Bees in the desert
It turns out that there are bees in the desert (honey bees, I mean). It also turns out that they are constantly on the lookout for water. So I stood on my little scrap of indoor-outdoor carpet to take a shower one day, and a few minute later, the carpet was ‘claimed’ by about a zillion bees. The bees were so persistent in their pursuit of water that I started doing my moisture-producing chores (such as washing dishes) several yards from my door because the bees kept flying into my rig. I don’t like bees in my rig. I like honey bees (as opposed to wasps and hornets), but not in the house. They land in various places where I don’t notice them, and then I put my hand or foot on one and it stings me. I did get stung once, but honey bee stings aren’t terribly painful so it was no big deal. Harvester ant stings are much worse. They are similar to wasp stings and hurt for hours. I discovered that I could deal with them by removing cold apples from my refrigerator and applying them to the sting for 3 or 4 hours until they stopped hurting.