The Bee Movie, Walla Walla style

It’s Friday, I’ve already posted, but this is too cool to wait.

It was right after lunch when my managing editor heard about a huge swarm of bees about half a block from the newspaper office, right next to Community Bank on First Avenue.

So we all know I’m still learning with my little point-n-shoot, but I ran down there and had a blast playing bee shooter. This was the BIGGEST swarm I’ve seen in person, but it was equally fun to watch people watching bees.

The best ever was when the car with young adult men pulled up to stop light, music pouring out like a noxious cloud. The dudes were way too cool for the fools out on the street, looking up at the sky and gawking.

Finally, the driver managed to stop laughing at us long enough to see what we were staring at. His eyes grew huge, he shouted, ‘Oh, s***,” and rolled that window up so fast it nearly smoked.

Everyone watching immediately busted out, in a way unbecoming to our age.

Here’s the swarm from my view. For more, see Sunday’s U-B story by Alfred Diaz, featuring photos from our own fearless Matt Zimmerman, bee photographer extraordinaire. He’ll post much better pix on his own blog in the next few days, so be sure to look there, as well. And remember, clicking on each picture will give you bigger and clearer images. And, note to Jeremy, I’m counting this for Saturday.