No Bee’s allowed?
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I was driving through town the other day and saw this sign sitting at the corner of a major intersection. My first thought was one of curiosity – “what does that mean?”. While continuing on my journey home I kept thinking about this sign. It wasn’t long before I had dreamed up all sorts of possible scenarios and reasons this sign might be there. One of those reasons could be something similar to a story that our family tellsabout mosquitoes.
Here in Pleasanton, California we have a mosquito abatement program through the county. We pay an extra tax assessment to have this service. Our county’s ‘mosquito patrol’ keep our canals & waterway’s free of mosquitoes. For the most part our city is free of the little pests, and if we ever see one, we are supposed to report it so the county can come an investigate where the source might be. Maybe a neglected pond, water in an outside barrel, or sometimes even a badly neglected pool. In any case, the patrol will try to find them and eradicate the lot before they breed more.
We used to do a lot of camping when my son was younger and where ever we went we of course would encounter mosquitoes. Sitting around the campfire at night with family, friends, or people we’d meet, we’ve often mentioned that where we live, there are no mosquitoes. People would ask how that was possible. We would joke that we had a big net over our city and signs on the free way exits stating “No Mosquitoes Allowed” or “Mosquitoes not welcome here”. That story always got lots of laughs!
So maybe that’s what this Bee sign is all about, maybe someone is trying to keep the bee’s out of their yard!
What do you think? What is your theory?
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