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Is it true about bees?

dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
that they only sting people if they feel threatened? but then after they sting dont they die anyway?

seems kinda pointless to me

or is it a bee martyr who dies to save all the other bees?
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    It's not self-defense it's suicide. 'Oh, I feel so threatened! There's nothing left to live for!' *sting*
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  • JennytreeJennytree Posts: 5,340
    have you not seen Bee Movie?!
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  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    they have bees in scotland?
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Jennytree wrote:
    have you not seen Bee Movie?!


    no :(


    Steve Dunne wrote:
    they have bees in scotland?


    and Steve.. yes of course my hard rockin amigo

    they wear wee black and yellow stripey jumpers because its cold though...
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    dunkman wrote:
    no :(


    and Steve.. yes of course my hard rockin amigo

    they wear wee black and yellow stripey jumpers because its cold though...

    ...and scientists believe the Scottish bee population won't last long, as since the last century they have been in the habit of flying underneath kilts, therefore one can safely deduce that they are all gay.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    dunk - yes - i am hard as a rock! and you should see my lil' bee stinger!



    (ahhh - it's gonna be one of those days around here)
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    ...and scientists believe the Scottish bee population won't last long, as since the last century they have been in the habit of flying underneath kilts, therefore one can safely deduce that they are all gay.


    a gay scottish bee joke.

    retire now... you'll never better that ;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    dunkman wrote:
    no :(






    and Steve.. yes of course my hard rockin amigo

    they wear wee black and yellow stripey jumpers because its cold though...

    With their WEE BEADY EYES!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPMS6tGOACo&feature=related
  • JennytreeJennytree Posts: 5,340
    dunkman wrote:
    no :(


    well, you should. It's educational at the very least :D

    And bee's must feel quite inferior to the wasps, who are invincible after stingage.
    A wasp can extract the shaft and fly off contented with having executed a nasty attack on the hapless victim. On the other hand the poor old bee ends up having his entire stinging apparatus, poison sac and all, wrenched out of its abdomen. The bee will later die due to the damage caused.
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    ...and scientists believe the Scottish bee population won't last long, as since the last century they have been in the habit of flying underneath kilts, therefore one can safely deduce that they are all gay.

    Is it true that bees are less common in this country now as apposed to say, ten years ago? A friend of mine wanted to start growing stinging nettles in his back garden to encourage them in.
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    I don't know, but when I was a kid one stung me square on the pecker. I guess it's what I get for humping a jar of honey..Isn't it ironic, don't you think? Mmm, honey..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    The Champ wrote:
    I don't know, but when I was a kid one stung me square on the pecker. I guess it's what I get for humping a jar of honey..Isn't it ironic, don't you think? Mmm, honey..

    That's perverted, even for Winnie the Pooh...
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    dissidentman wrote:
    That's perverted, even for Winnie the Pooh...

    Don't knock it till you try it..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    The Champ wrote:
    Don't knock it till you try it..

    Its Friday night, what the hell. A 12 pack and a jar of honey... I mean - a deep, deep bottle of honey
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    dissidentman wrote:
    Its Friday night, what the hell. A 12 pack and a jar of honey... I mean - a deep, deep bottle of honey

    Now if you add some midgets and a purple dolphin, I'm there..True story ;)..
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • Cuntified CCuntified C Posts: 114
    Yes it's true that they sting when threatened, and that they die shortly afterwards. Or at least that's what I heard.
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    The Champ wrote:
    Now if you add some midgets and a purple dolphin, I'm there..True story ;)..

    The dolphin is only purple cause you wax it too often.

    I've seen it happen
  • failedpersephonefailedpersephone Posts: 3,424
    I guess it is a form of Bee Martyrdom. They sting when threatened because they must protect the queen...so, yeah they don't WANT to sting...because sucks for them they leave like half their asses in whatever they sting.

    *wouldn't it be funny if the same is true for men? like when you'all sting someone your poker detaches. Muahahahahahahahahaaaaaa!!! *rubs hands together in evil anticipation*
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    failedpersephone wrote:
    I guess it is a form of Bee Martyrdom. They sting when threatened because they must protect the queen...so, yeah they don't WANT to sting...because sucks for them they leave like half their asses in whatever they sting.

    *wouldn't it be funny if the same is true for men? like when you'all sting someone your poker detaches. Muahahahahahahahahaaaaaa!!! *rubs hands together in evil anticipation*

    You'd really want to save it for the best woman out there wouldn't you. I'm not losing my poker to just anyone. :D
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    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • GreenTeaDiseaseGreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    dunkman wrote:
    that they only sting people if they feel threatened? but then after they sting dont they die anyway?

    seems kinda pointless to me

    or is it a bee martyr who dies to save all the other bees?

    bees yes, wasps, no.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    bees yes, wasps, no.


    yeah i knew that.. i was pointing out the irony that a bee will only sting someone or something when it feels its life is threatened... only to then die as a reuslt of using its sting.

    which seems kinda strange.

    i aint no dumb-dumb :):D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • SnakeSnake Posts: 2,605
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    bees yes, wasps, no.
    Man wasp are mean.
    I have a story, a true story:
    I was sitting minding my own business, then a wasp flew up. I was scared, but I knew that if one was threatened then it would sting. So I was really still and was gona just let it fly away when it was ready.... Well after a couple seconds it just came up and stung me! :mad:

    It was a hit and run, no weapon left at the scene. So I guess she lived to tell the tale. (only female wasps have stingers).
    Pirates had democracy too.

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  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    dunkman wrote:
    that they only sting people if they feel threatened? but then after they sting dont they die anyway?

    seems kinda pointless to me

    or is it a bee martyr who dies to save all the other bees?


    It is like killing the burglar in your house and going to prison for life. ;)
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    dunkman wrote:
    yeah i knew that.. i was pointing out the irony that a bee will only sting someone or something when it feels its life is threatened... only to then die as a reuslt of using its sting.

    which seems kinda strange.

    i aint no dumb-dumb :):D

    Bees get a raw deal because of wasps, they are not aggressive in their behaviour, bees serve a purpose, they do a job, and the stinger as you rightly say is a last form of defense...for obvious reasons.
    Wasps are just vermin, they deserve to die in old jam jars with the lid screwed on, on a really hot summer day.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    dunkman wrote:
    that they only sting people if they feel threatened? but then after they sting dont they die anyway?

    seems kinda pointless to me

    or is it a bee martyr who dies to save all the other bees?

    well if you lost your primary source of defense tis only right that you die, dont you think?
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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    jamie uk wrote:
    Wasps are just vermin, they deserve to die in old jam jars with the lid screwed on, on a really hot summer day.
    :eek:
    Jamie... Thats cruel...
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  • butterfliesrfreebutterfliesrfree Posts: 15
    I guess I'm very nonthreatening. I have yet to be stung.
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  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    you know sometimes bees are just stupid. the last time i was stung it was on the bottom of my foot. as i was walking along the footpath, the silly critter had somehow got between my foot and my flipflops. i don't know he did it, but he did.
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  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,774
    failedpersephone wrote:
    I guess it is a form of Bee Martyrdom. They sting when threatened because they must protect the queen...so, yeah they don't WANT to sting...

    Silly social drones.

    Alas, it comes to be
    the bee
    girl dies.
  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,774
    Ah what the hell...

    Once I gave 100 percent to something. It was a great eight science class assignment. (hehe Dunkman!-ya that's right, grade eight.) It was a series of independent studies and us students were allowed to pair up. There was a 20 year old boy in my class, and he picked on me to be his partner, primarily because I was a smarty pants. He didn't meet me at the library to help on our project, so with much defiance, I decided not to do the work alone, and we got a poor grade.

    To keep my Straight A status, for the second assignment, I smartened up and worked alone. That jerk, chose another smart girl to be his partner. When we were getting our papers back, she pulled hers up to me and said 24/25, then gloated. I got my test and what did I get for giving 100 percent to the project? Well, I got 100%. Maybe the first and only time I really gave my all at that point in time.

    And the moral of the story is... well, the second project was about the social insect "honey bees". I learned a great deal about the little fuckers, including the answer to your question.

    Now if I had to write about them, I'd point out our social parallelisms with the US army.
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