Bees in a Jar!

[aggienaut]

   Earlier today I have just arrived back at the bee cave from checking on the hives at the new Bee Yard G*
   "You missed a weird call Kris!" says my boss, Dave, "someone wants me to put bees in a jar"
   "What??"
   "Some film crew. I said I'd do it for $150"
   "Bees in a jar?? WTF."
   "Yeah they're going to call back here in just a bit."

   They do indeed call back in a few minutes. Dave's talking to them about it, they need the bees for something they're shooting tomorrow (I still don't know exactly). And I get to thinking.
   "Hey Dave, you should tell them if they want someone on hand to work with the bees I'll do it for [twice my current hourly rate]" ** I say when he gets off the phone.
   "You want to to do it? I think it'll be a good thing for you to do, I told them I'd do it for $150, why don't you do it and you take the $150" says Dave.
   So I'm about to get $150 for putting bees in a jar! And possibly working with the film crew tomorrow which should be fun.

   Am presently waiting for the guy to show up. Might not do anything until tomorrow.

* Bees are doing alright. There's a lot of pincer bugs in the hives (well by a lot I mean one or two in each of several hives), so I think I might look up these critters and see what their presence tells me about the environment. Things like this can tell you things about the moisture temperature or other factors which would be otherwise undetectable to humans. Forensic beekeeping if you will.
** I'm sort on an independant contractor here (well, am paid as one) so it's not weird for me to potentially fly off and work for something else, in fact I do all the time (usually for crazy adventures)

Comments

Show Biz!

[abe-lincoln666.livejournal.com]

I wonder if they'll mention you in the film credits; something like "Bee Consultant" or "Bee Stunts"?

I don't know anything about pincer bugs relating to bees, but there used to be an urban myth that pincer bugs (AKA "earwigs") would crawl into your ear at night and tunnel their way into your brain and lay eggs inside your head.

Re: Show Biz!

[chandrielle.livejournal.com]

GAAAAH SHUT UP LALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU

Re: Show Biz!

[abe-lincoln666.livejournal.com]

Well, it's only an urban myth, but if you're still worried, you could try wearing earplugs when you sleep.

Re: Show Biz!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Haha yeah I read the wiki page about them and they mentioned the myth. Though finding them in ears HAS apparently been known to happen since they like small warm moist locations.


But yeah, all I've determined so far is their mentioned like of warm moist locations. Which means the bees are successfully keeping warm, but bees don't like moisture so if I can find out earwig's specific moisture preferences I can determine if maybe the bees are having a humidity problem. Also they like to eat small insects "like aphids" which makes me excited that maybe they'll eat the varroa mites and hive beetles that afflict bees??