Killer Bees?
We've all heard about them, right? Well, little did we know!!!
It's Tuesday morning & we are preparing to go to land & get a hotel room for the next 2 or 3 nights so we can take care of some things. The neighbor, who pulled in yesterday, was on his way over when we saw a bee downstairs & promptly killed it. When we greeted Bob, he then started telling us about a swarm of bees that made his boat their home. While he was telling us this, I noticed there were more & more bees flying around us. With towel in hand & Fernando donning the fly swatter, we commenced battle. In the meantime a panga (local boat) was coming out. I flagged them down & explained we had abejas. (bees) He said he would go tell someone & off he went back to shore. A few minutes later he & his wife showed up with a canister & spray to hose down the bees. We were lucky the queen had not set up home yet. But! Her sister had on the other boat. The hive was as big as the engine on his dingy! Big! So, off they went to the other sailboat to get the wicked bee of the south. The Owner of the boat stayed with us (chicken) with his friends killing off the bees that had made it into their salon. After what seemed to be at least 3 hours (ha!), the Mexican rescue team of husband & wife left.
Now you say, "What? Were they killer bees"? I don't know. I just thought it made for a good story headline. They looked like honey bees to both Fernando & I, but there was a lot of killing going on.