The Agrinautica

   There was a major lull in the bee business for a few weeks up until about two weeks ago. A dry spell in Spring caused the local colonies not to reproduce at the usual rate and so we only got a few calls a day for awhile. As we sat around the office we consoled ourselves saying that as bad as it was for us, it had to be worse for our competitors (since we have more contracts than anyone else and are generally more established).
   Now the season's picked up again, but it looks like our competitors all laid off their bee people (a lot of them are pest control companies that do other things), or critically reduced their staff. We've gotten a number of calls lately where people mentioned that none of the other companies said they could work them in.
   Yesterday Ryan the Elder & I went for lunch at the Lamppost Pizza by my house. It turns out the general manager there is the (former) bee guy from OC Pest Control!
   OC Pest Control, for that matter, keeps driving past the front of our garage even thtough they have no reason to go that way (we're in the back corner of a building). I think they're trying to see how busy we are to decide if they need a new bee guy.


   In other news, despite earlier statements that "the best way to celebrate labour day is to labour!" Boss Dave has given me Monday off, so I have a rare two day weekend!!
   Kristy moved in down in San Diego today, so I'm a gonna head down there.