[And then there's the other bee-lie, when Stan said he could handle a week of this. Stan probably thought he could handle a week of this.

Did he sincerely think it could be pretty much anything, but the Authority -- who Ford's sure is the one passing judgment on the bees -- didn't?]

I suspect bees show up when you say something you think is true, but the Authority doesn't.

I suggest that, for the rest of the week, you avoid any more "I'm fine"s. Clearly, someone up there disagrees.

[Eyeroll. He knows you're watching.]