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Spring 2008 They had figured out by now that when I showed up, they were being harassed and felt overly abused. With all my protective gear on, I started for the heart of the hive. Somewhere in my uncovering of the box, a number of bees showed up inside my bee mask. I called to my son Scott, “See if you can find where the bees are getting in around my collar.” I heard Scott yell back, “Dad, they are attacking me!” I turned to see he was about twenty yards away. “Don’t swat at them; they just get more excited,” I called to him. He had chosen to back off some distance farther at no avail. With flying arms around his head, he yelled with a single breath, “I am out of here; you are on your own.” Bees were all over my mask and clothes by now. In my attempt to fix my mask, I exposed my wrists and raised the pant legs of my white jump suit to expose my ankles. Then the stings began to be felt under my gloves and around my ankles as well as on my face and neck. Once stung, there is a scent that is put out like a point on a radar screen for other dive-bombing bees to hit, and it was working well. I had backed off by now, hoping the bees would also, but they just kept on coming. Scott was a thousand feet in front of me on a dead run, the full five miles if needed, and swatting as he went. I was gaining ground on him fast as the stings intensified. There were bees trapped in my clothing, and I was RWAU determined to let them out of their cage or tomb whichever came first. As the bees escaped, they would attack, and so went the procedure. A quarter mile up the road, we were swatting the last of the dedicated warriors. Portions of our clothing lay strung out behind us. I had received numerous stings and was trying to remove all the stingers before all the serum was injected into my rebelling body. Scott had fared quite well, just a sting or two, which seemed normal for getting in an unwilling swarm of bees. By the time we got home, I looked like I had elephantitis. As for the beehive in the air breather box, the next day it came to a sudden and instant exit from this life. This was done in a safe process to the water system, and I regret saying in great satisfaction to myself. I found myself once again back to reality and my unconscious rubbing of my hand and wrist. I felt bad that I had to get rid of that hive so long ago; they left a permanent mark on me. Some time after all the swelling and pain left, I noticed that the hurting from my bones disappeared and the arthritic aches were gone also. Before, when the weather changed, I would hurt all over. Now, twenty years later, the effects of the bee stings still give me relief from a constant hurt that had seemed to be there all the time before. As for the pipeline and breather box, it is still there waiting for the next swarm of bees to make it their home and fortress. Over 30 Years of Experience Licensed and insured. We accept MasterCard, Visa and American Express PHONE 801-294-5290 O U T S I D E S L C & DAV I S A R E A S 801-599-9591 EMAIL jctesting@hotmail.com FAX KEN ORTON JEFF TINGEY 801-295-4165 V I C E S S E R Backflow Testing & Repair Valve Exercising Meter Testing Large & Small Fire Hydrant Testing & Repair Control Valve Maintenance & Repair Consulting The Connector 371155_jctesting.indd 1 3/17/08 11:26:19 22 369773_hansen.indd 1 AM 2/22/08 12:34:40 PM http://www.hansenallenluce.com

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The Connector - Spring 2008 Table of Contents President's Message Executive Director's Comments Letters From Readers Legislative Update RWAU Board and Staff Rural Water News Bees on the Pipeline, Jim Watts How Important are our Public Works People? Curtis Ludvigson A "What" Protection Plan? Erin Borger Meter Reading by Radio Communication, Terry Smith Advanced Distribution, Chuck Jeffs Where in Utah?

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