"Well, lucky for us both, I happen to know a lot about bees, so I can make up the difference." I grin and brace a foot against the bottom-most step so that I can lean up and extend a hand to shake.

"I'm Mark. Sorry if I kind of accosted you out of nowhere, there. It's just been my experience that sitting around doing nothing in this place makes a person crazy, especially at first. Feel free to tell me and my bees to fuck off, I promise I won't take it personally."