In the little woods just behind my house I have a big wooden outdoor bath and a sauna, with lockers beside the sauna door for people to put their towels and clothes in.
That may sound great — but since the spring of 2008 I haven’t used the sauna because wild bees decided to build a nest in one of those lockers.
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