Saturday's All Right For Fighting Bees

Much Better

How do you like my new picture?  See, isn't it different with green.  Today was somewhat lazy.  Saw patients in the morning. Am still concerned about the Old Mama.  She is just not bouncing back very well.  We are almost out of medicine for her.  The young girl with malaria is much better today. Cleaned some wounds and bandaged a young boys leg.  He had three round sores on this lower legs.  I think he fell over a stake that is used to tie the cattle to.  I told him to leave the bandage on for two days and then he had to wash them with water each day.  The cattle camps are just filthy. 

Bee hive on veranda

After lunch I did some wash and then set up a chair in the sun and studied.  I have stuff due on Tuesday after I get back.  It was a perfect afternoon.  A beautiful breeze.  I was in the sun about an hour then the shade of the porch covered me.  I keep thinking that I have to take advantage of the sun - I may not see it until next April.  People were coming and going.  Visitors sitting with me or with the staff, one man came and brought his sheep herd while he visited.  I think we have premium grass here.  When they were going to an area he did not want them to go to, he would sing to them and they would go to another area.  It was really something. 

The bees have started creating a hive on the corner of the veranda.  By noon it was the size of a basketball.  I tried to get into the container with the medicines but got stung.  So that was the end of that task.  We talked a lot about what we should do.  I found a surgical suit that completely covers you and has a plastic bubble hood.  I thought they should get the hive into a bucket and take it far away.  They just told me to "stay here" in the dining hall.  Off they went.  Ten minutes later I hear running and laughing.  I came out and Mawiel and Abraham had stings all over their arms.  I ran and got my tweezers and benadryl.  The hive fell down and spread all over.  We are really in trouble now.  I have no idea where it went or where all the bees are.  But I bet they are mad. 

I am going to try to put some pictures up.  I will see if it takes too much power to do.  So bear with me.