The Fear of Swarms!!!!

The sight of a swarm of bees can strike terror in the heart of a person!  The imagination can run wild of being pursued by a gazillion angry well organized insects from that swarm that can strike with precision -- the precision of a gazillion stingers headed your way.  Cartoons reinforce the image, and as much as we hate to admit it, the cartoons have imprinted on us a definite fear that we can't run fast enough from a swarm that is positioned in a tree, ready for their general to order an attack if we make one false move!

 

Yes, yes, you can tell me that you know better and the depiction cannot be entirely true, but deep down, you still cannot avoid that imprinting that occurred in your early life.  Those blasted cartoons did it to us again!  They conjured up a falsehood that is difficult to overcome with the truth.

 

So what is really happening . . .  as if you are going to believe me?  Cartoons are still more powerful and truthful than the words of a beekeeper.

 

The swarm pictured below is quite typical of what a person might encounter.  How come it is hanging there?  What really is it?  Are they getting ready to attack?  Must we call the exterminator?  Must we run for our lives or call 911?  Wow, what do we do?

The next blog will share what we need to do.  Stay tuned as the suspense builds . . .