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serene ([personal profile] serene) wrote2007-04-10 12:05 pm

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Why the bees aren't swarming any more.

(Don't click if you don't like bees.)

[identity profile] bastette-joyce.livejournal.com 2007-04-10 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Those were cool pictures, but they didn't really explain why the bees aren't swarming anymore.

One thing I read is that bees are not at all dangerous when they're swarming. In fact, they're kind of woozy and slow-moving at that time. It's a good time to capture them, if that's what you (or a beekeeper) wanted to do.

I have a moderate phobia of bees, but I also like them, which is a bit weird. The upshot is that I like pictures of them and I think they're interesting. They're also our friends, environmentally, and I associate them with nice stuff like flowers and fruit.

But if one buzzes around my head, I get all stupid and start waving them away and doing bee-seizure dances which, I know, I know, only increases my risk of getting stung - but who says it's rational behavior?