Okay I need hivemind suggestions. (how apt...)

This afternoon Andi and I discovered that the hollow wooden awning above the basement access doorway seems to have honeybees coming in and out of it, in a small space between the siding and the wood of the enclosed awning.

We would like to avoid lethal methods of dislodging, then I would seal up the crack after.

Any practical/real world experience and suggestions?

Can you find out if there is a local beekeeper in your area? He/she would be able to smoke them out and move them to a better location.

ETA: You're in Minnesota, right? here is a directory of local beekeepers.

ChiKat, I used to use Milk of Magnesia as a mask, and clean it off with cooking oil - the combination of drying out my skin and then adding oil seemed to work pretty well. Also a mask made of yogurt and wheat germ (which I always liked because it was all edible) was good for the oiliness, but also kind of bleached my skin.

Not thta homemade products are necessary. Maybe extra moisturizing after your mask would help.

Oh, and JZ? I lived on Ensure, when eating was Proving Difficult.

Aside from the heartburn, she's been eating okay. I just made her a grilled cheese sandwich and she's been munching on mixed nuts. I'll make her a root beer float before I go collect Emmett.

The insurance guy just left (two hours later). He looked almost exactly as I would expect Riley to have looked like at 14. At least that is over now. Need to make dinner.

I am going stir crazy after a week of no car, three weeks of being told to just lie on the couch all day, I'd kill someone. JZ, I hope you can find a laptop to borrowe.

I find that clay masks just send the message that my pores should produce more oil. Have you tried extra moisturizing to see if that sends the "Stop now!" message?

I'm askeered of extra moisturizing. It could very well be an unfounded fear as I have no evidence that it would be a bad thing for me. After I washed of the mask on Sunday, my face was still oily, though, so that can't be good.

Also a mask made of yogurt and wheat germ (which I always liked because it was all edible) was good for the oiliness, but also kind of bleached my skin.

Hmm...this I could do and there can't be much bleaching of my skin. I'm pretty pale already.

Hey, Hec, were you responding to my post in Press?

Emily, insent.

I have stacks of stuff surrounding me that I really should do stuff with and maybe even put away, but looking at it just makes me think "hey, I could build a fort", so I'm thinking that might not happen.

At first, Lee, I read that as you were going to forgo the fort. However, upon re-read, I choose to take away that you are forgoing the putting away and now happily building your fort.

Hey, Hec, were you responding to my post in Press?

I was. Which was stupid and distracted. I just noted that I thought the Kraken was more Norse than Greek mythology.