I WAS having football withdrawal symptoms until I realised we are only two weeks away from the World Cup.

Normally at this time of the year I am watching re-runs of some old matches. Yes, this is how I spend my spare time.

The thing I hate about this period is how everyone is trying to jump on the football bandwagon.

You speak to people who have no idea what football is, and they will try to rattle off a few names of famous players.

Companies are the worst. Just because you stick the World Cup logo on, it does not mean we like you any more.

Just play the football game and let us listen to a few pundits, and let us be.

Thankfully, some of the games are on late in the evening when I won’t be bothered by questions about team kits, and pronunciations.

But, for now, I have to make do with filling my time trying to figure out what makes a bee tick.

Recently, I discovered a few bees gathering in my compost bin at the end of my garden.

Now, my kids were quite alarmed, but I explained to them why we couldn’t really touch the nest.

Unlike wasps who we all hate with a vengeance for no other reason than they are wasps – bees are fine.

Why we look at two types of insects in such a different way is beyond me.

Having asked Google what to do, I realised that it was, in fact, best to leave the bees nest alone.

There was no need to move the bees nest, unless they were causing you an undue amount of nuisance.

Later in the summer they will die, or move on, so why bother them. These were based at the end of the garden, where we hardly ever ventured any way.

The fascination with the nest has now reached fever pitch.

We actually go and check on the bees every day.

If there was a way of laying some food, I guess I would do that too.

It is the polite thing to do I guess.