A swarm of bees occurs when they move from an old hive to a new hive. They will settle like this while scouts go looking for a suitable hive location. When they're like this they have nothing to defend. They have no honey and no lavae to look after, so they have no reason to attack anything unnecessarily. So, if you're slow and calm and don't give them a reason to hurt you, they won't. This guy is providing them with what they want - a new hive - and just encouraging them. Once he gets the queen in there the rest will follow. The sugar water just makes them a bit happier and therefore less likely to attack.

When bees sting, they leave the sting behind and this kills them. It's a real last resort. I do a lot of insect photography and it doesn't bother me at all to pick up a bee. Wasps need a little more respect as it doesn't injure them to sting, so they can be a little more trigger happy.

Catching the wasp video won't load for me [sigh]. It's weird because I can see the thumbnail but when I click on it [or even on the title of the video] the video doesn't load. I can't mark it blocked because the option is grayed out. This really bums me out because I really like most of what you post. I wish I knew what is causing this ... did you edit the video?

Have a wonderful week,
cheRi

>> ^luxury_pie:

>> ^ant:
>> ^luxury_pie:
I has hairs.

That's not an ant. That's a wasp -- cow killer/velvet ant.

I see you couldn't be tricked. smokebomb ...vanish


Don't underestimate the ants!

>> ^ant:

>> ^luxury_pie:
I has hairs.

That's not an ant. That's a wasp -- cow killer/velvet ant.


I see you couldn't be tricked. *smokebomb* ...vanish

>> ^luxury_pie:

I has hairs.


That's not an ant. That's a wasp -- cow killer/velvet ant.

>> ^Trancecoach:

the music and narration gives this a Disney quality


It certainly does!

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irrational. hypocritical. delusional.

"Islamic" terrorism = evil

WASP terrorism = patriotic

American political views are like a mental virus that distorts all the information your brain has to process.

Not all wasps are bad and they are important pollinators too.

>> ^spaceman:

Up vote for David Attenborough and not Operah Winfrey.


Oprah Winfrey? You referring to the round gall?

When the WASPs ran everything, the 60s came along and made it permissible to call them on their bullshit.

We need another 60s for the new ruling tribe.

Remembering my hardcore christian days, I don't think I would have found this offensive (I don't remember going apeshit over the movie 'Oh, God'.

What probably would have bothered me is the portrayal of Jesus as a WASP.