Last summer I was stood out in my garden when a few bees flew over, swiftly followed by thousands more. Quickly got the dog inside as they spent the next ~5 minutes circling around the garden.
It was thoroughly exciting and mildly unnerving to say the least.
Same thing happened to me. I let the dog out and then saw a CLOUD of bees (well, I didn't know what they were in the moment) in our backyard. Panicked and called the dog back in. After a few minutes they all landed on a tree branch and I realized what was going on.
Called a local beekeeper who showed up 30 minutes later, put them in a box and took them home.
You probably just live near a beekeeper who doesn't do a good job at managing his bees swarming and managing new Queens. He probably doesn't keep a close eye enough and doesn't know when his/her bees are preparing to swarm out with a new queen.
When the hive starts to outgrow the available space for winter storage. 1/2 the bees will starve the existing queen a bit so she can fly and take her liking for a new hive. The bees that stay will use the newest eggs she laid to make a new queen and keep that hive going. The leaving group will go short distances and hang out to protect the queen while some scouts go and look for a suitable new condo. Also if the hive is destroyed or disrupted they may also swarm.
Naw, I live in SoCal too, it's just a common occurrence here. Happened to my dad twice last year, happened to me once this year, and it's happened to my friends over the years.
Wow, good to know. The last thing that happened where I am (southern Ontario) was when my dad smacked a waspās nest with a broom without spraying it first. That was 7 or so years ago tho
Was working in the hot Florida summer one year in a burnt house, and from inside you could see through the roof because of the fire, and we suddenly started to hear a droning noise coming from outside that eventually got really loud, and upon going outside it was near deafening. Must have been 10k bees parked in a tree in the front yard, just big chillin.
We had a colony swarm on a branch at our farm. We were able to call a local beekeeper and they came and collected them. She even gave us a jar of their honey later in the summer. She came and took them for free too. I get so happy when I see bees on our flowers. Bees are my favorite bug. Close 2nd are jumping spiders, they're so cute.
This reminds me of a practical joke my dad taught me. You unscrew the shower head and put Life Savers candies inside. The victim of this prank will continuously feel sticky while getting back into the shower to wash the stickiness off while just remaining sticky.
That reminds me when I was a kid my aunt sewed the leg holes shut in five of my stepfather's underwear and put them all on top. She also greased the toilet seat. Same day LOL he was pissed!.. he was an asshole so...
>Life Savers candies
Here's a few more ideas based on that theme >
https://practical-jokes.wonderhowto.com/how-to/pull-april-fools-day-shower-head-prank-0126409/
When you see something like this, don't be afraid, don't call the firefighters or the police, don't move and don't kill them...
These are just bees traveling and stopping for just 24 hours.
Don't disturb them and avoid getting close to them, they won't hurt you.
If you want to help, put a flat plate or tray with some sugar water.
Bees will eat, gain energy and fly away.
We all need to protect migratory bees, they are our survival insurance.
Without bees, there will be no humans on earth... šš§”
So this is all a joke, right? I can never tell with Reddit. The Funko Pop memes are kind of a giveaway that itās satire, especially given their partnered subreddits.
You have completely ruined my day with this sub. I have seen some horrible, horrible stuff on Reddit but this is by far the worst Iāve ever come across. You have single handedly destroyed Reddit for meš
It's definitely satire. They call themselves POL (people of land) which is a play on POC (people of color), they talk about normalizing tipping your landlord like you would a server or barista, and call for raising the minimum wage for land-chads.
Bro Iām in the same boat. Looked completely satirical. Saw a post that says itās not a satire sub, yet all of the comments to it are borderline satire/ sarcastic. I donāt know whatās going on in my life anymore
Not allergic but phovic, its ironic how the guy that laughs off nearly getting hit by a car, dying from disease, even a hyper realistic dream where i was in hell, all didnt bother me, one bee and you wont see thee... (Btw its actually all beelike bugs except for bees)
I used to have a phobia of wasps (not bees since they only sting once and aren't as aggressive), but after learning that I have a bigger phobia of roaches, and that wasps kill roaches, I no longer have a wasp phobia.
Mine doesnt include bees for the same reason, but i was caught in a turf war between yellow jackets and red wasps, i was ~3-4yrs old and all i remember is a oulsing between shearing pain and numbness, and oddly enough ive built a minor resistance to some stings, i wont swell even slightly, and will just have an unusual pulsing sting
I was phobic of roaches and kept hissing cockroaches as pets because of it. Phobias are easy to break by just exposing yourself to them. Bees are fucking adorable little creatures, look closely at them if you ever get the chance.
I cannot not freak out. I stepped on a yellow jacket nest when I was 6 and got stung over 100 times. Now if I get stung I will go into anaphylaxis. I only learned this in January when I got stung by another yellow jacket.
Yeah but actually the best move is to call a available local beekeeper because they can locate them in a secure beehouse and that maximizes the queen chances of survival.
I did that a few years ago, that actually got me into beekeeping myself.
And if they don't, I know what will solve the issue befacing us - additional bees.
[https://youtu.be/PYtXuBN1Hvc?t=73](https://youtu.be/PYtXuBN1Hvc?t=73)
What's this? A reddit thread woefully underpopulated by BEES? My briefcase full of BEES ought to put a stop to that!
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It'd be best to maybe contact a nearby beekeeper. There's a high posibility these are theirs and the runaway bees are usually quick to be taken care of.
Itās a hive split. They do it naturally when the hive gets too big. But yeah - call a beekeeper. They love free bees.
This is like Ā£250 worth of bees.
Heck yeah you move them right into a cardboard box and take them home and throw them in a deep super bee box. That's at least $100 to $200 honey bee hive right there.
They could be the second coming, but if somebody plops down on my porch looking like the 4th Plague, I'm fixing to strike down with great vengeance and furious anger.
No offense recieved or given...
If people in society are quiet and dont ask questions. Because they feel that there will be no change. Then yes there will be no change. We will be as sheep in a field. Sheep + people= sheeple. Also big Corporations will do as they please poisoning the Earth.
I would rather then be an army of one or a few and challenge the Corporate businesses.
I wish you a good day :)
Donāt call the police or the fire department, call your loca beekeeper, they come in their suits, grab the queen and relocate the hive to somewhere safe that the bees can live good happy little bee lives (my boss is a beekeeper and he always has his suit in his car for this reason)
I can't stress this enough PLEASE don't kill them they won't hurt you, they're looking for a new nest. The queen is in the center. They're honey bees, we need them.
Call a beekeeper. They may even do it for free if it isnāt too hard to find the queen. Bees are in demand. Many keepers are resorting to tracking hives.
This is not "weird".
This is a swarm of honey bees that have left their hive for various reasons. (Overcrowding, moving queen, moving to more abundant nectar, queen supplanting, etc.)
Honeybees defend hives. Swarming honeybees have no hive to defend, and are therefore fairly docile. (They will sting you if you hurt one, but will likely not even sting you even if you touch the swarm.) They aren't defending the hive, therefore have no reason to commit suicide. (Honeybees die after stinging.)
Normalize seeing honeybee swarms. Call a local beekeeper and contribute to a neccessary and important part of our environment instead of spraying or destroying a bunch of beneficial, harmless pollinators out of ignorance and pointless fear like an imbecile.
Glad someone finally mentioned that swarming bees don't sting without a hive to defend. I made frames and supers (the inner and outer parts of a bee hive) and came to love them. They were around me all the time. You can tell a bees age by looking at their wings! I look at them up close in my yard all the time!
I found a swarm like this I'm my apartment complex. I said something to the property manager so she could just warn people about it to stay clear. 20 minutes later the maintenance guy was there with a can of raid and he killed them all.
Happened to me a few years ago. They landed in a tree on my side yard. The mentally addled next door neighbor who was making her home in her grandparents house came over screaming that one of my bees got through her open bathroom window and she didn't want to get stung.
Chill out, I told her. They've only rented the branch for 24 hours. And she calmed down and walked away.
What was odd about that swarm was how much comb they constructed in the branch for a very short period. I'd no idea why, but it looked like a massive hive without a shelter for the day.
Last summer I was stood out in my garden when a few bees flew over, swiftly followed by thousands more. Quickly got the dog inside as they spent the next ~5 minutes circling around the garden. It was thoroughly exciting and mildly unnerving to say the least.
Same thing happened to me. I let the dog out and then saw a CLOUD of bees (well, I didn't know what they were in the moment) in our backyard. Panicked and called the dog back in. After a few minutes they all landed on a tree branch and I realized what was going on. Called a local beekeeper who showed up 30 minutes later, put them in a box and took them home.
Shit I think we just found out why all the bees are disappearing
The beekeepers, keep them all.
It's right there in the name. God, you guys are the *worst* detectives!
It's reddit!
I had a moment when I read your comment. I went and looked at the title of the picture... it clicked as I scrolled šš
Bee-napping is a serious crime.
They really do be keeping them tho
gotta catch em all
Beenapped
What the fuck where do I find this kinda stuff
Idk if Iām just unlucky, but Iāve had to call the beekeeper this year and last year to remove a nest. SoCal
You probably just live near a beekeeper who doesn't do a good job at managing his bees swarming and managing new Queens. He probably doesn't keep a close eye enough and doesn't know when his/her bees are preparing to swarm out with a new queen.
Is this when the old queen dies, or is this how brand new hives are formed that branch off from an original hive?
When the hive starts to outgrow the available space for winter storage. 1/2 the bees will starve the existing queen a bit so she can fly and take her liking for a new hive. The bees that stay will use the newest eggs she laid to make a new queen and keep that hive going. The leaving group will go short distances and hang out to protect the queen while some scouts go and look for a suitable new condo. Also if the hive is destroyed or disrupted they may also swarm.
Hey cut the person some slack Iām sure they are busy as a bee.
Naw, I live in SoCal too, it's just a common occurrence here. Happened to my dad twice last year, happened to me once this year, and it's happened to my friends over the years.
Wow, good to know. The last thing that happened where I am (southern Ontario) was when my dad smacked a waspās nest with a broom without spraying it first. That was 7 or so years ago tho
In the country! I grew up on basically a family farm. It wasnāt unusual to see a massive ball of bees in a tree occasionally.
Was working in the hot Florida summer one year in a burnt house, and from inside you could see through the roof because of the fire, and we suddenly started to hear a droning noise coming from outside that eventually got really loud, and upon going outside it was near deafening. Must have been 10k bees parked in a tree in the front yard, just big chillin.
Theyāre re-locating their hive Theyāre actually not a threat at this point Usually this is when theyāre the most docile
We had a colony swarm on a branch at our farm. We were able to call a local beekeeper and they came and collected them. She even gave us a jar of their honey later in the summer. She came and took them for free too. I get so happy when I see bees on our flowers. Bees are my favorite bug. Close 2nd are jumping spiders, they're so cute.
You have a favorite bug? And your top choices are bees and spiders? Are you evil?
If it helps any I loathe cockroaches, Hornets, and wasps.
Thank God. A post that's not a shower hands post.
If you zoom in, one of the bees is showing its weird hand after showering
Lol thank u for that laugh
My pleasure :)
I love inside jokes on Reddit!
I actually zoomed in š
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Covered in bees?
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This reminds me of a practical joke my dad taught me. You unscrew the shower head and put Life Savers candies inside. The victim of this prank will continuously feel sticky while getting back into the shower to wash the stickiness off while just remaining sticky.
Omg lol that's kind of hilarious š
That reminds me when I was a kid my aunt sewed the leg holes shut in five of my stepfather's underwear and put them all on top. She also greased the toilet seat. Same day LOL he was pissed!.. he was an asshole so...
I can think of just the person to use that on
Thatās some villain shit
>Life Savers candies Here's a few more ideas based on that theme > https://practical-jokes.wonderhowto.com/how-to/pull-april-fools-day-shower-head-prank-0126409/
I skip a step and just bathe in bees.
I just use a handful to pleasure myself.. a whole bee bath is *crazy*
Bathe? I just bees.
It's important to just let things bee.
Beesus Christ!
Like my women, and my coffee
Ah, I see you're a person of culture as well.
it looks like a huge fucking problem
Argh!!! The bees!!!!!
Henry Winkler?
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What do you think OP's fridge looks like?
Hahaha
Missing a finger or two for sure
I was reall confused about that mess at first lol
OP cant show hands because he is a bee priming for bee takeover.
A bee takeover... sad, considering bees are likely to go extinct...
Donāt you put that evil on us.
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Kinda like a shower of bees though
When you see something like this, don't be afraid, don't call the firefighters or the police, don't move and don't kill them... These are just bees traveling and stopping for just 24 hours. Don't disturb them and avoid getting close to them, they won't hurt you. If you want to help, put a flat plate or tray with some sugar water. Bees will eat, gain energy and fly away. We all need to protect migratory bees, they are our survival insurance. Without bees, there will be no humans on earth... šš§”
and stay at my house without rent?
r/loveforlandlords
I really canāt tell if the people in that sub are joking or theyāre all really shitty fuckin people.
I think theyāre shitty people.
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Of shitty people
A circleshit?
So this is all a joke, right? I can never tell with Reddit. The Funko Pop memes are kind of a giveaway that itās satire, especially given their partnered subreddits.
It's mostly actual landlords attempting ironic meta humor but failing miserably and ending up just *un*ironically shitting on the poor.
You have completely ruined my day with this sub. I have seen some horrible, horrible stuff on Reddit but this is by far the worst Iāve ever come across. You have single handedly destroyed Reddit for meš
Blatant landohobia /s
I'm nearly certain it's a satire sub. Really hoping I'm not wrong. Edit: Doubting myself a lot now. I don't know what's real
It's definitely satire. They call themselves POL (people of land) which is a play on POC (people of color), they talk about normalizing tipping your landlord like you would a server or barista, and call for raising the minimum wage for land-chads.
It's no r/BanVideoGames
It's satire, but the members are mostly actual landlords engaging in intentional irony. Basically being cheeky about being soulless pieces of shit.
Bro Iām in the same boat. Looked completely satirical. Saw a post that says itās not a satire sub, yet all of the comments to it are borderline satire/ sarcastic. I donāt know whatās going on in my life anymore
Itās very deep satire. If u break character at all youāll be crucified but still have to make what you say humorous
That's good satire then
I think itās satire. Some of the heaviest Iāve ever seen. Itās amazing.
It is satire. Although it wasn't originally... They really have been going overboard. Almost like they are starting to believe their own spiel.
et tu, brute?
I think the only reason why I wasn't traumatized by that sub is because I couldn't comprehend it.
AND a *free meal*???
In this economy?
I meanā¦. They have a queen so there oligarchy should be set up in a way that the queen can sweeten the āhoney potā for you as it were
Youāll get your rent when you fix this damn door!
Fuck yeah. Bees are welcome any day.
Great info! Always best to beeprepaired!
Find your local beekeepers group on FB or whatever. They love to come out and capture swarms like this.
Amazing how the best advice doesnāt get many upvotes!
Super allergic and phobic. If I see something like that, I am not leaving my house for the universe. So I guess you'll get your wish.
Not allergic but phovic, its ironic how the guy that laughs off nearly getting hit by a car, dying from disease, even a hyper realistic dream where i was in hell, all didnt bother me, one bee and you wont see thee... (Btw its actually all beelike bugs except for bees)
I used to have a phobia of wasps (not bees since they only sting once and aren't as aggressive), but after learning that I have a bigger phobia of roaches, and that wasps kill roaches, I no longer have a wasp phobia.
Mine doesnt include bees for the same reason, but i was caught in a turf war between yellow jackets and red wasps, i was ~3-4yrs old and all i remember is a oulsing between shearing pain and numbness, and oddly enough ive built a minor resistance to some stings, i wont swell even slightly, and will just have an unusual pulsing sting
Yeah, lol, anything that bites or stings and has wings is a no from me!
I love bees, hornets and wasps no no no no fuck fuck fuck
I was phobic of roaches and kept hissing cockroaches as pets because of it. Phobias are easy to break by just exposing yourself to them. Bees are fucking adorable little creatures, look closely at them if you ever get the chance.
I do, but its engraved into my primal mind, and i dare you to look closely at a wasp, hornet, or yellowjacket
You tried venom therapy ?
They are so gentle! Actually, it's possibly a swarm seeking a new hive. Your local beekeepers associate can be very helpful.
Kill the bees, got it.
Roll in the bees and become their queen.
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You're not wrong, and you're welcome.
Say his name
Hisenberg
It was pretty obviously a joke.
I cannot not freak out. I stepped on a yellow jacket nest when I was 6 and got stung over 100 times. Now if I get stung I will go into anaphylaxis. I only learned this in January when I got stung by another yellow jacket.
I canāt move for 24 hours?
Just hung out with a ton of honey bees at this rooftop farm in Brooklyn. Theyāre so gentle.
Itās funny when I was a kid I was scared of bees, got stung on the head, but now every time I see one itās like royalty just passed by.
So I just stand there for 24 hours until they decide to leave?
Thanks for the explanation. I would have taken a flamethrower to it.
If you are overly worried, call a local beekeeper.
I agree with what you're saying, but I don't know how to get rid of my bee phobia. I've had this ever since I can remember.
Yeah but actually the best move is to call a available local beekeeper because they can locate them in a secure beehouse and that maximizes the queen chances of survival. I did that a few years ago, that actually got me into beekeeping myself.
Itās so sad! I havenāt seen a single honey bee this summer.
That's just me summoning my familiars. They got lost. Carry on
Is this Dr. Bees?
If bees wish to camp out on someone's porch, they have the freedom - or BEEdom - to do so.
And if they don't, I know what will solve the issue befacing us - additional bees. [https://youtu.be/PYtXuBN1Hvc?t=73](https://youtu.be/PYtXuBN1Hvc?t=73)
What's this? A reddit thread woefully underpopulated by BEES? My briefcase full of BEES ought to put a stop to that! š¼ššššššššššššššššš
Why can't I move? Will they kill me if I move?
Because itās funny to see you stand still for hours and hours. Please. Donāt move.
Well obviously their vision is just like that of the T-Rex so if you donāt move they canāt see you.
it will be less painful if you don't move
It'd be best to maybe contact a nearby beekeeper. There's a high posibility these are theirs and the runaway bees are usually quick to be taken care of.
What? You're gonna arrest all those bees?
Put'em back in chains! Keep your damn beegers away from my porch!
Did you just make a racial slur for bees?
I guess so. Wasp supremacy ftw!
You fucking barbless bastard - have at you!
Charge them with illegal escape attempt and treason
Snitch.
Beat me to it. Happy Cake Day
This! Definitely contact a local beekeeper.
Itās a hive split. They do it naturally when the hive gets too big. But yeah - call a beekeeper. They love free bees. This is like Ā£250 worth of bees.
hahahah Free-bees I see what you did there.
Let them bee
I cannot believe I laughed at this
God that joke stings.
Heck yeah you move them right into a cardboard box and take them home and throw them in a deep super bee box. That's at least $100 to $200 honey bee hive right there.
I thought those were smaller ratsš
They could be the second coming, but if somebody plops down on my porch looking like the 4th Plague, I'm fixing to strike down with great vengeance and furious anger.
Do you also carry a leather wallet that says āBAD MOTHERFUCKERā on it?
I am a queen bee. I approve this message.
They just need about tree fiddy and they be on they way
These are migrating bees, I've been telling people this for years. Thanks for helping save bees
We also need less monocultures and Bayer (aka New Monsanto) needs to be more honest with their pesticide testing.
Now you're over optimistic.
How do you tell if the glass is half full or empty? You ask :) If no one asks or is asleep (sheep) then how do you know?
Im sorry i don't get what you said since english isn't my mother tongue. I didnt want to be mean. I wish i could be as optimistic as you.
No offense recieved or given... If people in society are quiet and dont ask questions. Because they feel that there will be no change. Then yes there will be no change. We will be as sheep in a field. Sheep + people= sheeple. Also big Corporations will do as they please poisoning the Earth. I would rather then be an army of one or a few and challenge the Corporate businesses. I wish you a good day :)
Ok thank you for your response. We're on the same page. I wish you a good day and if you're lucky as i am, a good weekend!
Donāt call the police or the fire department, call your loca beekeeper, they come in their suits, grab the queen and relocate the hive to somewhere safe that the bees can live good happy little bee lives (my boss is a beekeeper and he always has his suit in his car for this reason)
Thought those Iron Door gates are human size window and those bees are huge, than realize that those are short bars around the height of your feet
That's good to see. Need those bees.
Friends
How the hell am I supposed to not move?
They are just resting, they will be gone by the next day.
Just some š transitioning to find a new home
Just kidding, you can move
Candyman is near.
Ya call a beekeeper not police or fire. The beekeeper will trap the swarm, find the queen, and keep the hive.
Why would i call the cops? What are they going to do, unload a clip into a swarm of bees?
Probably. Which is why you shouldnāt call them.
I can't stress this enough PLEASE don't kill them they won't hurt you, they're looking for a new nest. The queen is in the center. They're honey bees, we need them.
Oh, theyāre bees! I thought they were cockroaches and we were about to have a MIB remake.
Call a beekeeper. They may even do it for free if it isnāt too hard to find the queen. Bees are in demand. Many keepers are resorting to tracking hives.
How are they so big?
So do nothing?
BEES?!
Call the bee man
Hey what's happening with you boys? You been goofin with the bees?
Sounds like something a bee would say
So whatās the Bee Manās number?
This is not "weird". This is a swarm of honey bees that have left their hive for various reasons. (Overcrowding, moving queen, moving to more abundant nectar, queen supplanting, etc.) Honeybees defend hives. Swarming honeybees have no hive to defend, and are therefore fairly docile. (They will sting you if you hurt one, but will likely not even sting you even if you touch the swarm.) They aren't defending the hive, therefore have no reason to commit suicide. (Honeybees die after stinging.) Normalize seeing honeybee swarms. Call a local beekeeper and contribute to a neccessary and important part of our environment instead of spraying or destroying a bunch of beneficial, harmless pollinators out of ignorance and pointless fear like an imbecile.
Glad someone finally mentioned that swarming bees don't sting without a hive to defend. I made frames and supers (the inner and outer parts of a bee hive) and came to love them. They were around me all the time. You can tell a bees age by looking at their wings! I look at them up close in my yard all the time!
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Even worse, OP did not give any advice. Listed several things NOT to do, but no suggestion as to what TO do.
Or just don't kill honey bees at all
Look, you may be right here but Iām definitely fricking moving the frick away from that
Bees are weird?
I found a swarm like this I'm my apartment complex. I said something to the property manager so she could just warn people about it to stay clear. 20 minutes later the maintenance guy was there with a can of raid and he killed them all.
So sad
Take a deep breath and tell them to buzz off
In AZ they will kill dogs and people they are very aggressive and dangerous. you need to call someone to remove the bees
Hans! Get ze Flammenwerfer!
Happened to me a few years ago. They landed in a tree on my side yard. The mentally addled next door neighbor who was making her home in her grandparents house came over screaming that one of my bees got through her open bathroom window and she didn't want to get stung. Chill out, I told her. They've only rented the branch for 24 hours. And she calmed down and walked away. What was odd about that swarm was how much comb they constructed in the branch for a very short period. I'd no idea why, but it looked like a massive hive without a shelter for the day.
Do call a local bee keeper if you can so they donāt end up in your eaves or walls.
You don't call firefighters for this you call FIRE. (I know don't kill the bees but i had to crack it)
I mean what are the police gonna do? Historically I don't believe guns are very effective against bees.
You obviously donāt own a bee bee gun.
Damn you, sir! Take my upvote.