A vibrational pulse produced by honeybees' wings, long thought to be a signal to other bees to stop what they are doing, might actually be an expression of surprise. Read more: www.newscientist.com/article/...
Yeah but unless you are alergic to them, stingig you hurt them more since they end up dead. I was stung by a bee 3 times it's not a big deal. Wasps are the real creepy monsters.
When it said they "whoop" together when the hive is tapped I thought I was about to get a chorus of whoop. edit: I come back 2 years later to see 3k people also wanted a "chorus of whoop." 😂
Do you really think bees want their hives to be tapped? Probably not. You wouldn't want some asshole tapping on your walls when you are working either.
exactly and in helping to save them from extinction you have to understand their behavior and in studying their behavior so that they can be helped more effectively they discovered this as an interesting side fact that they published while continuing to study more important behaviors like how to determine what areas they like to inhabit so those areas can be protected. seriously is it so hard to see the bigger picture?
Pssst keep an eye out on wattpad you might get a cute short story of a Sergal who is terrified of bees and a friendly bee helping him to conquer his fear! I met someone on a furry discord server and showed them this their response "* sighs and pulls out wattpad *" Also the story is going to be called "Vilous Melissophobia" And they MAY or may not be making the bee Canadian as I was just informed writhing this 😂 So yeah y'all are welcome!
Pwn3dByPhysics You literally can't help a phobia unless you do therapy, no matter how much you tell yourself it's harmless and safe, your brain will trigger a panic response upon seeing or interacting with the stimulus, so no point in telling him he shouldn't be afraid of bees
Serpent I know that it's not easy to deal with any phobia. I have an anxiety disorder and most of the times it doesn't help when people tell me to not be afraid of something, because I get anxious anyway. But I still wanted to make clear to this person that wasps are usually the ones that are likely to become agressive, whereas bees are mostly minding their own business as long as you don't attack them. Why? I don't know, who knows if it might help.
Except that these are honeybees. Although honeybees often get a good rap, they are an invasive species in North America and are killing thousands of native bee population and disrupting the natural ecosystem. Wild native bees: Good. Wild honeybees: Bad.
People just want an excuse to keep bees and steal their honey. The fact that they are an invasive species doesn't really matter to them. Yes, wild native bees are good.
This sound was first described in my thesis published in 1994 at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, “An Analysis of Alarm Sounds of Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)”. I called it the "disturbance signal" since it was emitted by bees when they bumped into each other or when they were accidentally pinched in the course of the experiments. It's a very clear signal that can be heard without audio equipment during beekeeping handling of the hive.
I hear this every summer, most nights. You see we have some beehives in the attic (it's completely closed). The bees keep making their hives in there for some reason. It always made me wonder what exactly makes the sound, but now I know for sure.
