Himbees
himbos
Submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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booty@hexbear.net 5 months ago
tbf it probably works on most humans, they’re probably pretty intimidated
Jolteon@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
I do find it weird that in a species where some of them have stingers, the ones in charge of defense are not in that group.
bam13302@ttrpg.network 5 months ago
I think its more the first line of defense, they are not there to kill, they are there to basically state I don’t want you here without provoking a lethal response from whoever is encroaching on them. It causes a lot less death of their males since they are known that they are not a threat, reducing the overall attrition of them over time and making life easier on the hive. The females with the stingers come out if something is a real threat, ie something messes with the hive or queen.
Honestly, kinda reminds me of British (and other non-militarized) police. Don’t send guns to every problem as most can be solved without it and some are made worse by their presence.
chumbalumber@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
Carpenter bees are mostly solitary.
Mostly_Harmless_Variant@lemmy.world 5 months ago
As we go into battle, may you have the courage of a 1,000 male carpenter bees! But oh! For all we stand for: please have more than their intelligence.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
They’re my favorite, watching two carpenter bees battle over my flowers is hilarious and epic
yamanii@lemmy.world 5 months ago
No wonder they are bald, headbutting everything everyday.
iAvicenna@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I mean if I did not know it was stingless I would still be scared shitless if a handful of them headbutted me. I might even psychologically convince myself that I was feeling stinging pain.
marcos@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What’s the problem of just hamming into you at full speed?
When this one does it, nobody laughs.
scarilog@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Well that’s not a bee, you see
finkrat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Hah, I have one that likes to just float in front of my shed for some bizarre reason, I always try to avoid it for concern that I could sting but knowing this I may just ignore it now lol, ty
cadekat@pawb.social 5 months ago
Netscape Navigator coming in with the real facts.
Speculater@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Good God, what’s next? Metacrawler spitting mad riz?
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Ask Jeeves bout to get into your panties
Retrograde@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Bring back Netscape navigator
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moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
yeah right, next thing you are going to tell me is there is a firefox-official account on the same platform making similar posts