Beetle in my unopened bottle of wine!

[Innkeeper]

A couple of years ago we were staying at a fairly posh B&B in Woodstock, VT (we were affording it with the aid of a 2-4-1 coupon). At breakfast, I poured some maple syrup on my pancakes, and a bee came of the cruet with the syrup. This came out of maple syrup, not honey. Anyhow, I pushed him (didn't look like a queen) to the side of my dish and continued with the breakfast.

Well, Ms Innkeeperess came flitting by, and exclaimed, What Is That!!! I calmly explained it was a bee that came with my syrup, and that he didn't comsume too much of it, and it was no big deal. She became apoplectic. She also immediately concluded that it had to have come out of the syrup bottle, not considering that it may have been lurking in her curet. Under the circumstances I didn't even want to bring up the possibility.

A week or so later a package arrived from Vermont. In it, in a beautiful container, was 500 mls of fabulous maple syrup from the poor guy who had supplied the inn with syrup. I still think the bee was in the cruet.