{"id":3651,"date":"2013-03-29T10:17:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T17:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/?p=3651"},"modified":"2013-06-06T22:32:47","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T05:32:47","slug":"my-secret-super-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/home\/2013\/03\/my-secret-super-power\/","title":{"rendered":"My Secret Super Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sunflower.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3656\" title=\"sunflower\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sunflower-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sunflower-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sunflower-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sunflower-600x414.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Apparently, I have a new super power. I can talk to bees. Or at least, they seem to ADORE me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fontplugin_fontid_419_festus\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 25px;\">Just call me The Bee Whisperer.<\/p>\n<p>Lately, we&#8217;ve enjoyed warmer weather and the desert has started blooming thanks to all the rain we&#8217;ve been getting. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and all the bees are apparently my new besties.<\/p>\n<p>YIKES!<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong. I actually LOVE bees. They are such cool little creatures. But seeing a few bees mildly bumbling around on occasion and having a bee escort are two very different stories.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the deal. Everywhere I go lately, I seem to be sending out homing signals to the local honey makers because<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bees.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>me.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>everywhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been happening for weeks now and I&#8217;m finally getting over the urge to drop everything and run away screaming,<strong> &#8220;Every woman to herself!!!!!!&#8221;<\/strong> to my kids.<\/p>\n<p>Probably a good thing since I imagine most people would frown at my leaving my kids to fend for themselves against the advances of bumblebees. Or the killer African bees. Whatever.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;ve learned a few things about them.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"fontplugin_fontid_419_festus\" style=\"font-size: 25px;\">Bees like to shop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>When we arrived at a thrift store to buy some cool treasures, I got out of the car only to be surrounded by several bees. I quickly herded my kids inside and asked the shop owners if they&#8217;d had any problem with bees in the parking lot. They looked at me in surprise and said, &#8220;No.&#8221;\u00a0 But when I returned to the car, after nearly an hour inside, the bees were waiting for me! I stopped at several places that day and they were with us the whole day. Maybe they were the same bees???<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_419_festus\"><span id=\"inserted9200\" style=\"font-size: 25px;\">Bees enjoy local coffee<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nI met a friend for coffee INSIDE a local coffee shop that keeps the door open all day. As we sat there, a few bees flew in the door and passed several people to head straight for me. By this point, I was getting used to this and managed to stay calm. They buzzed around for a while and left me alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><span id=\"inserted3017\" style=\"font-size: 25px;\"><strong><span class=\"fontplugin_fontid_419_festus\">Bees want to live (and die) in my house\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, Rob was home with me after listening to me going on about how bees seem to be following me. I&#8217;m sure he was supportive but I don&#8217;t think he realized how <strong><em>much<\/em><\/strong> they like me. We didn&#8217;t have the AC on yet so we left the door open to enjoy the great weather. Within an hour, we discovered that 8-10 bees had come in the house through the open spots above the screen and were warming themselves in our front window. NOW he believes me.<\/p>\n<p>I did a little research and found that bees do have strong olfactory senses and don&#8217;t necessarily follow bright colors. In my case, I&#8217;ve worn anything from bright colors to gray and black and they still buzz along after me.<\/p>\n<p>My local beekeeping friends concur with my research. Maybe I really am sending out &#8220;bee vibes&#8221; or some kind of pheromone that attracts them. Rob loves this because he&#8217;s told me for years that it&#8217;s all the &#8220;natural&#8221; stuff I wear. Coconut oil, herbs etc. Ha!<\/p>\n<p>It seems a little crazy to say bees are following me but it&#8217;s true.<\/p>\n<p>While I was \u00a0writing this, a bee flew into the light next to me and died.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously.\u00a0Kah-razy.<\/p>\n<p>And &#8211; here he is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bees.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3655\" title=\"bees\" src=\"http:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bees-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bees-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bees-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/bees-600x416.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How sad.<\/p>\n<p>You know, I feel like I should be getting something out of my new relationship with the bees besides a start when they surround me and try to caress me with their buzzy little wings. Like some free honey or something.<\/p>\n<p>Since I&#8217;m apparently the Bee Whisperer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fontplugin_fontid_419_festus\" style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 25px;\">If only they were actually listening to me.<\/p>\n<p><em>Coming soon &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/2013\/04\/an-announcement-saying-goodbye\/\" target=\"_blank\">What I&#8217;ve been up to and why I&#8217;ve been soooo quiet!!!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.organicmamacafe.com\/2013\/04\/an-announcement-saying-goodbye\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently, I have a new super power. I can talk to bees. Or at least, they seem to ADORE me. Just call me The Bee Whisperer. 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