When Did Bees Become So ****ing Stupid??!!

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 08:14PM #1

So I was out cutting the grass this evening, and there was a lot of buttercups in it, and also a lot of bees fornicating, or pollenating or whatever you call it. Now as we all know there is a worldwide problem with the bee population decreasing dramatically, so I would never intentionally kill one , but by Christ these ones made it hard for me this evening, dawdling along from flower to flower like an old dear in the jam aisle on pension day, blissfully unaware of the murderous bee annihilator that I was controlling just inches from them.

I remember bees used to be immensely ferocious, scary critters that I would run a mile from, not the harmless furry mower-fodder that are today.

Am I alone in noticing this, or am I going mad?

Vito Corleone · 19-06-2013 08:16PM

It's because of the dumbing down of society, the bees are getting stupider.

Hitchens · 19-06-2013 08:16PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

So I was out cutting the grass this evening, and there was a lot of buttercups in it, and also a lot of bees fornicating, or pollenating or whatever you call it. Now as we all know there is a worldwide problem with the bee population decreasing dramatically, so I would never intentionally kill one , but by Christ these ones made it hard for me this evening, dawdling along from flower to flower like an old dear in the jam aisle on pension day, blissfully unaware of the murderous bee annihilator that I was controlling just inches from them.

I remember bees used to be immensely ferocious, scary critters that I would run a mile from, not the harmless furry mower-fodder that are today.

Am I alone in noticing this, or am I going mad?

I have noticed the same thing with frogs, messy so it is

Nemeses · 19-06-2013 08:20PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

So I was out cutting the grass this evening, and there was a lot of buttercups in it, and also a lot of bees fornicating.......

Dude, Respect the bees...

LizT · 19-06-2013 08:21PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

So I was out cutting the grass this evening, and there was a lot of buttercups in it, and also a lot of bees fornicating, or pollenating or whatever you call it. Now as we all know there is a worldwide problem with the bee population decreasing dramatically, so I would never intentionally kill one , but by Christ these ones made it hard for me this evening, dawdling along from flower to flower like an old dear in the jam aisle on pension day, blissfully unaware of the murderous bee annihilator that I was controlling just inches from them.

I remember bees used to be immensely ferocious, scary critters that I would run a mile from, not the harmless furry mower-fodder that are today.

Am I alone in noticing this, or am I going mad?

Where were the birds.... are the bees cheating on the birds?? :eek:

Rasheed · 19-06-2013 08:21PM

What's the story with all the buttercups? I've never seen so many in fields/ gardens as this year.

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 08:23PM

LizT wrote: »

Where were the birds.... are the bees cheating on the birds?? :eek:

Don't get be started on the birds, there's a bastard of a willy wagtail been staring at himself in my wingmirror for the last six weeks, and crapping all over it in the process.:mad:

Nemeses · 19-06-2013 08:23PM

LizT wrote: »

Where were the birds.... are the bees cheating on the birds?? :eek:

That would be none of our business what the bee's do..

Saying that.. Wonder if there was some type of orgy-fest going on in Backwards Man garden..

antodeco · 19-06-2013 08:24PM

They ain't what they used to bee

Sunnyisland · 19-06-2013 08:24PM

Buzz of the bee,s dude..

Did I post that right.

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 08:24PM

Rasheed wrote: »

What's the story with all the buttercups? I've never seen so many in fields/ gardens as this year.

Its because of The Foundations in the ground that allow them to grow.:pac:

*please please people get that joke without having to google it*

Peregrine · 19-06-2013 08:26PM

LizT wrote: »

Where were the birds.... are the bees cheating on the birds?? :eek:

Why are we thinking of putting it on facebook to get the bees in trouble? :pac:

Andy-Pandy · 19-06-2013 08:27PM

Rasheed wrote: »

What's the story with all the buttercups? I've never seen so many in fields/ gardens as this year.

Because the season has been shortened due to a cold spring they have all flowered at the same time. The flowering season for buttercups is usually spread over a longer growing period so there is no staggered display this year, they all came at once. .

Mr Benevolent · 19-06-2013 08:28PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Its because of The Foundations in the ground that allow them to grow.:pac:

Eh? Is it an Asimov joke?

Ben Hadad · 19-06-2013 08:29PM

Rasheed wrote: »

What's the story with all the buttercups? I've never seen so many in fields/ gardens as this year.

I agree, there is a crazy amount of buttercups around me. Fields are like a sea of yellow. I have already started referring to 2013 as "The Year of the Buttercup"

Hitchens · 19-06-2013 08:29PM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Because the season has been shortened due to a cold spring they have all flowered at the same time. The flowering season for buttercups is usually spread over a longer growing period so there is a staggered display this year.

Yes, but why here...............why now?

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 08:29PM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Because the season has been shortened due to a cold spring they have all flowered at the same time. The flowering season for buttercups is usually spread over a longer growing period so there is a staggered display this year.

Here comes Percy Thrower with his 'facts' to stop us having a good rant.:(

:pac:

Nemeses · 19-06-2013 08:32PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Here comes Percy Thrower with his 'facts' to stop us having a good rant.:(

:pac:

Hopefully they will be fun facts this time or else, I'm off for a snooze.

Birroc · 19-06-2013 08:32PM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Because the season has been shortened due to a cold spring they have all flowered at the same time. The flowering season for buttercups is usually spread over a longer growing period so there is no staggered display this year, they all came at once. .

Very interesting and so true - its Butterfly City in my garden. And yes I was mowing the buttercups/clover/dock/moss/thistles/dandelions and some grass at the weekend and I was actually stopping to shoo the dumbass bees away. We never did that in the 70s/80s. It's a crazy fcuking world....

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 08:33PM

Mr Benevolent wrote: »

Eh? Is it an Asimov joke?

I'll post the video if you keep misbehaving. Fair warning.:p:pac:

Birroc · 19-06-2013 08:34PM

Ben Hadad wrote: »

I have already started referring to 2013 as "The Year of the Buttercup"

What did you call 2011?

kneemos · 19-06-2013 08:34PM

Saw a few bees today for the first time in what must be years and now that you mention it they did look a bit sluggish and mellowed out.Looks as if we could be fighting over the last tin of apricots in ten years time.

Hownowcow · 19-06-2013 08:35PM

Mumble bees, nobody understands them.

Stereomaniac · 19-06-2013 08:37PM

The Killer Bees. I respect Big Jim Brunzell. But Brian Blair, is a lowlife piece of garbage punk. Okay?

Ben Hadad · 19-06-2013 08:38PM

Birroc wrote: »

What did you call 2011?

"The Year of Long Knives"

Birroc · 19-06-2013 08:40PM

Ben Hadad wrote: »

"The Year of Long Knives"

Obviously yes.

Rasheed · 19-06-2013 08:40PM

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Because the season has been shortened due to a cold spring they have all flowered at the same time. The flowering season for buttercups is usually spread over a longer growing period so there is no staggered display this year, they all came at once. .

Oh right, thanks for that! I thought it was going to be a sign of something like a bad winter etc.

SpannerMonkey · 19-06-2013 08:40PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

So I was out cutting the grass this evening, and there was a lot of buttercups in it, and also a lot of bees fornicating, or pollenating or whatever you call it. Now as we all know there is a worldwide problem with the bee population decreasing dramatically, so I would never intentionally kill one , but by Christ these ones made it hard for me this evening, dawdling along from flower to flower like an old dear in the jam aisle on pension day, blissfully unaware of the murderous bee annihilator that I was controlling just inches from them.

I remember bees used to be immensely ferocious, scary critters that I would run a mile from, not the harmless furry mower-fodder that are today.

Am I alone in noticing this, or am I going mad?

Cant believe you posted this thread today

, i had the exact same thing earlier today , i stopped to let the first few move away , but after waiting about 20 seconds for one little fecker i said feck that , id say i killed about 50 of them by the time i was finished cutting the grass.

discus · 19-06-2013 08:41PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I remember bees used to be immensely ferocious, scary critters that I would run a mile from, not the harmless furry mower-fodder that are today.

Am I alone in noticing this, or am I going mad?

I've noticed it too, but maybe I've just grown balls as I've got closer to 30!

I too have read about the dwindling population. I refuse to kill wasps or bees now, three times this year I have swept them out with some paper rather than spray them with Old Spice.

Cungi · 19-06-2013 08:42PM

They're probably goin mad for some fruity, sugary preserve type of food

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 08:43PM

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

Cant believe you posted this thread today , i had the exact same thing earlier today , i stopped to let the first few move away , but after waiting about 20 seconds for one little fecker i said feck that , id say i killed about 50 of them by the time i was finished cutting the grass.

That's a bit worrying. I thought maybe mine had got their hands on an old bottle of poitin or something, but if it's countrywide?:eek:

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 08:44PM

Cungi wrote: »

They're probably goin mad for some fruity, sugary preserve type of food

Honey?

Cungi · 19-06-2013 08:45PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Honey?

Yes dear?

Cocolola · 19-06-2013 08:46PM

This is buzzarre (sorry) I'm watching a documentary on BBC4 right now about declining bee populations.

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 08:48PM

Cocolola wrote: »

This is buzzarre (sorry) I'm watching a documentary on BBC4 right now about declining bee populations.

Do they say anything about putting horns or something on lawnmowers to get the poor buggers to get out of the way?

Birroc · 19-06-2013 08:50PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Do they say anything about putting horns or something on lawnmowers to get the poor buggers to get out of the way?

I don't think giving lawnmowers a devilish appearance will help much, bees are not religious.

seven_eleven · 19-06-2013 08:50PM

I might slow down and might wait 3 seconds max before running them over. There's just too many of them. But you know what the funny thing is? 90% of the come out the other side again and fly away.

My 1980's heap of shíte lawnmower is environmentally friendly :cool:

Cocolola · 19-06-2013 08:53PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Do they say anything about putting horns or something on lawnmowers to get the poor buggers to get out of the way?

Strangely enough, no. But they're stumped as to why it's happening. I reckon you've discovered the sinister truth.

Darwin · 19-06-2013 08:54PM

I have a hive of bumble bees the far side of my hedge and the feckers are everywhere in the hedge. Don't really want to disturb the hive so I have to do a Linford Christie impression with the lawnmower to get this stretch done.

Birroc · 19-06-2013 08:54PM

Cocolola wrote: »

But they're stumped as to why it's happening.

I thought it was pesticides? Or diabetes.

Boom_Bap · 19-06-2013 08:58PM

Beads?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVIwoHwlnrU

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 08:59PM

Darwin wrote: »

I have a hive of bumble bees the far side of my hedge and the feckers are everywhere in the hedge. Don't really want to disturb the hive so I have to do a Linford Christie impression with the lawnmower to get this stretch done.

You stick a pair of socks down your trousers to look like you have a massive cock? How does this affect the bees?

Cocolola · 19-06-2013 09:00PM

Birroc wrote: »

I thought it was pesticides?

They can't say for sure. It might be a combination of pesticides, parasites and the way they're transported around the place. But this is too serious an answer for AH!

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 09:07PM

Cocolola wrote: »

They can't say for sure. It might be a combination of pesticides, parasites and the way they're transported around the place. But this is too serious an answer for AH!

Government cutbacks on the buzz-pass?

jprboy · 19-06-2013 09:16PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Do they say anything about putting horns or something on lawnmowers to get the poor buggers to get out of the way?

Put a light on the front of the mower and do it at night.
Problem solved.
If you have neighbours I'm sure they'll understand !

jprboy · 19-06-2013 09:24PM

I cut my grass the evening and noticed that a field mouse was running for his life in front of the mower.

I let him/her off but noticed on my return to that part of the garden that another fella was lying prone nearby.

Bees, mice, frogs .... anything else been encountered during the cutting?

Hitchens · 19-06-2013 09:28PM

jprboy wrote: »

I cut my grass the evening and noticed that a field mouse was running for his life in front of the mower.

no, that was a track mouse

jprboy · 19-06-2013 09:36PM

Hitchens wrote: »

no, that was a track mouse

Actually he was hurdling over individual blades of grass, so maybe

hollster2 · 19-06-2013 09:57PM

cant get the website up properly but the bees are so stupid because they can get drunk off collecting pollen

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 09:57PM

jprboy wrote: »

Put a light on the front of the mower and do it at night.
Problem solved.
If you have neighbours I'm sure they'll understand !

That would attract all the moths and daddylonglegses then, need a better idea than that.

The Backwards Man · 19-06-2013 10:00PM

hollster2 wrote: »

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol

cant get the website up properly but the bees are so stupid because they can get drunk off collecting pollen

Imagine, you only have reason for existing on Earth, and that reason makes you pissed as a fart. That would be bliss.:)

When Did Bees Become So ****ing Stupid??!!

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