Bzzzz .... not quite the bees' knees!

Sometimes even the best independent bookshop in New Zealand can't deliver.  Here's an excerpt from a message to a disappointed customer:

".... We have contacted the distributors who confirm they have dispatched your book and it should have been with us today.  We then contacted the courier company, and it turns out they have had a bee infestation and are currently in the process of cleaning pollen off all of their courier parcels.  Consequently there is a day's delay in delivery."