady voice.) The main reason that a bee might sting is that it feels that the hive is being threatened. When the beekeeper opens a hive...hey presto! It could be perceived as a threat! And since it presumably hurts to be stung in the face, beekeepers wear veils. Veils are like fire extinguishers; you hope to never need them, but you have them just in case. And on that note, I'm off to stock up on pressurized CO2 canisters.

Yours truly,

Jezaib.