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[footfootfoot]

"Get lost, you fucking bee, I'll fuck you up."
(Actually a wasp, but I called it a bee to extra disrespect it.)

[plthijinx]

here is a bee story for ya! zippyt and all are flooding out while se texas is in a drought.....and yep, bee infestation.....

[DanaC]

I like bees.

[plthijinx]

yabut not in your house i bet!! we are having problems at work with them as well. they zone in on the trash cans and hover all around them. like 100 of them at a time. no bullshit. we have to move the trash can next to the pit exit just to keep them away from the customers. we also regularly spray them (fog is more like it) with an outdoor sprayer. off i think it is. doesn't keeell them, only makes them not like it and move on......

[footfootfoot]

Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee

You've got to fight the powerful bee!

[lookout123]

One of our major intersections in Phoenix had a swarm roll through it a couple weeks ago. We're talking an intersection with 3 or 4 lanes in each direction and people were getting out of their cars and running down the street because the bees had gotten into the cars. (windows, vents, i don't know)

[plthijinx]

holy shit! wow! reminds me of the movie the swarm! (and what a cast i might add!)

[Clodfobble]

So, that whole "all the bees are dying" scare, is that over? I didn't follow too closely.

[plthijinx]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

So, that whole "all the bees are dying" scare, is that over? I didn't follow too closely.

i sure hope not! sue bee honey is the bomb! back in the day they had hives on our old ranch in south texas and would give us a case every year. that stuff was great on almost everything. use it to glaze a brisket slow smoked? o.m.g. the list goes on......

[wolf]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

So, that whole "all the bees are dying" scare, is that over? I didn't follow too closely.

I have a friend who is trying to be a beekeeper that may have info on that. She started two hives last year, but they didn't make it through the winter ... it wasn't the cold that got them though, don't know if it was the mysterious bee illness or some more common fungal issue that killed the hives. She's starting over again this year.

Can I say something to an arachnid?

Dear Miss Spider,

I appreciate what you do eating other bugs and all, and I think your webs are very cool, but you do not live in the house. You live outside. You try to come into the house, and you takes your chances.

Respectfully,

wolf

[glatt]

An oldie, but a goodie. Matthias Wandel's wasp sucking machine.

[Sheldonrs]

Originally Posted by glatt

An oldie, but a goodie. Matthias Wandel's wasp sucking machine.

Is there a Jew sucking machine? Cuz i could really get into that!

[BigV]

Originally Posted by wolf

snip--
Can I say something to an arachnid?

Dear Miss Spider,

I appreciate what you do eating other bugs and all, and I think your webs are very cool, but you do not live in the house. You live outside. You try to come into the house, and you takes your chances.

Respectfully,

wolf

dear wolf

respectfully, you have me all wrong. Are you saying your house is sanctuary for the bugs? I'd eat them too, I promise. You've nothing to fear from me.

I have references:



helpfully,

I. B. Spider

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

So, that whole "all the bees are dying" scare, is that over? I didn't follow too closely.

No, the bees are still having a rough time, but... last report I got from my local bee info people is that it is mainly hitting the "professional" bees. The ones that are trucked up and down the country following crops. It seems the relatively unvaried diet is not good for them. The smaller local hives that are subsisting on varied flowers are doing somewhat better.

Don't ask me to cite, I'm all about apiaral hearsay and gossip.

[sexobon]

... The smaller local hives that are subsisting on varied flowers are doing somewhat better. ...

Jiminy Cricket, Grasshopper, that's the bee's knees!