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Yes, there was a character in the 1940s called The Red Bee. Yes, he kept trained bees in pouches on his belt. Yes, they were trained. And he was a district attorney in his day job. I was invited to a costume party once with only a few hours notice and so it was that I adopted the identity of...The Phantom Bee of Burbank.