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This morning a man came to the door, introduced himself as Francisco and said he was cutting the neighbors’ lawn. The neighbors were away. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do you know about bees?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Francisco said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let me show you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d We walked over to a tree and there were two huge clumps of bees hanging from a branch.<\/p>\n
Francisco said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When I was a kid, one time I was out playing and disturbed a nest of bees and they started to come after me. We lived near a river, and the only way I could escape them was to jump in the river and come up once in a while to see if they were still there. Finally they went away. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no river around here, so I wondered if you knew who to call.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <\/p>\n
I gave him a suggestion, and before long an old man arrived with what looked like a box—an empty hive. The apiarist recruited the queen, and soon, to Francisco\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s relief, the hundreds of bees began assembling on it. By late evening, this is how it looked. <\/p>\n
Tomorrow, we hope, the beekeeper will be back to take his captives to a new home. If you think that telling you this story was an elaborate excuse to play a Duke Pearson recording from the 1960s, good guess. Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pearson (1932-1980), piano; James Spaulding, flute; Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone; Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Ron Carter, bass; Mickey Roker, drums: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sweet Honey Bee\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from the album of that name<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Bees](\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Bees-at-Conways-51514.jpg\")
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