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24 Nov, 2008

BBQ Bees

Posted by: drivelocity In: Misc Drivel

I just received an email forwarded from a friend of a friend… Normally, I wouldn’t share something like this, but I was pretty sickened by the whole thing. If you’ve seen the news in the past few years, you would know that the worlds’ bee population has been mysteriously declining. Unfortunately, there are people like this who aren’t helping matters… Some idiot wanted to clean their BBQ and the result was thousands of little voices crying out in pain that were suddenly silenced.

I’ll try to recreate the scenario without using the sociopathic text of the original email…

So, some idiot decided they needed to use their BBQ and went out to clean it, but heard a buzzing and thought, hey, lets kill some innocent critters, especially if they are good for the environment…

Instead of doing the right thing and calling a bee keeper or trying to move them away from your BBQ in a humane manner, let’s use some highly toxic death spray that will not only kill the bees, but also get all over the cooking apparatus.

A bug bomb, a rake, some tape. Hey look, I’m freakin’ MacGyver! Aren’t I cool…

The sound of the bees buzzing was sooo loud! They must be cheering my creativity and opposable thumbs. Look at how they fall to the ground, dazed by my incredible intelligence!

Wow, there are so many of them! I feel so powerful! Look at me, the all powerful Bee master!

Here’s another shot so you can see how high the pile of bees are, in case you weren’t already aware of how impressive I am as a human!

I don’t think you believe me. I am great! Look at all those bees I killed!

Gee, where do bees come from? Lets look under the BBQ to see…

That would be their home. That would be their former home. Mmmm… toxic honey!

Look, here’s a shot showing the dead bees and their former home. I’m so thoughtful…

After killing all those bees, I sure am hungry! How about I do the world a favor and eat some of this toxic honey…

Remember, karma’s a bitch!

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16 Responses to "BBQ Bees"

1 | FromTheCapitol

November 24th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

Wow that is truly sad. I am not a fan of bee stings, but there must have been a better way. That beehive is truly a beautiful thing. Dead bees aside, I love photography and would love to get some creative photos of it.

2 | Lori

November 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am

That is just awful.

3 | Derek

January 26th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

wow. you guys are pathetic. Bees are pests, they should be killed should they invade a home, even if it is outside. If those bees were on your grill, would you kill them? Hell yes you would. You bleeding heart liberals make me sick.

4 | drivelocity

January 26th, 2009 at 10:18 pm

No, I would not kill them. I’m not a heartless, brainless, spineless idiot. I would do the logical, responsible thing and call someone who could safely remove the bees and relocate them because they are an integral part of the environment. I guess the “bleeding heart liberals” are the only ones who care if agriculture survives and we can continue to eat produce. Apparently you don’t understand that bees don’t only pollinate flowers and actually serve a purpose in nature. Are you really that scared of bees, tough guy?

5 | You suck

January 26th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

Oh my god Im SOOOOOOOOOOOO upset the poor bees! Theyll surely go extinct after that! :( :( :( :( :( :(

6 | drivelocity

January 26th, 2009 at 10:43 pm

I have some ideas for your birthday: 1) a newspaper so you can see that bees are dying (or being killed) in alarming numbers, which can have global effects and 2) a diaper so you can feel free to wet yourself in confidence the next time you get scared of some bees.

7 | Joe

January 27th, 2009 at 5:41 am

Relax guys the honey didn’t go to waste. I left it out for some local black bears.

8 | drivelocity

January 27th, 2009 at 5:23 pm

I’m guessing these recent idiotic comments are coming from a Pontiac Grand Prix forum that linked to this post recently… Welcome!

10 | Travis

January 28th, 2009 at 8:01 pm

we should go bee hunting some time…i hate those damn things too

11 | Justin

January 29th, 2009 at 2:02 pm

I think we should exterminate Californians just like this bees.

Stupid Hippies

12 | drivelocity

January 30th, 2009 at 9:29 am

I see what you did there… exterminate. wow.

13 | Barbara

May 13th, 2009 at 7:42 pm

It really looks that this hive could have been moved rather than poisoned. Also the thought of those chemicals right near a food prep. area is not very appealing.

Those honeycombs are beautiful. It’s a real shame!

By the way, our beehive in the avocado has been doing fine for the past 10 years – in spite of our misguided efforts to exterminate it. We do worry about the possibility of it being taken over by Africanized honeybees, but so far so good. And no one has been stung – in the past 10 years.

Barbara´s last blog post..More Grass Will Disappear in Front Yard

14 | Neal Pallotta

June 22nd, 2009 at 4:19 am

Yeah, problem with your statements there, Drivelocity.

They’re european bees. And this is Australia. They’re not good for the environment as they don’t pollinate a lot of the Australian plants. And they also drive out Australian native bees.

If they were in their natural environment no problem, but these bees are feral.

I’m not saying they couldn’t have been relocated, but seriously, dude.

15 | drivelocity

June 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 am

Neal, Thank you for pointing out that the source of these pictures is likely Australia – Apparently the bug bomb they used (Mortein) is an Australian brand. But I’m curious – how do you know those are European bees when there are 1,500 types of native bees there?

From what I’ve read, European bees are important for crop pollination because many of the crops grown in Australia are not native. However, there is a Australian stingless bee that can do the same, but locations they can be used is limited and can’t produce enough honey to meet demand.

Also, the USDA may be banning (or has banned by now) the import of Australian bees to the US because an Asian bee that the US doesn’t want has been accidentally introduced to Australia. See, bees are traded between countries all the time; one reason being, certain bees will pollinate during different times of the year.

After reading several sources, it looks like the Asian bee is the big problem in Australia as they can carry a type of mite that are harmful for indigenous bees, they steal honey which can harm other bees, and they are poor pollinators. Plus, they multiply rapidly, are more aggressive and can sting people, unlike the Australian stingless…

So, anyway, unless you can tell from the type of hive, which I couldn’t find any info on, based on the pics, how are we to know what type of bees those are? If those are the Asian bees, then I guess there would be reason to kill them, but I doubt the lay person would know the difference…

16 | ashley nicky

July 1st, 2009 at 10:08 pm

It’s terrible when I take a look at those pictures one by one.

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