What's The Buzz All About?

Susanne and Scott had always prided themselves on trying to save animals' lives whether big or small, scaly or furry, icky or cuddly. They had both spent a lot of summers pulling over on the side of the road to help turtles and even snakes cross the road in times of need. They had always tried to safely place insects that had entered their home back out into their natural environment. They had rescued too many animals to count between the two of them. If they couldn't keep them, they found an alternative home for them. Recently, Susanne had noticed that there was a wasp's nest in the newspaper compartment of the mailbox. A few weeks ago, she only noticed one wasp taking up residence in the nest. Shortly thereafter, that one wasp multiplied into two, then three, and now six. When Scott was home this weekend, he tried to safely move the nest to another location. This didn't go as well as originally planned, but he thought that now that the nest was no longer in the mailbox, they would move somewhere else. Obviously, this was not the case. Susanne went to get the mail this morning and realized that she still had a few visitors. She quickly tried to open the mailbox without disturbing the peace. She was not as slick as she thought because almost immediately a couple of wasps chased her away. She made the executive decision that she would have to kill them because they weren't budging. Stubborn, little wasps! Luckily, they would have a few days to say their goodbyes. It would probably take Susanne that long to be able to go out to the store and by some spray.

Speaking of spray....Susanne's aunt recently sent her an e-mail stating that wasp spray was a great alternative to pepper spray to help ward of an attacker. Research showed that it allowed the victim to maintain his or her distance and give them an upperhand in the situation by causing the attacker temporary blindness, giving the victim enough time to run away.

Lesson of the day: You should always have wasp spray on hand!