Yeah, Matilda's very afraid of bees.
Oh, dear. I hope regular proximity to them at her school will help with that. That's pretty much how gardening desensitized me. In the 1990s I was all, "Bees on the flowers, ack, time to go in," and now it's more like, "Bees on the flowers, eh, time to weed a couple feet away from that action."
I read somewhere (I know, such a reliable source) that when they set up hives on school grounds, they try to arrange it so the line between the bees and their main flower sources don't cut across kids' play areas.
our merit review docs were all due Nov 1. He sent the email on Dec 31
Thinko, right?
The "guy who always says 'yes'" has resigned. Now, we thought he wanted to stay long term. No doubt because someone asked him "Guy, do you want to stay long term?" However, when later left to start his own sentence, he was able to say "I don't want to stay long term." Transitioning off this project is going to be...ugh I don't want to think about the handover. I'm going to have to watch it extra closely.
It's actually the praying mantis in the computer lab(?) that would have scared the crap out of me as a kid, and up to my mid-thirties. I've realized only recently that I could probably downgrade it now from phobia to strong dislike, but... those things just ain't right.
I nearly planted our butterfly garden plants further from the house out of worry about the bees, but it's never been a problem. The bees love the plants, and aren't interested in us at all. It makes a lovely vibrant, active sound.
Now, we thought he wanted to stay long term. No doubt because someone asked him "Guy, do you want to stay long term?"
Would be funny except for the strong urge to punch him. Ugh. But better to have someone on the team that can give a straight answer.
those things just ain't right.
They're the most fabulous bugs ever! That aren't iridescent or gigantically rhino-horned or use other species to feed their larvae from the inside out.
Anyway, awesome.
Praying mantises are so right they are blowing your minds.
I don't find there are more bees in the yard since I got the hive than there were before. Well, within a foot of the hive, yes, many bees, but outside of that I rarely see more than one or two at a time.
I was pretty old before I realized that freezing was not the only possible reaction to bees. I was never overly afraid of them, but somehow got convinced that I would accidentally flail into one's way, and that's when I would get stung. So, freeze.
I had several weird rules as a kid that I mostly just made up, although they were based on something. I just took them a little far.