On the left is a black and yellow slug we saw while hiking on the Military Road Trail on Cougar Mountain. Below is a rather large bees' nest we saw hanging from the branch of a tree. One time a few years ago in a public park in Seattle we saw some kids wacking a bees nest with a stick. After that, we decided to leave.
I have an adult acquaintance who told a story at a party recently about how when he was an infant someone lost control of the stroller he was riding in and it collided with a bee hive. There were bees in his diaper and up his nose and he was stung a hundred times.
ReplyDeleteTo this day he has a power over bees, and can get them to fly out of his car just by asking.
On the subject of hornets, however, he is adamant: there is no reasoning with them.