{"id":1773,"date":"2013-07-26T13:03:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T18:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2013-07-26T13:03:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T18:03:47","slug":"danger-will-robinson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1773","title":{"rendered":"Danger, Will Robinson!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Run: \u00a0“Rest Day”<\/p>\n

I mowed today. \u00a0The Crepe Myrtles are in full bloom. \u00a0The big, fat, fuzzy bumble bees are visiting the Crepe Myrtles. \u00a0I mowed today around the Crepe Myrtles~Danger, Will Robinson!!!<\/p>\n

As I mentioned in a previous post, mowing our property takes three hours. \u00a0Two hours on a riding mower and one hour with the push mower. \u00a0Almost a full 1 1\/2 hours I am in very close proximity to stinging bees. \u00a0Being a bee keeper has its perks. \u00a0I “suit up” when around the bees (all varieties) and do not get stung. \u00a0This is a lesson I have learned the hard way.<\/p>\n

Earlier this Spring, before the Crepe Myrtles were in bloom, I got too close to my five honey bee hives. \u00a0I was stung three times by my right eye. \u00a0I was a sight! \u00a0All swollen. \u00a0It was pretty funny, really~once I got past the “ouch” factor.<\/p>\n

I decided then and there that when I got to a certain point in the mowing, I would stop and “suit up”. \u00a0I have been doing that ever since and have not been stung by the honey bees.<\/p>\n

But, dummy me, did not think about the big, fat, fuzzy, yellow and black striped bumble bees that really, really like the Crepe Myrtles. \u00a0When they began to bloom, I went zipping around them on the riding mower~Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! \u00a0Then, out they came! \u00a0I was interrupting their interlude. \u00a0I made a hasty retreat!<\/p>\n

The next time I mowed, I used the push mower to get closer to the Crepe Myrtles. \u00a0They were heavy with blossoms now and I couldn’t get close to them with the riding mower. \u00a0The bumble bees definitely did not like that because I was reaching underneath and bumping their flowers. Out they came again! \u00a0I made yet, another hasty retreat!<\/p>\n

Today (I can be taught!) \u00a0I suited up earlier and used the push mower under the Crepe Myrtles AND down by the honey bees! \u00a0Ah-Ha! \u00a0It worked. \u00a0The bees came after me but I had on, 2 pairs of jeans, three shirts, one bee jacket, veil and hat, and my leather gloves! \u00a0I was invincible!!!<\/p>\n

So, yes, when mowing around stinging insects, remember that old Television series, Lost In Space, and Robot saying, “Danger, Will Robinson” and suit up.<\/p>\n

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Today’s Run: \u00a0“Rest Day” I mowed today. \u00a0The Crepe Myrtles are in full bloom. \u00a0The big, fat, fuzzy bumble bees are visiting the Crepe Myrtles. \u00a0I mowed today around the Crepe Myrtles~Danger, Will Robinson!!! As I mentioned in a previous post, mowing our property takes three hours. \u00a0Two hours on a riding mower and one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1775,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions\/1775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}