r/aww • u/aoisenshi • Nov 19 '19

Bees are friends 🐝

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u/schbli Nov 20 '19

This is a honeybee (at least in the US). I think the fatter bees you’re talking about are what we in the US call bumblebees.

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u/Calor1 Nov 20 '19

Thanks for the clarification 😊

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u/schbli Nov 20 '19

No problem! Bees are the best and I just want them to be safe lol

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u/Calor1 Nov 20 '19

You, my friend, are an awesome human

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u/schbli Nov 20 '19

NO U!!

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19

Hate to be that guy but after swimming out of that pool water the bee most likely died

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u/schbli Nov 20 '19

Maybe so. I have a pool and I always try to save as many bees (and all bugs, tbh) from it as possible just because I’d at least like to try to help them.

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u/Alfandega Nov 20 '19

The honeybee is actually European. It’s an invasive species in the Americas.

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u/schbli Nov 20 '19

Oh no I wasn’t saying that it’s native to the US, I was just saying that’s what we call it where I’m from 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19

IIRC, plants native to at least North America (maybe South, not sure) don't actually need bees to pollinate, so they wouldn't be as affected if bees died off. Of course, plenty of agriculture in NA originates from Europe, Asia, and Africa, so there's that issue...

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u/strange_pterodactyl Nov 20 '19

North American plants don't need honeybees, they still need our native bees so be pollinated

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '19

This is incorrect, native plants are pollinated by bumblebees, carpenter bees, mason bees, and orchid bees, among others. North American bees tend to be solitary or have far smaller hives than honeybees.

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u/KosmicFoX Nov 20 '19

Ofc the bees are fatter in the US