A swarm of bees took to the main Senate entrance of the U.S. Capitol Building on Friday, frightening onlookers before they were captured.
In an unusual sight on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon, beekeepers were called in to capture and remove about 15,000 honey bees that had swarmed around the main Senate entrance of the U.S. Capitol Building, frightening onlookers before landing in a tree.
Three volunteer beekeepers, including one who is a top congressional aide, worked carefully but without protective suits to capture the queen and her thousands of offspring. more
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15 thousand Huh? Who counted them? Jonathon Gruber? Brian Williams?
The story seems to be more about the dude carrying an AR than the bees.
Wasn’t aware that bees were attracted to shit.
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Here’s an interesting factoid: (Old Scotish)
A swarm of bees in May, is worth a load of hay.
A swarm of bees in June, is worth a silver spoon.
A swarm of bees in July, isn’t worth a fly. Don’t ask.
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I got stung yesterday, it has been 30+ years since I was last stung.
I was walking through the grass and somehow picked the little bastard up between my shoe and sock just below my ankle bone. It was tingly and sore yesterday, this morning I couldn’t walk. Ibuprofen got me moving again.
Put a piece of papaya on the string. The enzymes are the quickest thing to counteract bee venom.
WTF? I thought bees were a casualty of globull warming?
Libtard science proven wrong once again.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
If the bees’ were pissed off and bitching…..they were African
Huh. Where are all those “killer bees” that everyone promised us were making their way north? That would have been a real swarm.
The Bees know!
Nature knows best.