• A bee assassin tried to kill me this morning.
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Mount its head on a toothpick outside your front door.
I guess they like [i]beeing[/i] around you..
OP is gonna get stung in the night.
Bees have a barbed sting, meaning that once the sting is in you, it is stuck and so the bee has to rip some of her organs out in order to get away. They won't sting you unless you do something that they think is threatening enough to be worth sacrificing themselves to counter. This can be unintentional of course, like in the OP. You probably just got mistook for a predator when you moved or something. It's not as if a bee stings you simply for being there. You have to do something to provoke it. Wasps and hornets do not have a barbed sting, meaning it can be freely retracted and reused afterwards. Myrmicine species of ant, plus wasps and hornets do not have a barbed sting, meaning they can do it again. They are more ready to use it, because they won't die if they do. I know wasps and hornets are more likely to sting you, but you don't have much to be worried about as long as you stay still and don't wildly swing for them. If you don't want them landing on you, then wear something red. Ants, bees and wasps can't see red. Of course they will be more defensive if you are near their hive and they [i]will[/i] go for you if you attack it and threaten their brood and queen. Apart from that, stings are pretty unlikely and you were probably unlucky.
being in the same shirt as a bee makes it likely to get stung.
[QUOTE=Timenova;30203366]Bees have a barbed sting, meaning that once the sting is in you, it is stuck and so the bee has to rip some of her organs out in order to get away. They won't sting you unless you do something that they think is threatening enough to be worth sacrificing themselves to counter. This can be unintentional of course, like in the OP. You probably just got mistook for a predator when you moved or something. It's not as if a bee stings you simply for being there. You have to do something to provoke it. Wasps and hornets do not have a barbed sting, meaning it can be freely retracted and reused afterwards. Myrmicine species of ant, plus wasps and hornets do not have a barbed sting, meaning they can do it again. They are more ready to use it, because they won't die if they do. I know wasps and hornets are more likely to sting you, but you don't have much to be worried about as long as you stay still and don't wildly swing for them. If you don't want them landing on you, then wear something red. Ants, bees and wasps can't see red. Of course they will be more defensive if you are near their hive and they [i]will[/i] go for you if you attack it and threaten their brood and queen. Apart from that, stings are pretty unlikely and you were probably unlucky.[/QUOTE] so if i wear all red and attack a hive they wont see me?
[QUOTE=yawmwen;30203551]so if i wear all red and attack a hive they wont see me?[/QUOTE] They all have a sense of smell and would probably notice some way or another. But I've never tried it before because I find ants, bees, wasps and hornets to be interesting and cool to watch. :smile: Feel free to try if you fancy the risk of being stung though. :v:
[QUOTE=Timenova;30203597]They all have a sense of smell and would probably notice some way or another. But I've never tried it before because I find ants, bees, wasps and hornets to be interesting and cool to watch. :smile: Feel free to try if you fancy the risk of being stung though. :v:[/QUOTE] il wear really heavy clothes to protect myself il post the results on facepunch
[QUOTE=yawmwen;30203632]il wear really heavy clothes to protect myself il post the results on facepunch[/QUOTE] Get a bee mask to cover your face.
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;30203748]Get a bee mask to cover your face.[/QUOTE] that would break that bee camouflage il wear a red scarf
[QUOTE=Saren;30197935]Don't worry, bee happy. [img]http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1139/1077541742_56b86634bc.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] They cover themselves with the blood of their enemies!
[QUOTE=FPChris;30201725]Where i live in Sweden, we very rarely see bees. Wasps and Hornets are quite rare aswell. Bumble bees are everywhere during summer though, no problem with them. [editline]2nd June 2011[/editline] I fucking love pollen [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Bumblebee-2009-04-19-01.jpg/800px-Bumblebee-2009-04-19-01.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/sZZge.jpg[/img]
You should bee wary.
[QUOTE=adam1172;30196085]Just stand still. The more you panic, the more its gonna sting you.[/QUOTE] tbh it's a bee, it's only going to sting you once
Yellow Jackets and bumblebees seem to love chasing after me. Yellow jackets I understand; they're aggressive as fuck. But everyone says bumblebees leave you alone. Unless they're actually carpenter bees... Also, these. I'm just glad I live in New York. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v4BnOvWsCM0/S8Mg9f5HdjI/AAAAAAAAA1M/pUHmbWp5JhM/s1600/Tarantula%252BHawk.jpg[/img] Supposedly have the most painful sting of any bee/wasp.
[QUOTE=wewt!;30204292]tbh it's a bee, it's only going to sting you once[/QUOTE] unless it's a hornet, which will sting you in the eye seventeen times.
[QUOTE=An Armed Bear;30204420]Yellow Jackets and bumblebees seem to love chasing after me. Yellow jackets I understand; they're aggressive as fuck. But everyone says bumblebees leave you alone. Unless they're actually carpenter bees... Also, these. I'm just glad I live in New York. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v4BnOvWsCM0/S8Mg9f5HdjI/AAAAAAAAA1M/pUHmbWp5JhM/s1600/Tarantula%252BHawk.jpg[/img] Supposedly have the most painful sting of any bee/wasp.[/QUOTE] Looks like a tarantula wasp. It looks very similar anyway. The females are fertile, so are solitary and do not have a queen/colony structure. They pin down large spiders such as tarantulas before permanently paralyzing them with the sting. It then drags the paralyzed prey into a burrow, lays it's eggs on it, and seals the burrow off. The larvae are then free to eat the tarantula once they hatch, and later pupate before emerging as adults. But like I said, this species targets tarantulas and won't attack a human unless threatened.
[QUOTE=An Armed Bear;30204420]Yellow Jackets and bumblebees seem to love chasing after me. Yellow jackets I understand; they're aggressive as fuck. But everyone says bumblebees leave you alone. Unless they're actually carpenter bees... Also, these. I'm just glad I live in New York. [img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v4BnOvWsCM0/S8Mg9f5HdjI/AAAAAAAAA1M/pUHmbWp5JhM/s1600/Tarantula%252BHawk.jpg[/img] Supposedly have the most painful sting of any bee/wasp.[/QUOTE] carpenter bees don't even have a stinger, and they usually don't give two shits about humans.
[QUOTE=Zovox;30196365]Dunno about you guys but we these huge fuckers in Sweden [img]http://twos.blogg.se/images/2010/asian-giant-hornet1_89272130.jpg[/img] :byodood:[/QUOTE] That's a Japanese giant hornet. What the fuck is it doing in Sweden?
Just to see this images i get chills man I had a bad experience with it. And that sound they do PHHHHZZZZZZZ :smithicide:
The last time I got stung by a bee I was 6. Every time before I always cried after being stung since I was younger than 6. However, on that fateful summer day, I got stung on the arm by a bee and [i]the tears did not come[/i]. I believe that the others saw this as a sign that I was too dangerous to fuck with because I have never been stung since then.
My cat had to face a hornet. [sp]My cat ran away, max speed.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Zovox;30196251]These: :3: These: :gonk:[/QUOTE] You mean you don't think hornets are cute? [img]http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/005/cache/hornet_577_600x450.jpg[/img]
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This thread is making me itchy.
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;30204802]carpenter bees don't even have a stinger, and they usually don't give two shits about humans.[/QUOTE] Really? I know they don't have stingers, but I've also heard they tend to act aggressive and hover around people to try to scare them off.
Did someone say [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestant]wasp?[/url]
[QUOTE=Timenova;30203366]Bees have a barbed sting, meaning that once the sting is in you, it is stuck and so the bee has to rip some of her organs out in order to get away. They won't sting you unless you do something that they think is threatening enough to be worth sacrificing themselves to counter. This can be unintentional of course, like in the OP. You probably just got mistook for a predator when you moved or something. It's not as if a bee stings you simply for being there. You have to do something to provoke it. Wasps and hornets do not have a barbed sting, meaning it can be freely retracted and reused afterwards. Myrmicine species of ant, plus wasps and hornets do not have a barbed sting, meaning they can do it again. They are more ready to use it, because they won't die if they do. I know wasps and hornets are more likely to sting you, but you don't have much to be worried about as long as you stay still and don't wildly swing for them. If you don't want them landing on you, then wear something red. Ants, bees and wasps can't see red. Of course they will be more defensive if you are near their hive and they [i]will[/i] go for you if you attack it and threaten their brood and queen. Apart from that, stings are pretty unlikely and you were probably unlucky.[/QUOTE] only worker bees [editline]2nd June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Smug Bastard;30206488]You mean you don't think hornets are cute? [img]http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/005/cache/hornet_577_600x450.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] :3:
[QUOTE=Smug Bastard;30206488][img]http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/005/cache/hornet_577_600x450.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] whatcha thinking about
A bee flew into my mom's room last night, while she was on Skype with her boyfriend. I ran into the room while it was on the wall and unleashed the full fury of my airsoft gun in it's direction. Every shot missed save one or two. The thing was on the floor and almost made it away. [I]Almost.[/I]
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