In article <<[log in to unmask]>, MidniteBees wrote: > I was amused by your > little tale,yes it is true,the post office is open 24 hours,365 days a > year.We are not all letter carriers,but there are people,who work many > varied jobs inside the building. I realize that now. I didn't know it then which is why I was so suprised at the late phone call. > Remember,not everyone,is a beekeeper,some > people are "allergic"to them and just plain scared.Did you educate the > postal workers in your town? I did as much as I could at the time (this happened the first year I tried keeping bees and was rather inexperienced myself) I didn't mention another postal worker who, while also scared of the bees (he kept his distance from the package) was also quite interested in the whole process. I talked with him for a while. I also apologized when I saw bees hanging on the outside. > Yes,there are bad "apples",at every company. Huh? None of the postal workers I considered "bad apples". The closest was the worker who made me go back and get them, but if there were bees on the outside I cannot fault him. Once I saw how bee packages were shipped I thought how it must be "interesting" when bee packages show up in an incoming shipment, esp. for a new worker who has never seen them before. I suppose to a few it must be an interesting diversion from a very boring job, although I'm sure others would rather handle a package with a return address of "Ted Kazynski". -Mike