The Bee's Have It

A deacon's bench has been on my porch for many years.  My husband brought it in yesterday so I would have room to stack some outgoing staging stuff.

Bing

 Last summer Carpenter Bees decided it was tasty and drilled a hole into it.  My exterminator adores lecturing on the malice of insects.  I admit I nodded off somewhere between the mating habits and destruction at maturation.  Exterminator John sprayed it after removing the batting I stuffed inside and duct tape barrier I had masterfully placed.  (Why did I think that would keep them out when they can bore through wood?) 

Mick's Exterminating

In the living room yesterday evening, I heard a buzzing extraordinaire.  There, on the window, was the largest bee I've ever seen.  I mean horror movie big.  And that sucker was ANGRY.  He whipped himself against the window over and over in a whirling dervish.   Mr. Cowboy came to my rescue with a paper towel and cradled him until released outside.

Later, I hear the same buzzzz.....zapppp....zappp into the window.  How can this bee (pun alert!)?  I saw #1 take flight.  Yep,  you got it! #2 was out of the coven ready to torment me.

Bing

Only with #2's appearance did we realized that somehow these boogers had endured the winter in  our deacon's bench.  I guess when the warm air inside hit them they decided to come out and play.

Can you imagine if that deacon's bench had been used for staging?

Just saying.....