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Happyhippychick

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10. This happened to my family. A queen decided to nest at our house under the picnic table.

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Mon May 30, 2016, 09:43 AM

May 2016

We had to call a bee expert, he estimated we had 1,000,000 bees. He put some "perfect habitat" boxes out to attract the queen and once she flew in the others eventually followed. We learned a lot about her drones and how they scope out the habitats for her, it was very cool. Except for the part where we were trapped in our house for 2 days.

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20K Bees Chased a Car for 2 Days to Rescue Their Queen Bee [View all] eridani May 2016 OP

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K&R! Wow! What an incredible story! Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #2

They are hive-minds... Ghost Dog May 2016 #4

Thank you! Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #5

Yeah. Just imagine... Ghost Dog May 2016 #6

That's exactly what drones appear like to me Rhiannon12866 May 2016 #7

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Busy, busy, busy...just busy little bees. Hope they all found a happy new hive. Surya Gayatri May 2016 #8

Who couted the damned bees. Introduced species - African Bees, have destroyed honey production... Jeffersons Ghost May 2016 #9

This happened to my family. A queen decided to nest at our house under the picnic table. Happyhippychick May 2016 #10

I wish my landlord had done something like that kentauros May 2016 #15

"We kidnap the queen, extract her alarm pheromones, place them on a flushable wipe, and put that in MisterP May 2016 #11

Eusocial insects are fucking amazing. Odin2005 May 2016 #12

Great story. Thanks, Eridani! Hortensis May 2016 #13

this is the season when hives split and swarm GreatGazoo May 2016 #14

I get this image of 20,000 Hillary supporters mindwalker_i May 2016 #16