Bees

how does one know for certain it wasnt a stingless honety bee instead of a common European Honet5 Bee used highly for pollination amongst many growers? perhaps they were wasps.

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honey bee pollination services are in high demand by California almond growers alone, the season starts in February. big money

 

Lord knows there's plenty of people who can't tell the difference between bees, wasps, and yellow jackets. I used to do bee swarm removals and there were plenty of times I'd get to a location and find myself staring at a hornet's nest. The difference is pretty obvious, but if it buzzes, some people just lose their chili and freak out before bothering to notice what it really is.

 

Naw, my bees have made me a ton of money! I want them alive. Yellow jackets, however.. yeah, screw them.

 

Ive never been stung by a bee wasp or whatever else they can be called.
I wonder what slim percentile of the nation I'm in lol

 

Bees can only sting once. Their stinger is barbed and pulls out the venom sac, killing the bee. Hornets and wasps have a needle stinger, and can sting multiple times, have a buffet for lunch, and get back to work.

No bees, no produce. We starve to death. If folks haven't been paying attention there's a SERIOUS issue with bees dying off, still a bit of a mystery why, but entire hives just die off. Latest news last week they know that transporting bees contributes to the spread of the disorder.

When I grew up we had 6 hives to pollinate our fruit trees and garden. My dad taught me how to suit up and use a smoker to extract honey and check on the hives. VERY cool little buggers IMHO. I even took his challenge to cover my arm in smoke calmed bees. Scary. But gad they get HOT on the arm (that's how they kill attacking wasps, surround them and cook them).

 

Ah-HA, I now know why that word would not come to mind! I ain't zactly a "tolerant" type!

Hey, if yer gonna insult the EYEtalians, at least spell it right. Or were you referring to White Angel-Saxon Protestants?

OH NO! I like to eat too much to see all the bees killed off. Besides, I like HONEY!

Probably very slim. I hit a bee swarm on the motorcycle once. Not fun. Helmet was not a full face, but had the face shield. Some of them got up under there! Interestingly enough though, I didn't get stung on the face. But that sucker that got down inside my shirt collar...And on my arms...

 

Maybe the bees are dying because they steal their honey and feed them high fructose corn syrup.
Bees are designed to eat honey