July 7th. 2009, Felipe & the bees

My good friend Felipe Vidal, had his Friend Raul visiting him from New york City. He wanted to treat him to a special day on Biscayne Bay. So Felipe brought his 8 year old daughter Valeria along. The wind was moderate, we sailed out of the channel with Wind from the south west. Once in the bay we had up to 20 Knots of wind we had the jib and the mizzen up and the boat really went. It was really exhilarating. Couple hours later the wind just totally died and a very unusual phenomena occurred. I have been sailing for almost 30 years on different bodies of water never saw such a phenomena. A large swarm of bees surrounding the vessel and swarming on the drum of the roller furling jib.
Right in the middle of the bay. what were these bees doing here. This created some concern and excitement on the part of young Valeria. She said she will be the only one in her school who have experienced bees on the bay. Her dad Felipe got busy taking pictures and close ups of the bees.
Her is what they wrote"
" An awesome sail for an awesome day! Valeria enjoyed it too. Felipe Vidal, Miami, FL, Valeria Vidal"

"We sailed around Biscayne Bay, my first sailing trip , a blast, Awesome Captain Asaad, Thank you, Raul Ramdayal, N.Y City: