Bees Assert Control Over Gregory Street

A handwritten CAUTION BEES sign taped to a green bench on Gregory Street — A formal warning has been posted with no estimated end date in sight.

A reader spotted a homemade sign outside a house near Gregory and Baltzell, all bearing the same warning: CAUTION BEES.

As the reader observed, “In most other neighborhoods this would be a job for an exterminator, but in ours, we adapt to their schedule.”

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