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12/28/2006 03:08:09 AM · #1 |
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12/28/2006 03:17:10 AM · #2 |
| Hmmm... I must have turned into a humorless hippie because I didn't laugh and I probably would have bitch slapped him if I were there. |
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12/28/2006 03:29:59 AM · #3 |
the queen must have been at the swing, which explains why the swarm of bees keep going back there to that spot. Interesting read, but destroying that swing is vandalism, isn't it? I figured if they had waited till dark and plug that hole in the wall, the problem would have been solved with much less destruction.
Nice catch Dave! |
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12/28/2006 03:38:27 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by crayon:
the queen must have been at the swing, which explains why the swarm of bees keep going back there to that spot. Interesting read, but destroying that swing is vandalism, isn't it? I figured if they had waited till dark and plug that hole in the wall, the problem would have been solved with much less destruction. ... |
From reading a couple of pages of the thread I gathered the swing was in his sister's back yard, so I assumed it was hers. The hole in the house behind his sister's is where they came from. As reported in the thread (by someone claiming to be a former bee-keeper) the clustering happens when a new queen reaches maturity and convinces a portion of the hive to leave the old queen and go with her. They were looking to build a new hive. Plugging the hole would be a great idea as the old hive, and all the bees that didn't leave with the new queen, are likely still in there.
Originally posted by crayon:
... Nice catch Dave! |
Not my images, I just found the thread funny -- just did not expect it to excalate into bee inferno it did.
David |
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12/28/2006 06:55:35 AM · #5 |
| OMG that was hillarious! Thanks for sharing. The face on the guy running way is priceless ... haha haha ...euh oh shiiiiiiiiit. |
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12/28/2006 07:49:48 AM · #6 |
Holy Cow!!! That was so funny!!
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12/28/2006 10:45:27 AM · #7 |
| I must be getting old...I saw nothing humorous there except complete ignorance and stupidity. |
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12/28/2006 05:17:32 PM · #8 |
Actually, I found the first reply he got quite funny;
jacert posted:
What camera did you use?
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12/28/2006 05:43:24 PM · #9 |
And you guys got after me for killing 3 little old ladybugs...
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12/30/2006 09:28:31 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by DrAchoo:
And you guys got after me for killing 3 little old ladybugs... |
Don't worry doc. Your karma equation has been equalized with the 5D incident.
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12/30/2006 11:31:34 AM · #11 |
I was so disgusted that I didn't even finish looking at it. What the ignorant idiot didn't know was that he was pretty safe. When bees swarm in search of a new home they first gorge themselves, and are so full that most of them can't even bend their bodies enough to inject a stinger.
Gee, he must have felt like a real man, killing like that.... |
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12/30/2006 12:08:55 PM · #12 |
I'm no bee-hugger, and if some bees want to build a hive in the back yard where my children play they're going to be exterminated, even if I have to buy a new swing set.
I was out in the bush all alone staking mining claims once, and while blazing the trail between a couple of claim posts I got five wasp 'stings' on my arms & body after walking over a nest. I've spent many summers being chewed on by deer flies, horse flies, moose flies, black flies, mosquitos, spiders, and who knows what else. Now I don't care whether or not it's going to sting me, if it makes a buzzing noise and I can hear it, it's going to die.
My hats off to the gas-bombers, it looked like fine entertainment.
:-P
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12/30/2006 12:23:33 PM · #13 |
I used to keep bees. Complete and utter morons in that video. Had they waited 20 minutes that swarm would have left. They cant make a home out of a swing set. And on top of that when bees swarm like that they are at their most docile. They are not protecting their hive or food supply - they are just splitting from their previous hive as it got too big to support them all. Idiots!
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12/30/2006 12:30:24 PM · #14 |
I'm with Slippy on this one. A swarm of bees in the backyard where my kids play means there are going to be a lot of dead bees.
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12/30/2006 01:05:28 PM · #15 |
| It is also far enough south that they could have been Africanized. I like bugs myself (despite the ladybug killing), but I'd tend to get rid of a swarm of honeybees like that. |
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12/30/2006 05:11:25 PM · #16 |
| BWAHAHAHAHAAHAA! That was great! I'm terrified of bees, so that was awesome. Especially the huge fireball! WHOOOOSH!! |
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12/30/2006 05:28:17 PM · #17 |
| I kept waiting to see the pic of the house on fire but it never came. :( |
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12/30/2006 06:51:38 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I'm with Slippy on this one. A swarm of bees in the backyard where my kids play means there are going to be a lot of dead bees. |
The swarm of bees in my yard was a great chance to educate my kids before a beekeeper arrived to take them to a new home.
No dead bees, no stings, no fear, and two kids with a greater knowledge and appreciation of the natural world around us :) |
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12/30/2006 07:04:07 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I'm with Slippy on this one. A swarm of bees in the backyard where my kids play means there are going to be a lot of dead bees. |
The swarm of bees in my yard was a great chance to educate my kids before a beekeeper arrived to take them to a new home.
No dead bees, no stings, no fear, and two kids with a greater knowledge and appreciation of the natural world around us :) |
I'm happy for you all.
Bees = Allergic reaction = A shot with an epi pen + a trip to the hospital
I'll kill a billion bees before I expose my kid that risk.
Message edited by author 2006-12-30 19:04:45. |
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12/30/2006 08:19:50 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
The swarm of bees in my yard was a great chance to educate my kids before a beekeeper arrived to take them to a new home.
No dead bees, no stings, no fear, and two kids with a greater knowledge and appreciation of the natural world around us :) |
What about educating your kids about the usefulness of fire? ;-P |
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12/30/2006 10:15:03 PM · #21 |
I think the best part of the whole thing is the science project board used under the fire pit! Mr Wizard would be proud!
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12/30/2006 10:24:30 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
Originally posted by BeeCee:
The swarm of bees in my yard was a great chance to educate my kids before a beekeeper arrived to take them to a new home.
No dead bees, no stings, no fear, and two kids with a greater knowledge and appreciation of the natural world around us :) |
What about educating your kids about the usefulness of fire? ;-P |
Lol, I'll leave that up to the experts like you ;) |
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