S shows up with Q and Kil and if you didn't know, they LOVE tractors and LOVE people who drive tractors or other motorized devices.
So, there I am dumping bees from the nuc into hive #3. Forgot the smoke, so the ladies are pretty upset. But I can't stop and go find smoke. Smoking them now is not going to help the situation. I stole all their honey comb and honey and now I'm whacking the box to dump them into the new hive. So I put the nuc down on the grass and start working on the roof which was completely full, as they've built up (down) quite a bit over the last 2 weeks. Drop the tool bag beside the nuc and start using the hive tool to scrape the roof.
Delicious honey by the way. 2 clear identifiable flavors.
Then, what do I see, is The Big S, coming down the steep lawn in his big motorized lawn mower, Q and Kil cheering him on from the driveway, and I see he is mowing right to the back edge of the lawn beside the bees. This doesn't look good, I thought. As I look up I see him begin to swat bees. I look down and am covered in bees and honey. My fingers are sticking together I have so much honey on me. The hive is open and bees are everywhere as I'm still dumping the roof. The bees are angry and they don't like lawn mowers. They don't like me today either. Why is The Big S jumping off the lawn mower? Why is it still moving forward?
Oh no, the nuc is on the grass right beside the tool bag. Oh no, The Big S has bailed from the lawn mower and its heading for the nuc and tool bag. Oh no, the nuc and tools are going to get mowed. Oh no, I am now standing in front of the lawn mower in drive as it is pushing forward against me within an inch of the nuc and has already rolled over the tool bag. Oh no, I can't yell to The big S because the lawn mower is on and he won't be able to hear me.
This is how the war between the moving lawn mower and the bee keeper began. Apparently, Q and Kil found the whole episode quite amusing.
Eventually, The Big S realized that I wasn't going to let the lawn mower move an inch further as it would have ruined the tools and everything else in the bag. He didn't realize there was anything in the bag. And I, smart me, wasn't going to reach down into the mower and pull out the tools. I did think about it though.
It's hard holding back a moving lawn mower.
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