There’s a Bee in My Bonnet!

Actually there are bees in our mast making honey and lord knows what else.  Bees in masts are a common problem that you face when your boat doesn’t move much.  Here at the marina several boats have had bees over the years.

This year it is our turn.  Barnacle had them and got rid of them with poison.  Déjà Vu had them.  Then Pamela Jean had them and paid an exterminator to rid their boat of bees.  The next day the bees were swarming over the mast of Consort.  When Androsian had them Carole put a sign up with an arrow pointing to our boat, just before they poisoned their bees.

So this morning Bob from Barnacle came to inject our mast with poison.  Apparently the bees were forewarned of my intent.

This note was taped to the mast.

The Note from the Bees

I will translate.

Please! Please! Please!

Do not kill us bee bees, This is our house, we live in the mast!

Dear Queen of Dragonheart – please, accept this gift – the sugar of our bodies and do not kill us!!

Bee Kind and bee nevolent!

With love,

The Bees

Of course there was the small gift of honey setting on the deck.  Still in all I do not want the mast full of bees.

The honey for the Queen of Dragonheart

I told Bob to begin injecting the mast!

Thanks Jewels for making my day.  To bad about the bees!