A couple years ago I rescued a yellow jacket from my basement. For the next few weeks, every time I went outside, I had one yellow jacket following me around.
Not a bee story…but cute nonetheless.
I think a good contrast to this is when my dad saved a goose he accidentally snared in his fishing line. If flew straight across mid-cast.
He had to reel it in while it honked and freaked out and and tried to bite him but after that, they were pals.
Brought its goslings to see him on subsequent visits and everything.
First good goose story I have ever heard ever
I have a dog, we got as a puppy. He’s a mutt. We named him Gus (after the mouse). His nickname became “Goose”.
Once he grew up, we noticed his white markings on the underside of his neck (the rest of him is brindle) actually looks like the silhouette of a goose.
A dog dressed up as a goose is about the best you can expect from a goose really
You rescued? Those things are pure evil. It was probably waiting to inflict the most pain.
Would it be better to say I rescued my family from a yellow jacket? Who rescued whom?
You rescued a yellow jacket??? What is wrong with you
When I was growing up, what I remember calling “yellow jackets” were small yellow and black things, smaller than a bee. When I Google yellow jacket, I get images of flying death machines with a badass livery. Maybe you have different yellow jackets? Just a guess.
Forgiven.
So, ya like Jazz?
Years ago we had a big ass yellowjacket nest above our front door. They were calm enough so I never removed them, and they kept the salesmen and soul savers the fuck away.
I was born with the bees. My father was a beekeeper and showed me and many other curious people his bees. Recently he passed away. Even his burial was bee themed and now the bees come to visit the flowers on his grave.
beehold, he’s watching over your.
Watching over your what?
Your well-beeing
That, and they’re paying their respects.
I think my level of excitement is going to be tied to the person asking me if I want to meet the bees. If it’s a nice old German lady, cool. If it’s Christoph Waltz, I’m going to be concerned.
You never really know.
Christoph Waltz is so charming though! I would totally agree to meet his bees.
Sounds like it was the bees’ knees
Not sure how many people will get this, but way back when I have Eve online a go, I made either some containers or markers (guessing markers? Cause otherwise I’d have just took the cargo but can’t recall why I had two then), but they were called the bees knees and the cat’s pajamas. For some reason I always liked those terms for something good. I’m ‘only’ in my 40s so not quite from my time lol.
Yknow that “not the bees” bit is a deleted scene. Imagine my disappointment when I watched the entire film and it wasn’t in there.
Although the scenes of him dressed as a bear made up for it. https://youtu.be/YyigAW-14w0
Please… “Dressed as a Bear punching a woman in the face.”
I was looking at some bees working near their hive when one of them decided to take a break by landing on my (closed) eye. I kept still for a while and eventually the bee went back to work.
It liked your iris.
My nextdoor neighbor has bees. I meet them all the time cause they try to come in to my yard to build a new hive lol. My neighbor will come over and talk to them and try to get them to come in to a box. She treats them like little dogs, its pretty cute. Then she gives us free honey for our trouble.
I thought bees only do that when the hive they have is not good. But I am no expert, and might be reciting some bee propaganda.
Pretty sure sometimes they just split like that when they get a new queen, one takes a bunch of bees and heads out and the other stays there.
Saw someone else sharing bees, yo, I got some bees.
The bees are happy.
I freakin’ love this! 🐝
Last week, I was walking home from the bus stop and had to dodge a dense swarm of about 50 bees.
Today, I was at home, when I suddenly heard a loud buzz from outside. The swarm was right outside my window. 🫠Did it have a gun ?
The right answer is „Ich habe schon deiner Mama meine Eier gezeigt, so warum nicht?"
Scheiß
Ich habe keine Ahnung
I’ve met the bees many times. You will get stung at least once, so make sure you’re not allergic beforehand.
Also, bees don’t hurt as much as wasps, usually. I say usually because some people are affected by the venom differently. Fun brag (for me), I knew someone who hated being stung by bees, but barely felt a thing when stung by wasps. They went around clearing wasp nests for a quick buck to fuel their alcohol addiction or a bottle of alcohol directly. Anyway, if you get stung by a bee and can’t stand the pain, you will absolutely hate being stung by a wasp.
I heard that bees were worse because they leave the venom injector in you
And then they feel so bad about it that they die.
So, like, what… it’s a vending machine?
No, the honey is on a sort of shelf outside and there’s a box for you to put the money in. You could steal the moneybox and the honey but in civilised society it doesnt happen. This system is big for eggs around where I live - spare eggs are sold on an honesty basis at the end of driveways and if you are a really good customer you should return the eggboxes for reuse.
I’ve seen videos of some of these for honey, eggs, etc. Sometimes there’s a sort of vending machine, but often if it’s rural/small town, they can just get by with the honor system: drop money into a box, grab what you paid for.
That happens in some places yes, I have seen vending machines for Strawberries, Eggs, Bread, Pizza, Factor like Meals among other things
I live out in the country with a lot of farms and yeah people do this. I’ve seen apples, peaches, firewood, and a few other “shelf stable” things.
Also bowls of ramen, live crabs, whiskey.
The first vending machine was from 1st century Rome!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vending_machine#HistoryCool!
