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Apr 11th, 2003 12:03 PM
Krythor About six or seven years ago a similar thing happened to me. It was Summer, so naturally my mother was out the back sunbathing. She opened her eyes, looked up and saw a blurry cloud of yellow and black. They practically took over both conifer bushes, and the beeman came in to take them away. The queen bee was attracted to her perfume, and the rest of the swarm followed.

I like bees; they're the cool, flying ants. Organized, useful and deadly. I mean.. c'mon. If I could be any bug, it would be a bee.
Apr 11th, 2003 08:10 AM
DiRt GuY
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Finally a thread that was fun and taught me something!

You have to bee on your toes.

[HA!]
Apr 9th, 2003 12:11 PM
whoreable Honey is very kick ass.

I only got stung by a bee once. and I was on a waverunner at the time.
Apr 9th, 2003 12:05 PM
sadie even considering the honey, bees are my least favorite things.
one time, i got stung on my pinky, and it swelled up so much it felt like it was gonna pop off my hand--it was stretched as far as it could go to the side.
stupid bees.
Apr 9th, 2003 11:41 AM
Esuohlim If it weren't for the honey, I'd hate bees more than anything else.
Apr 9th, 2003 11:34 AM
whoreable Finally a thread that was fun and taught me something!
Apr 9th, 2003 12:46 AM
Les Waste I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT DANCE!!
Apr 8th, 2003 11:57 PM
mburbank The bees are following a new queen and will not make a hive until she's mated and settled. It's a cluster of bees, the start of a new hive community. Ths happens when a previous hive exceeds it's popuation density and a second queen is born.

Incidentally, this is how the Bee Beard trick works, and how domestic bee keepers start new hives. The new queen is placed in a box, and about half the hive will follow her and settle wherever she settles. It's scary but they're fairly docile creatures in this state.

It takes a full year to produce enough honey for a human to harvest.

also? They communicate the location of nectar to each other by dancing.

We keep bees at the Museum of Science.

On the downside, the jerkoff at animal control had no way of knowing if this bee swarm was making it's final stop and should have just told you to sit tight for a few hours and see if they were still there, which is just what you did.
Apr 8th, 2003 09:45 AM
Captain Robo Didn't you see that episode of National Geographic?
Apr 8th, 2003 09:00 AM
slavemason Fat Satan's suggestion helped me laugh through my fear of bees. Thanks Satan.
Apr 8th, 2003 08:27 AM
Blackjack Hah-HAH! Killer Bee Invasion!!!

Hey McClain, I thought bees didn't kill smokers?
Apr 8th, 2003 07:32 AM
FS Nest time bees amass in your backyard, just give your neighbor's children cigarettes.
Apr 8th, 2003 06:51 AM
davinxtk If we poke Wiffles with a sharp stick, will it get the picture and leave us alone forever?
Apr 8th, 2003 06:37 AM
Professor Cool Wiifles,

Poke the hive with a really sharp stick, then they'll get the picture and leave you alone forever!
Apr 8th, 2003 05:36 AM
Wiffles Bees scare me >_<
Apr 8th, 2003 03:19 AM
James MCCLAIN IS JUST LIKE CANDYMAN, EXCEPT BLACK
Apr 8th, 2003 01:09 AM
sadie someone should read the whole thread.
Apr 8th, 2003 12:46 AM
Mockery DAMNIT
Apr 8th, 2003 12:44 AM
McClain
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From my limited understanding, they didn't actually create a hive. It was more of a coagulation of bees forming on a branch. I read that bees will follow the queen bee anywhere she goes. If she flies to a tree branch and lands, they will encompass her as a posture of protection.
Chance put her on the tree in my back yard. I guess she got bored and left. Her drones followed, thus ending my legacy as the largest bee cultivator of the 1500 block Murphy Canyon Housing District.

And no... No honey. No nothing. Fuckin' bees.
Apr 8th, 2003 12:37 AM
Les Waste They make new hives all the time. There's hundreds of those little bastards. Considering all they do is spit on leaves and stick them together, at a non-stop pace, it shouldn't be too hard to build a new hive every few minutes.

If they did leave the hive and I'm not just spewing out o' my ass, you should take it and put it in someone's mailbox. I don't know why, it just seems like a good plan.

Did you get any honey? Did the bees leave you honey? Honey for their new human master? Honey?
Apr 8th, 2003 12:34 AM
noob3 That's what I just asked
Apr 8th, 2003 12:31 AM
Jeanette X But...what about the hive? Did they just abandon it?
Apr 8th, 2003 12:25 AM
noob3 Do they just carry the hive around?
Apr 7th, 2003 11:35 PM
Tropical what are they up to now???
Apr 7th, 2003 11:20 PM
McClain
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The people didn't show up, so my wife encouraged me to call them again. I picked up the phone, dialed the number and walked toward the back door to check up on my fuzzy little friends. When I looked, they were gone. GONE. I mean, within a span of three or four seconds they had completely disappeared. Not a single buzz in the air.
The guy on the phone was right. They were in transit. Holy shit that was bizarre.
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