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« Reply #30 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 17:22:18 » |
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Never heard of people not believing in wasp stings.
I got stung twice as a kid, now I shreek like a girl whenever one comes near me. I was chased around the car park at work last week by a wasp. They can smell fear.
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« Reply #31 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 17:36:49 » |
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Never heard of people not believing in wasp stings.
I got stung twice as a kid, now I shreek like a girl whenever one comes near me. I was chased around the car park at work last week by a wasp. They can smell fear.
What gives me the impression that you might be a gay entomologist ?
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« Reply #32 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 17:43:35 » |
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A bee dies after stinging somebody, and so will only do so as a last resort or to protect the hive.
Wasp's however can sting to their hearts content and have no adverse affects therefore they are a tad more 'trigger happy. However even a wasp has the basic instinct that if it pisses a big animal of by stinging it, then there is a good chance that that big animal will try to kill it and so usually wont bother unless you really piss it off a bit.
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Hammer
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« Reply #33 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 17:56:16 » |
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A bee dies after stinging somebody, and so will only do so as a last resort or to protect the hive.
Wasp's however can sting to their hearts content and have no adverse affects therefore they are a tad more 'trigger happy. However even a wasp has the basic instinct that if it pisses a big animal of by stinging it, then there is a good chance that that big animal will try to kill it and so usually wont bother unless you really piss it off a bit.
Not strictly true BR. Otherwise any bee-keeper would lose half the colony when collecting honey. A bee will only sting (and die) to protect itself or the queen.
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« Reply #34 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 18:00:00 » |
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Not strictly true BR. Otherwise any bee-keeper would lose half the colony when collecting honey. A bee will only sting (and die) to protect itself or the queen.
Which is exactly what I said, is it not?
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« Reply #35 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 18:19:53 » |
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Which is exactly what I said, is it not?
Erm...no. By saying ''protect the hive'' implies that a bee will die to protect its colleagues. It won't. It will only sacrifice itself in the interests of self-preservation and allegiance to its queen.
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« Reply #36 on: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 21:04:11 » |
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Do the bees have a national anthem for the queen?
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« Reply #37 on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 05:54:18 » |
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Beemian rhapsody?
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« Reply #38 on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 06:50:48 » |
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Flight of the bumblebees
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« Reply #39 on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 07:27:49 » |
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It will only sacrifice itself in the interests of self-preservation. It's not really that clever, is it?
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« Reply #40 on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 07:57:54 » |
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Do the bees have a national anthem for the queen?
Honey, Honey ?
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« Reply #41 on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 08:06:38 » |
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God save our Queen?
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« Reply #42 on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 08:18:20 » |
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Bonkers by Dizzee Rascal
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« Reply #43 on: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 08:21:22 » |
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Anything by the police.
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