Part I - Demonstrating Bees Disappear!

22 January 2015

  
            On April 9, 2009, White House secret service agents saw what they thought was a gust of wind.  They could see the gust because it looked like it had picked up some dust and debris as it swirled toward the White House.  But as the “wind” got closer, the agents realized that it was nothing less than a possible aerial assault by . . . a swarm of honeybees.

            What were the bees doing there?  No one was sure.  Were they assembling peaceably seeking to “redress their grievances” or did they have other, more sinister, plans? 

            Then, in a strange foreshadowing of the tactics used in future demonstrations, the bees made their move and “occupied” a bush between the Northwest security gate and the press area.  The secret service was reduced to warning visiting journalists to avoid the would-bee demonstrators.  White House security was apparently powerless to deal with the bold, surprise assault by the swarm of demonstrating insects. 

            But appearances can be deceiving.  Unknown to the fleeing journalists and demonstrating bees, the secret service had immediately called in the super-secret “Strike Force Beta.”  A team specially trained to deal with honeybee threats to the president.

            Wearing special honeybee riot gear, the single team member soon arrived armed with special equipment for dealing with honeybee threats to national security.  His name?  Charlie Brandts.  He is the “Strike Force Beta” Team Leader whenever there is a serious honeybee crisis.  At other times, he is the White House carpenter and doubles as the beekeeper of the two hives located in Michelle Obama’s garden.

            He arrived already wearing his honeybee riot gear, a standard beekeepers screened hat and protective clothing.  He checked his equipment, a cardboard box specially manufactured by some food processing company for the shipment of canned goods to some local grocery store.

            He knew the threat.  He knew what had to be done.  In a bold move, he immediately captured the leader of the demonstrators, known only as “Queen.”  With her capture, the demonstrators’ chain of command crumbled.   

            And, then, . . . we don’t know!

            A mysterious wall of secrecy fell over the scene.  Were all of bees captured?  Did some of the bees successfully retreat, blending into the insect populations of nearby gardens and parks.  And, if captured, where were the bees taken?  Are they being detained?  Did Charlie suffer any injuries in the battle?

            There was a complete news blackout.  Mysteriously, there have been no more press reports.  Alarmed, I scanned the alternative media.  Was there any speculation about what was really happening?  None at all! 

            Nobody seemed to notice or care.

            Now, I don’t like the term “conspiracy theory” because it can minimize important information.  There are, occasionally, real conspiracies.  And, every once in while, a single person does find out something that no one else knows and gets abused when they try to tell the world about it. 

            But, there are, also, those trouble-makers who know nothing, but just like to stir things up.  They pretend a group of unrelated facts are, somehow, related.  Then, they make up, and ask, a bunch of questions without giving any hint of the answers.  Of course, I would never do anything like that just to come up with an interesting ending to this post.

            But consider this.  Just 6 days later, the Tea Party protestors descended on Washington D.C. and filled the streets in front of the White House.  Coincidence?   Ten days after Tea Party protest and 16 days after the “White House bee incident,” IMF and World Bank protesters marched through the streets of Washington. 

            Another coincidence?  I think not!

            The big question is: Whose side were the bees on?  Were these bees an advance team for the Tea Party or IMF/World Bank protesters?  Or did the bees oppose these movements and arrive at the White House to warn the President about what was coming?  Maybe the bees were looking for a staging area from which to disrupt one or both of the upcoming protests.

            But consider this.  When the bees arrived at the White House, they didn’t actually “protest,” and they didn’t actually “march.”  Instead they “occupied” a bush – a tactic reminiscent of another protest that was still far in the future.

            But surely there were no honeybees involved the Occupy Movement protests?  Guess again.  But the “Occupy Wall Street” honeybee swarm is too big a subject to include in this post.  So, it will have to wait for another post.  And that post is coming next week in “Part II” of this series!

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