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OT - drunken bee?
Is it a myth that bees get drunk on nectar? Yesterday I was sitting in the garden when I saw a big fat bee fall out of a foxglove flower, hit a leaf and roll down the middle before falling off the end. I also find them staggering about in the beds, falling on their backs, waving their fuzzy little legs in the air, buzzing furiously. Are they really drunk? And if so, what does the queen say when they finally make it home at three in the morning, singing bee shanties?
Bob |
Shirl wrote: Is it a myth that bees get drunk on nectar? Yesterday I was sitting in the garden when I saw a big fat bee fall out of a foxglove flower, hit a leaf and roll down the middle before falling off the end. I also find them staggering about in the beds, falling on their backs, waving their fuzzy little legs in the air, buzzing furiously. Are they really drunk? And if so, what does the queen say when they finally make it home at three in the morning, singing bee shanties? Bob I have also heard that bees get "drunk" on nectar. Apparently, whilst they are on the backs kicking their legs around, , you can tickle their tummys! I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! -- Jo |
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from "Totty" contains these words: I have also heard that bees get "drunk" on nectar. Apparently, whilst they are on the backs kicking their legs around, , you can tickle their tummys! I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I have also heard that bees get "drunk" on nectar. Apparently, whilst they are on the backs kicking their legs around, , you can tickle their tummys! I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... -- Now you're pollen my leg! -- Jo |
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from "Totty" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I have also heard that bees get "drunk" on nectar. Apparently, whilst they are on the backs kicking their legs around, , you can tickle their tummys! I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... Now you're pollen my leg! I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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On 17/7/05 17:33, in article , "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I have also heard that bees get "drunk" on nectar. Apparently, whilst they are on the backs kicking their legs around, , you can tickle their tummys! I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... Now you're pollen my leg! I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent. Oh no - that'll polish us off. You'll all go on taking the pistil you run out of ideas. OT (Huh!) Yesterday's Guardian had a recipe which demanded "bee pollen". -- Mike. |
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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: Sacha wrote: On 17/7/05 17:33, in article , "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I have also heard that bees get "drunk" on nectar. Apparently, whilst they are on the backs kicking their legs around, , you can tickle their tummys! I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... Now you're pollen my leg! I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent. Oh no - that'll polish us off. You'll all go on taking the pistil you run out of ideas. I've got more stamena than you give me credit for. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
Sacha wrote: On 17/7/05 17:33, in article , "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... Now you're pollen my leg! I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent. Oh no - that'll polish us off. Hive given up housework for the Summer -- Jo |
Mike Lyle wrote: Sacha wrote: On 17/7/05 17:33, in article , "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I have also heard that bees get "drunk" on nectar. Apparently, whilst they are on the backs kicking their legs around, , you can tickle their tummys! I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... Now you're pollen my leg! I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent. Oh no - that'll polish us off. You'll all go on taking the pistil you run out of ideas. OT (Huh!) Yesterday's Guardian had a recipe which demanded "bee pollen". Available in jars in most Spanish supermarkets and corner shops...seems to be a profitable side-line of the local honey producers' symbiotic relationship between apiarists and fruit growers. A relationship that is now breaking down because of the general public's wish for pipless citrus fruit. Apiarists can no longer site their hives in certain areas. -- Jo |
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from "Totty" contains these words: Sacha wrote: On 17/7/05 17:33, in article , "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... Now you're pollen my leg! I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent. Oh no - that'll polish us off. Hive given up housework for the Summer Oh comb on - you'll do some dusting, Shirley? -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
Totty wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote: Sacha wrote: On 17/7/05 17:33, in article , "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I have also heard that bees get "drunk" on nectar. Apparently, whilst they are on the backs kicking their legs around, , you can tickle their tummys! I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... Now you're pollen my leg! I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent. Oh no - that'll polish us off. You'll all go on taking the pistil you run out of ideas. OT (Huh!) Yesterday's Guardian had a recipe which demanded "bee pollen". Available in jars in most Spanish supermarkets and corner shops...seems to be a profitable side-line of the local honey producers' symbiotic relationship between apiarists and fruit growers. A relationship that is now breaking down because of the general public's wish for pipless citrus fruit. Apiarists can no longer site their hives in certain areas. And, of course, in Spain some seem to think that Pepsi-Cola encourages digestion "because it contains pepsin". I'd love to see somebody swallow a glass of soft-drink delicately flavoured with somebody else's digestive juices, that's all I can say. I'd also like to see the digestive tract which could break down pollen (actually, I take that back: I wouldn't). My unexpressed mockery, however, was mainly aimed at the idea that there could be such a thing as bee pollen. -- Mike. |
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The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Sacha wrote: On 17/7/05 17:33, in article , "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... Now you're pollen my leg! I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent. Oh no - that'll polish us off. Hive given up housework for the Summer Oh comb on - you'll do some dusting, Shirley? Nope: Totty has decided to skip it. -- Mike. |
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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Sacha wrote: On 17/7/05 17:33, in article , "Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: The message .com from "Totty" contains these words: I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their leg sacs preventing take-off! Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees, in case they fell in the water butt... Now you're pollen my leg! I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent. Oh no - that'll polish us off. Hive given up housework for the Summer Oh comb on - you'll do some dusting, Shirley? Nope: Totty has decided to skip it. 'Swarm, so I don't blame her. -- Rusty Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
Mike Lyle wrote: And, of course, in Spain some seem to think that Pepsi-Cola encourages digestion "because it contains pepsin". I'd love to see somebody swallow a glass of soft-drink delicately flavoured with somebody else's digestive juices, that's all I can say. 2 litres of Pepsi is the favoured septic tank starter around here.. I'd also like to see the digestive tract which could break down pollen (actually, I take that back: I wouldn't). Is pollen hard to digest? Amino acids, carbohydrate and trace minerals do sound a fairly inoccuous mixture. My unexpressed mockery, however, was mainly aimed at the idea that there could be such a thing as bee pollen. Pedantic (I love pedants) point taken :0), but it surely distinguishes pollen bee-handled into those dinky little bags that survive being packed into 250gm jars at =803.50 a throw, from pollen lovingly collected from flowers by someone with a dolls house sized dustpan and brush....I wonder what those leg sacs are made of? Do they contain the elixir of life...? -- Jo |
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