Danger buying fruit and pastries

Summer is in full swing and bees are out in force.
Street stalls, the public market and many small shops are wide open to the street.
The other day, I went into the local bakery to buy fresh rolls (bolillos.)
There were 30 or so bees hovering over the pasteries which are all on open serve-yourself racks and flitting around the cafe area where people were enjoying their coffee and cake.
When I took my purchase up to the register I asked, "Doesn't anyone ever get stung?"
The girl answered, "No, they're all old friends, when one of them dies, we have a funeral mass," with a big smile on her face.

I guess they're so fat, satisfied and feel so unthreatened they don't care.

I ran out of fruit last night and also wanted to get some chorizo to go in an omelette with some Mennonite cheese I bought yesterday. (Mennonite cheese comes from a colony in Chihuahua that was founded in the mid 1800s when they were invited by Benito Juarez to escape persecution in the US.) It has a consistency like mozzerella but has a definite flavor. Absolute great on pizza and quesadillas, naturally.

At 9AM there was almost nobody on the streets until I got within a block of the market. Then it was still mostly vendors setting up or already open.

It was nice doing my shopping without having to climb over a bunch of pushing and shoving housewives to make my purchases. At any rate, six apples, six bananas, a pineapple and a half pound of chorizo was 60 pesos ($4.50), a good deal, I think.

The downside is that, unlike years ago, they use plastic bags now and if you are going to carry 10lbs. of stuff home, best bring a heavy duty sack or backpack. I've seen people carrying canvas sacks, but haven't seen them on sale anywhere. I guess I better ask.