the boy is obsessed with bees

Why? We don't know. But what we do know is that Nate is obsessed with these creatures right now. He talks about them constantly, and wants to hear everybody's story from yesteryear about their stinging experiences. "Tell me the time a bee was in the pear, mom!" "Daddy, how many stings have you had?" "How do the bees make the honey?"....the list goes on and on.
He acts worried about going outside because of the fear of a BEE being out there. He sees gnats and runs inside in fear of them being bees.He isn't just worried about them, he really wants to know and learn about them. We google them on the internet. Tonight there was a bee in the front yard. With a little coaxing, he got right close to it and did some observing. Nothing bad happened. No fierce stingers came out. He actually thought the bee was kind of cool.