Bees!

Post by **Dale** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:38 pm

Not to get myself in trouble here for gender commentary, but I think most all of the men will understand the awesomeness of this.

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1845064?

(Warning: adult language and definite do-not-try-this-at-home behavior.)

Ill-advised, perhaps immoral, reckless, dumb. But awesome.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:41 pm

So THAT'S what happened to all the honeybees round here!

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:49 pm

Mind boggling. Redneck Jackass....o-mi-gawd.

Thanks for sharing, this is fantastic. Emailing it up to the ranch, pronto.

trill · Post by **trill** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:22 pm

LOL! LOL! LOL! (esp the commentary!)

trill

ps: for a good read, try "The Secret Life of Bees". Not about bees so much as a girl growing up in the rural south, but a good read.

WyoBadger · Post by **WyoBadger** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:32 pm

That absolutely made my night. There, but for an intelligent wife, go I.

12/23. Never Forget.

ketida · Post by **ketida** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:17 pm

Sorry to be a party-poop, but I hated this. We raised honeybees when I was a kid, and I saw plenty of swarms - bees who for various reasons lost their hives and were just trying to stay together till another hive or facsimile thereof could be found, and I even rode along safely ensconced in the cab of the pickup with feral hives in the back, while we transported them to new homes.

Honeybees are really not aggressive. These bees were just lost, and did not deserve the treatment they got. The family who felt threatened by them could have contacted any beekeeper, who most likely would have been glad to take care of things, but it wouldn't have made a very exciting utube video.

Post by **Dale** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:19 pm

WyoBadger wrote:That absolutely made my night. There, but for an intelligent wife, go I.

Amen on the intelligent wife thing. Mine has saved me from many misadventures.

All of the wonderful pyrotechnics noted, there is something to be said for the hurling of the 45 lb. trailer hitch.

From now on, when I have a problem, I'm tossing a trailer hitch at it.

Post by **Dale** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:22 pm

ketida wrote:Sorry to be a party-poop, but I hated this. We raised honeybees when I was a kid, and I saw plenty of swarms - bees who for various reasons lost their hives and were just trying to stay together till another hive or facsimile thereof could be found, and I even rode along safely ensconced in the cab of the pickup with feral hives in the back, while we transported them to new homes.

Honeybees are really not aggressive. These bees were just lost, and did not deserve the treatment they got. The family who felt threatened by them could have contacted any beekeeper, who most likely would have been glad to take care of things, but it wouldn't have made a very exciting utube video.

Understood. What makes this wonderful is not the dead bees. It's just how it crystallizes something about American maleness. It's obvious that it's not admirable or smart behavior, as I noted in my introduction.

Cork · Post by **Cork** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:30 pm

ketida wrote:Sorry to be a party-poop, but I hated this. We raised honeybees when I was a kid, and I saw plenty of swarms - bees who for various reasons lost their hives and were just trying to stay together till another hive or facsimile thereof could be found, and I even rode along safely ensconced in the cab of the pickup with feral hives in the back, while we transported them to new homes.

Honeybees are really not aggressive. These bees were just lost, and did not deserve the treatment they got. The family who felt threatened by them could have contacted any beekeeper, who most likely would have been glad to take care of things, but it wouldn't have made a very exciting utube video.

Basically, I'm with you on this one. Those honeybees could have been easily handled by a beekeeper, and saved.

That's a shame!

ketida · Post by **ketida** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:32 pm

Sudden insight! It wasn't the innocent honeybee annihilation that disturbed me, it was the less-than-desirable and DUMB American male response that disturbed me! No wonder I'm single!!

And all this time, I thought it was me.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:56 pm

ketida wrote:Sudden insight! It wasn't the innocent honeybee annihilation that disturbed me, it was the less-than-desirable and DUMB American male response that disturbed me! No wonder I'm single!!

And all this time, I thought it was me.

Me, too.

The worst part about this is that MORE dumb American males will see it and learn that it's a cool thing to do. Then they'll go out and kill something else -- whatever they can find, if not bees. Or maybe just tear something up. Or f*rt in public. You know--man things.

ketida · Post by **ketida** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:02 pm

Yeah, but I really still feel bad for the bees. That was just wrong.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:05 pm

I don't much feel bad for the bees. I tend not to feel bad for dead animals in general. Unless they're super cute.

I do feel bad for the swing set, though.

But seriously, it's worth it to set a match to 2 quarts of gasoline. Seriously.

Post by **Dale** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:11 pm

ketida wrote:Sudden insight! It wasn't the innocent honeybee annihilation that disturbed me, it was the less-than-desirable and DUMB American male response that disturbed me! No wonder I'm single!!

And all this time, I thought it was me.

See, this helped you.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:11 pm

Okay, reality check: the deed is done and yes it was stupid. But they filmed it, okay, and it's a monument to well...something. What is really stupid is that the bees came OUT of the house to begin with proving how out of control the whole situation with the landlord is. Normally, when bees settle in a place like that swing set, they will move on within 24 hours anyway and these yo-yos didn't seem to know it.

What really proves how unaggressive they were is that there are no "in the hospital" shots. I guess they were not Africanized. Lucky for ol Buck there.