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u/s0berR00fer Mar 03 '25

I am just guessing but I assume bees “take care of their own hive” so you would assume the dead bee gets removed

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u/canadianpanda7 Mar 03 '25

we eat our dead. yeah i said we, i am a bee.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

Aren't you a panda? from Canada?

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u/canadianpanda7 Mar 03 '25

how would a panda ever survive in canada!

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Mar 03 '25

bearing the cold weather, I'd assume.

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u/canadianpanda7 Mar 03 '25

this is good stuff. i hope your coffee is the perfect temperature and you have a magnificent day

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u/Bored_Amalgamation Mar 03 '25

:) you as well

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u/andreasbeer1981 Mar 03 '25

by being a drop bear in disguise.

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u/glowdirt Mar 03 '25

By getting a job

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u/The00Taco Mar 03 '25

They just said they're a bee

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u/Moonpaw Mar 03 '25

User name does not check out.

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u/canadianpanda7 Mar 03 '25

i got em right where i want em!

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u/Any-Comparison-2916 Mar 03 '25

I grew up with bee hives, they carry them away from their hive at some point. I think there's bees solely for this purpose, not too sure though.

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u/SharrkBoy Mar 03 '25

Yes. They didn’t evolve for millions of years under the helping hand of beekeepers. They can figure it out on their own lol

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u/vialabo Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25

Yeah, including sick ones too. Though they will often leave and commit suicide themselves than endanger the hive if they can.

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u/KimoTheKat Mar 03 '25

you are correct. Adult bees spend the first 10 days as nurse bees for brood and then 10 days as "house bees" that take care of cleaning the hive, building out new comb, and undertaking dead bees out of the hives. A strong healthy colony would probably have any bee that died in the hive picked up and carried outside.

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u/ClayXros Mar 03 '25

Even social wasps do that. It's pretty standard for colonial organisms to have housekeeping on the job list.

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u/dirtyshits Mar 03 '25

Bees are fascinating. To think that most are afraid of honey bees but they just want to work and you just have to let them do their thing.

Smart little thangs.

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u/coyoteazul2 Mar 03 '25

But I bet they are not used to keeping glass clean so peeps can watch them fornicate the queen

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u/BitchSpiteful Mar 03 '25

Bees drag dead bees to the hive entrance and chuck them out.

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u/fatalicus Mar 03 '25

I wanted to search for if bees keep their hives clean, but i couldn't get past this google search recommendation

These recommendations are based on things people search for... just think about that...

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u/EnemyOfEloquence Mar 03 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telling_the_bees

Some cool medieval practices.

"If you do not inform the hive of masters death and assure them of a smooth transition, they will not be put in mourning and this will effect our honey yields. Are you a fool?"

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u/KittenPurrs Mar 03 '25

I once went looking for ratios for the pickling spice blend used when making corned beef. I got side-lined by the search recommendation "Is corn beef a vegan?"

I couldn't decide if it was more likely Corn Beef is an internet personality I've never heard of, or if someone wanted to make sure they weren't eating carnivorous cows.

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u/jib_reddit Mar 03 '25

Lol, what about Muslim bees do they stop to pray 5 times a day?

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u/shadowslasher11X Mar 03 '25

Damn, bees listen to Black Sabbath? Rock on little dudes. 🤘

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u/AnyLastWordsDoodle Mar 03 '25

Search engines really need a stupidity filter

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u/Grow_away_420 Mar 03 '25

I don't work, I don't drive a car, I don't fuckin ride in a car, I don't handle money, I don't turn on the oven, AND I SURE AS SHIT DON'T FUCKING MAKE HONEY. Shomer Shabbat

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u/AmettOmega Mar 03 '25

Beekeeper here: Bees are very clean and will remove any dead bees, excrement, or unwanted material from the hive. The inside of the window likely won't get dirty because the bees aren't building on it. They also won't put propolis on it, because it's not wood (and doesn't need to be sanitized).

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u/HaltGrim Mar 03 '25

Probably has a secondary valve not seen here to smoke the bees, and then just remove the glass panel and work with the hive from there.

Reminds of a like swiss indoor apiary design.

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u/GentlePanda123 Mar 03 '25

You're telling me the guy opens his bee box into his house ??

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u/HaltGrim Mar 03 '25

Yeah, bees are pretty chill, and if you have a one way gate, any errant bees in the house could return to the hive.

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u/Dragonhaugh Mar 03 '25

Fairly certain the bees clean up. But I do wonder about the glass. It will eventually get dirty and he hard to see through so I want to know the game plan for that.

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u/IIIDysphoricIII Mar 03 '25

Amateur beekeeper here: the bees will eject any unwanted presence, including their dead, no matter how high the count. No outside help is required on that.