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Sleepy Bees (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[–] MightyCuriosity@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

That's not sleeping. That's 69!

[–] flora_explora@beehaw.org 1 points 5 days ago

I quite often find bees sleeping in flowers in my garden. Especially inside Campanula flowers. Always so adorable to see them :)

[+] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works -18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Didn't care. If they got stingers and live too close to me, they are getting squished or poisoned without mercy.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

bro you basically have to pinch a bee to get it to sting you, they're the insect equivalent of sheep.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Not in my experience.

There have been so many yellow jackets and wasps that used to live in front of this house, and they tended to dive bomb anyone headed between the driveway and front door.

That and I got caught up in a swarm when a friend of mine stepped on a yellow jacket best when we were all about 7 or 8. I just happened to be nearby and got stung 16 times. My younger brother got hit at least 18 (they list count at that point) and he needed an epi for even though without a known allergy to bee stings. Maybe after almost 20 songs you get symptoms anyway.

Either way, I've never forgiven bees since that day and I never will. I'm not out hunting them down or anything, but if I encounter them, and it's somewhere I have regular need to go, they're getting evicted without warning with prejudice. And I will laugh while they're dying.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 66 points 1 week ago

For those wondering, this appears to be true. Most sites that say it all reference the same person, whose study doesn't seem very scientific, but I found this much more controlled study that did indeed replicate the conclusions.