Well now, I’m mostly beeyond pleased to announce that the Royal Court has finally rendered its Final Decision in the Frivolous Lawsuit, Case #553012-87Bee: “BigFoot Bee vs the Hive Beeureau of Organic Population Accounting and Possibly Inappropriate Personal Data Acquisition, Georgie A. Bee, et. al”. It was a Huge Relief that The Court decided that my Official Count for the Hive Census is Accurate, and they Certified the Final Total: 15,387.5 Bees.

The Court also thanked me for the High Degree of Thoroughness and Consideration I displayed for Counting that Half Bee (the one that was the Victim of that Murder Hornet that tried to get into the Hive that afternoon). So that was nice.

The part I don’t like about their Decision is that BigFoot Bee (who filed the Frivolous Lawsuit in the first place), and I hafta’ sit down together and work out our Differences - or Else. Seriously now, couldn’t we just let this go and move on already? I was hoping he and I could go our Separate Ways, but no. We hafta’ keep Dealing with each other on a Polite and Civil Basis. We hafta’ arrange a series of Negotiations at the Time and Place we both agree to, and keep having those Negotiations until we have Resolved our Differences. So that’s what we’re gonna do, even if we end up not Agreeing on anything. As I’m sure you probably imagine, things are very Tense beetween BigFoot and me at the moment.

Anyway, I thought about where he and I should Meet to Facilitate our Negotiations. It goes without saying that there are a whole bunch of very Limited Options to choose from. We can’t meet anywhere outside, beecause it’s simply too cold out, usually. I thought maybee we could meet at Great Grandma Gee Gee’s and Kevin’s Boot Box - they always have a good supply of her Royal HoneyChew Krisp Cookies™, but Gee Gee said, “Oh, Dear, as much I do adore your Company, I simply cannot allow your Negotiations to intrude on my very Buzzy Schedule,” then Kevin (my Illegitimate Nephew) said, “Georgie, you’re the Best Uncle in the World, and I love you, but - forget about it. I simply will not put up with that kind of Stress and Conflict in my Home. It would not bee Appropriate.” So that’s out. ButterCup’s Apartment is too small, and my place is out of the question. I don’t want BigFoot stomping around and flattening out all the carpets in my ShoeBox. So we’re left with what has to bee a Public Option, a large Indoor Space where we can go about our Negotiations without beeing overly disturbed.

BigFoot suggested that maybee we should conduct our Negotiations in the Hive Library, but that won’t do. Everybody knows you hafta’ stay Quiet in the Library, and there’s a Marginally Excellent Chance he and I may end up raising our Voices. So that also won’t work.

After careful Consideration and Discussion with BigFoot, we have now Decided that our Negotiations will bee conducted in a Back Booth at Lousy Louie’s Bar & Grille, “Home of the Bottomless Nectar Fizz”. Since we both wanna’ get this over with as soon as Possible, our first Negotiation will beegin this afternoon, just beefore Louie’s highly popular Arguably Happy Hour starts (it’s cheaper then, mostly).

So I gotta’ go get ready for that.

Let’s all bee Highly Careful out there!