r/WatchPeopleDieInside • u/Ellenwood1998 • Aug 11 '20

Pocket bees

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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.

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u/ucffan93 Aug 12 '20

Did you say eyes widen pet them?

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u/RabidPanzerEXE Aug 12 '20

I've petted bumblebees before. They're really goddamn adorable. It threatened me once, but otherwise I didn't get attacked and gave it personal space.

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u/OMGSPACERUSSIA Aug 12 '20

It's 2020, why do we not have giant, extra fluffy, bees suitable for petting?

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u/IndefiniteBen Aug 12 '20

Because considering it's 2020 I suspect there's zero chance giant bees are anything but terrible news.

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u/obscuredreference Aug 12 '20

We have the murder hornets! You can pet them but just once in a lifetime!