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'Robber bees' invade apiarist's shop in attempted honey heist

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/robber-bees-terrace-bc-apiary-1.7627532
49•lemonberry•2h ago

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jjk166•1h ago
Thinking about it from the bee's perspective, this is like raiding the lair of an eldritch horror for gold. A beekeeper is just a funny looking bear-thing that takes honey sometimes, but the shop of a beekeeper is full of devices beyond a bee's comprehension, more honey than a bee would ever see in its lifetime just all sitting around, its own sun which can turn on and off. To find yourself in such a place by accident must be a crazy experience, convincing your brethren to attack it by shaking your butt is on another level.
NoMoreNicksLeft•8m ago
I sometimes wonder when we see their weird behaviors like this, if there isn't a new dance "word", that just happens too infrequently to have been documented. The syntax/grammar for butt-dancing is pretty simple, and I don't think there's any documented that could lead them to sneak in through a broken door and search interior spaces.
gus_massa•1h ago
In a bakery like 3 block away from my home, most days there are like 20 bees trying to steal the sweet cover over the pastries. But the front wall of the business is almost completely made of glass, so they can't escape.
vardump•1h ago
From a bee's point of view humans are the robbers.
Kye•1h ago
Humans provide a sturdy, safe place to build hives and all they ask for in return is some of the excess honey. Bees make way more than they can use. Humans will also cart them around to food sources so they never have to worry about finding it. Seems like a sweet deal.
yesfitz•36m ago
This is a bad take on the farming of an invasive species.

Bees don't make more honey than they can use. They make what they can and have reserves for Winter and growing in the Spring. Do you pay your landlord everything you'd otherwise save?

I've never seen a bee colony "worry" about finding food. They'll travel within a one mile radius for foraging, and four to five miles for water. Colonies will also leave a hive, or swarm (split into 2 colonies) if there is not enough resources for them.

It's not a deal. They don't understand what's happening. If you're going to take their honey, at least don't make up some weird fantasy where they're happy about it.

OhMeadhbh•26m ago
I agree with everything you're saying. But I am a bully who likes the taste of honey. A prisoner to desire, no doubt I will not be liberated from saṃsāra anytime soon.
NoMoreNicksLeft•3m ago
Protection from predators and (as best can be managed) from disease. Supplemental food when foraged resources are insufficient. Protection from extreme weather. We spend millions of dollars researching how to combat bee diseases. They've been glorified since antiquity (go look up all the old manuscripts where they've illustrated people dressing up like bees). Nothing weird about it even if it is a fantasy. Humanity likes the honey bee.

>It's not a deal.

We will spend fortunes and invent new science to prevent their extinction. Whether they understand it or not, they grabbed a real bargain.

stronglikedan•25m ago
the good bees know it's symbiotic
russellbeattie•1h ago
New word for me today: "apiarist"/"apiary". Never knew bee keepers had a more formal name, though it makes sense.

Dad joke: It would be more apt if instead of a-piary, it was "b-piary".

duskwuff•39m ago
Bonus word: if you want to sound all fancy, beekeeping is also known as apiculture.
grilledchickenw•38m ago
Jason Statham in "The Apiarist" doesn't have the same ring to it
NoMoreNicksLeft•2m ago
If you'd seen the movie, you'd realize that it couldn't have been more ridiculous even if that had been the title.
OhMeadhbh•31m ago
So a "swarm" is the collective noun for bees. But I couldn't find a collective noun for apiarists. I propose "stung" as in "a stung of beekeepers."
afandian•14m ago
A swarm is actually a reproductive process. It looks like a mass of bees, but it has a specific purpose and composition.

(Although maybe you’re right colloquially)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarming_(honey_bee)

A load of bees engaged in robbing behaves entirely differently from a swarm, which is a magical thing to interact with.

OhMeadhbh•10m ago
I'm just repeating what I found on the intarwebs: https://englishgrammarhere.com/collective-nouns/collective-n...
neonnoodle•6m ago
Ironic coming from someone named "mead"!
OhMeadhbh•33m ago
Is it just me or would anyone else buy a video game based on this premise?

It sorta reminds me of "Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees."

afandian•18m ago
Can confirm. When you’re removing honey frames or hive parts that have had honey spilled on them you have to be on the lookout for scouts. One or two can quickly escalate into dozens. And they have no qualms about coming indoors.
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'Robber bees' invade apiarist's shop in attempted honey heist

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/robber-bees-terrace-bc-apiary-1.7627532
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