A high C is usually considered the limit of what a human can sing. To make a high sound, your vocal cords have to be pulled very taut, and the air needs to be controlled. (Try whistling a low note and a high note, and feel extra the tension in the high one, but imagine it all happening inside your neck.) An Eb is three whole half-steps up from a C, and much more difficult to control, so there’s a huge risk if it sounding awful. And we have to hold the note for 9 seconds!

For what it’s worth, I’ve been told by reliable sources that it’s nigh on impossible to assign liability for a bee sting. There’s no real way to prove where the bee came from… short of gomer opening up your hive, sticking their head in, and claiming attractive nuisance.

I feel dirty even having to say that.

Just out of curiosity, what makes a high e-flat any worse to sing than a high something else?

And thanks for the honey idea. I have some lemons out in the greenhouse, too. Consider it done!

Sorry to hear about your throat and the roof. I can’t do anything about your roof, but as someone who’s had to sing high E-flats for the last three days, I can tell you that honey and lemon in hot water (most people are too stingy with the honey) really does help. Soon you’ll even have your own honey.

So, just… lay off.