08/12/2024
When your face is so badly swollen, your iPhone won’t even recognize you……
Had a little mishap with one of my hives over the weekend. I guess the hive stand started to sink into the ground a bit, causing it to lean. And the weight of the honey in the boxes finally made the whole thing crash down onto the ground. (I had been meaning to fix that whole situation, but procrastination got the better of me) Those bees were MAD.
Mr F&F rushed to the house to get me and I immediately suited up and went down to see what I could do. I was able to reset one deep box and the super, but one of the deeps was so full of honey that I couldn’t even lift it. While trying to remove frames to lighten the load, a couple of those little buggers found their way inside my suit and right to my face. This is only three stings: one on the tip of my nose, one on my cheek, and one on my jawline. But darn, those things hurt, itch, and the swelling is so intense!
Mr F&F suited up and helped and a dear friend/neighbor/beekeeper also came and helped get things back to some semblance of order. We’ll see if this hive recovers from this trauma of having their home crash to the ground. Hoping for the best. Preparing for the worst.
In the meantime, I’ll have to start remembering some passwords so I can access all those apps that use facial recognition…lol