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Bees Invasion
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Flannel Blob was visiting his family in Florida for the holidays when he noticed a swarm of honeybees congregrating on the swingset of his sister’s house. The neighbours called a bee removal company but a hefty fee was to be imposed and nobody wanted to spend money on it. Finally Blob had this fine idea of igniting fire right under the bees resulting in a total carnage of roasted bees! |
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Source: Something Awful
20 more pics after the jump.
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December 31st, 2006 at 1:55 am
Couldn’t they just stick smoke under the hive to make them go away? Sheesh, lots of deaths.
January 2nd, 2007 at 9:06 am
oohhwweee let it burn =)
January 12th, 2007 at 7:33 am
I thought that was kinda cruel. Wonder if they feel the same way if someone just burned off their whole family…..the bees didn’t even do anything to them!~
February 3rd, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Yes but some bees are killers, i dont know where this was shot but in america bees can and will kill.
February 5th, 2007 at 4:24 am
Yes we in florida have bees that can attack so bad that it will kill a grown man. Particularly when they are in such dense population.
February 5th, 2007 at 5:56 am
bees suck
April 21st, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Learn to identify different bees. Killer bees would not have let this guy get so close.
Remember without bees there will be no FOOD.
September 27th, 2007 at 10:28 am
Those poor things! Could had just called a bee keeper or animal control and they will safely get rid of it.
p.s. : A single hive takes about 8 months to create a bottle of honey (about 2 liter)
November 20th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
nice shots i wonder what kind of camera was use. zoom lens too!
November 20th, 2007 at 8:44 pm
You know if all bee’s died, mankind would be dead in four years. We need them
I think this was a bit cruel really
November 24th, 2007 at 4:48 am
This is revolting. Who thinks it’s fun to kill living things that we rely on? Honeybees pollinate a third of the food we eat, mostly the healthy stuff – fruits and vegetables. Without them, we’d have to rely on wheat and corn. I bet if they did a little more research online, they could have found a beekeeper who would have been happy to give these guys a home.
April 5th, 2008 at 6:31 am
Flannel Bob you rock. Wish I could do this, but for the umpteenth time they have invaded the second story eave of my house and I can’t set fire to my house. It is such a nuisance and so time consuming but the only way to do it is to spray them every afternoon for a week or more as the workers return to the hive. The good news is, after my husband sealed every available entry point, they went up underneath the stucco from the ground! We have called beekeepers, exterminators and they all say the same thing, we cannot do it, spray them yourself, it is cheaper. At least we do not have to climb on an extension ladder this time. Yea, yea, yea I know all about the pollenation issue, my father was a farmer.
October 9th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Flannel Bob, this is expecially for you (assuming you possess enough brain cells to use a computer, although I have my doubts)…
You are a complete idiot, not much different from a lobotomised zombie walking around saying “Duh, there some bees…me thinks me will make fire & burn them”…
How would you feel if I lighted a fire under your house? Fucking idiot…you will see, there will be some shit happen in your life & then you can think back to when you burnt a whole colony of bees & realise that what goes around, comes around…retard!
October 26th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Wow people seem to get pretty worked up over insects these days.
And just for the people saying that this was cruel and we need bees to survive, this was one very very small number of bees that died here. And you don’t know if they were being harmless or threatening before they decided to do this. Also the problem with killer bees is that there is absolutely NO way to tell them apart from regular bees until they attack in force and kill someone.
And yes I know that “if everyone went around setting fire to bee’s they’d all be dead by now” but just how often do you see people doing this? This is a first for me so I imagine the worlds bee supply is pretty safe
September 28th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
What a moron! Looks like he had a lot of “fun” killing these insects.
If he had left the bees alone they would have moved on within a couple of hours. A swarm like this is simply resting before continuing to a new home. Also, a swarm such as this one is not dangerous if it is left alone. The bees are intent upon being as close to the queen.
For the “experts” out there, these bees may have been feral, but they were common honey bees. Bees are actually quite beautiful, and their colonies are complex and fascinating should you bother to learn a little about them. Bees are NOT aggressive, stinging only when they feel threatened.
Bee colonies around the globe are under threat due to disease, and microwave communications towers are causing domestic colonies to die out (due to interference with the bee’s navigation systems. They get lost and cannot find their hive again). So the world’s “bee supply” is actually far from safe. Bees are essential to our systems of agriculture, so if the bees die out (and it is possible that we may see this happen) the human race will suffer terribly as a result.
The simplest, safest solution to having a swarm of bees arrive in your yard is to leave them alone and see if they move on. If they don’t move you should contact a beekeeper or apiary club, as someone may want to collect the swarm. Some pest controllers specialise in capturing swarms such as these. If you find you have a colony living in your wall, chimney etc there are people who specialise in dealing with this problem. I would not reccommend spraying the bees with fly spray unless you want to get stung. Remember that if you attack bees, they will defend themselves (and you will deserve what you get!).
April 27th, 2010 at 2:40 am
this was a swarm. bees are at their gentlest when they swarm. they also rarely stay in one place for very long. this is simply a stop off and resting place until they find a new home. at this point, these bees are clustered aroudn their queen, caring for here while they await the return of scout bees sent out to find a new hive location. if the home owner had just left them alone, they would have been gone by sundown. bees almost always find a place within a day, usually less. they must have selter.
when swarming, they rarely, if ever sting. it is though by some researchers, that it is physically impossible for them to sting at this time because each bee fills her honey stomach before leaving their parent hive, in order to have the stores available to make wax in the new hive. kind of like packing your suitcase. with a full honey stomach, a bee cannot bend in the way required to sting.
i understand the fear bees cause in people who know no better. that does not change the fact that there was no reason to kill these lovely ladies. for future reference, call the county extension service. almost every extension office in the country has a list of beekeepers who would be thrilled to remove bees, anytime they are seen.
as for the person with bees in their walls, call the extension service. the bees can and should be removed. if you don’t they will destroy your wall. the honey, alonem if nothing else, will bring moisture into your walls that will rot the wood. there will be some cost associated. there will be repairs you must do. the wall will likely have to be opened and that you will pay to have repaired by a contractor. but, you must do this or have honey seeping into your home. the beekeeper can trap out the bees but the honey and wax will remain unless you open the wall and remove it.
i have kept bees for 18 years and, with my father, we have both taken bees out of walls and brought home swarms of bees like the ones int he picture. there is no reason to kill them, simply call someone who knows about them and give them a good home. who knows, the beekeeper might even give you a jar of honey in return.
karon
April 27th, 2010 at 2:54 am
If bees are in your house, and you kill the bees, the honey and wax will be left behind. Without the bees to keep that space cool, the wax will melt. It could ruin your house’s wall(s) or drip inside. The honey will attract other pests — both insect and rodent. The moisture of the honey could start mold in the walls.
If you have bees in your walls or attic, you need someone who can remove *everything.* Just killing the bees will not solve your problem.
A swarm on something outside, as in this pictures, is pure gold to a beekeeper, and some beekeepers (but not exterminators) would pay you good money to come get it out of your yard.
April 27th, 2010 at 5:21 am
Just brilliant Flannel Blob. You have documented your complete ignorance and idiocy and posted it on the internet for the entire world to see. Most people who were not endowed with great intelligence do not broadcast it to the world, but in your case, I guess you can’t help yourself because you are so completely clueless.
Perhaps you could remove these pictures unless of course you enjoy being portrayed as a warning to others for how NOT to behave.
Fredster4
June 23rd, 2010 at 8:25 am
For people who only see bees as threat are ignorant of the importance of these little busy creatures. Protecting ourselves from harm is just right but burning bees to death in such manner is a wrongful course. This is really harsh.