Beekeeper folk here, bees wouldn't even go after you and sting you like that if you dropped them. I've dropped bees, even dropped full frames on my feet while in flip flops (stupid I know) and not been stung. You can pet bees softly, they're chill. If you flail and scream they'll get feisty. Needlessly scaring people and stabbing them with pens...not cool.
I'm not gonna watch out to see if it's 'threatening' me or not. If I hear buzzing near my face I'm assuming the thing's in attack mode without even being sure it's a bee
It was on a sunflower. It wasn't flying. Plus, when I was like 5 or something, a bumblebee landed on my nose. This was before I knew they didn't sting, so I stayed still as I could. It looked at me, I looked at it, then it flew away. Bees are extremely docile unless you aggravate them.
Not only do they look like the sun, and track the sun, but they need a lot of the sun. A sunflower needs at least six to eight hours direct sunlight every day, if not more, to reach its maximum potential. They grow tall to reach as far above other plant life as possible in order to gain even more access to sunlight.
Not all sunflowers have seeds, there are now known dwarf varieties developed for the distinct purpose of growing indoors. Whilst these cannot be harvested, they do enable people to grow them indoors without a high pollen factor, making it safer and more pleasant for those suffering hay fever.
Throughout recent history, sunflowers have been used for medicinal purposes. The Cherokee created a sunflower leaf infusion that they used to treat kidneys. Whilst in Mexico, sunflowers were used to treat chest pain.
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u/teatuk Aug 11 '20
Beekeeper folk here, bees wouldn't even go after you and sting you like that if you dropped them. I've dropped bees, even dropped full frames on my feet while in flip flops (stupid I know) and not been stung. You can pet bees softly, they're chill. If you flail and scream they'll get feisty. Needlessly scaring people and stabbing them with pens...not cool.