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Thursday, May 24, 2012

The Bee Budget

I'll always remember this least memorable of all budgets. Not for Bill's deadly dull delivery, nor for John Banks' idiotic rant in response, but for the bees.
I had planned to settle down to watch the televised coverage, once my morning's work at the shop was done, and was on time for Bill's stultifying 'salvo'. But there was a problem for me. About 5000 honey-bees had got there before me and had occupied my lounge and kitchen and weren't of a mind to leave in a hurry, so tempting were the full frames of honey I had sitting on the kitchen table. I had to don my bee-suit to get inside, then scoop, sweep and swish bees back into the great outdoors in sufficient numbers that it was safe for me to sit down on the couch and watch. This preparation for the viewing was many, many times more interesting than the Budget itself, so perhaps I owe the bees a 'thank you guys'. Certainly, they're welcome to the honey they did manage to get away with.
Here's a couple of shots of my visitors.




12 comments:

Suz said...

People call me crazy/stupid/brave for sky-diving (only tandem ones cos I'm a sook), but dealing with your uninvited visitors..now that's brave!

Anonymous said...

But certainly far more interesting than the budget.

Paranormal

Suz said...

Para..I spent the afternoon nursing my beloved canine daughter, which mainly involved stopping her licking a post-op wound..far more interesting!

robertguyton said...

I got stung once, through my own carelessness. I must have shifted thousands of bees and lost only the few that found themselves drowned in the honey. There are still a few crawling around on the carpet, brought out from hiding by the heat of the fire.My wife and daughter abandoned me to the task, hived off to town and aren't back yet. They're waiting for the 'all clear' :-)
Wound-licking, Suz. That can be quite comforting. I've done it a few times.

Suz said...

Poor Hollie and Robyn...bugger the thought of even one sting, having seen what it can do to my allergic son.

Jumping out of a plane's much safer ;)

robertguyton said...

What if you landed amongst a cluster of hives, Suz? What then?

Suz said...

In no particular order, I would probably:

A. Curse Murphy's fucking Law
B. Curse the Jump-Master who shoulda known better
C. Curse a God that I don't believe in
D. Not really mind, cos of the endorphins running thru my veins at that point.

robertguyton said...

You didn't curse the bees! I knew you wouldn't - you're such a softy!

Gecko said...

Pretty amazing Rob;glad it was,nt me who walked in on them,would have been abit freaked out!

robertguyton said...

Hollie was first in, and she did! There really were a LOT of bees!

Towack said...

guess you always wanted to be in the beehive, someone pass the flyspray please

robertguyton said...

First I was in the House, now I'm in the Beehive!
Take away the Capital and it becomes very ordinary though.