- you mow around the dandelions in your lawn;
- when you get stung, you blame yourself and hold a quick memorial service for the bee;
- driving with a bee in the car does not distract you;
- no trip to the grocery store is complete without a twenty five pound bag of sugar;
- you let out a whoop when the weatherman announces a high pollen day in the forecast;
- you keep a bag of clover seeds in
the car and toss handfuls out of the window into vacant median strips;
- you deliberately misspell words like beeautiful and beehave, and end a conversation with bee careful;
- both the
911 Center and the post office have you on speed dial;
- you have to explain in detail when people hear that you made splits, that your Russian girls are hot, and that you have a nuc in your backyard;
- you not
only know what propolis and the waggle dance are, but you are quick to demonstrate the latter at every opportunity;
- your neighbors call to ask you to remove a yellow jackets’ nest, and are appalled when you say that you do not need
to capture and re-hive them;
- you ask your spouse if he/she will change the date of your wedding anniversary because it occurs at honey harvest time;
- you know more about the origin of your queens than you do
about the origins of your spouse;
- your first pound of honey cost $800.
Adapted from an on-line posting, author unknown.