In one detailed study of Trigona hypogea in Brazil, the vulture bees mixed sugary plant products with a proteinaceous paste from regurgitated meat, and let it mature to form a sweet substance that was used as food; however, the two resources were initially kept in separate "pots" in the colony, neither being true honey (i.e., not derived from nectar), but they were then mixed together.
Correct me if I'm wrong because English is not my first language, but my understanding from reading this article is that this is NOT a colony. It is a large area where over 5 million bees are living spread out. Link
the CCD, likely was due to a combination pesticides, climate change and forced to foraging only specific flowers, and it only mostly affected the european honeybees. other factors include a specific type of virus, the Varroa destructor mite and inbreed. it seems other types of honyebees are more resistant, like africanized or more aggressive type of bees.
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ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 151 pts · 63d
So they went and disturbed it. Real nice, assholes. Streak fucking ruined.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 101 pts · 63d
Bee 1: bzzzz *wiggle*
Bee 2: bzzz bzzzz *wiggle*
Bee 1: bz-
(Roof tears open)
Science-type person: Ay what y’all got goin’ in here?! 🤩
(Sign, “Days Without Disturbance” rolls over from 36,501 to zero)
gnufuu@infosec.pub · 38 pts · 63d
buzz kill
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 76 pts · 63d
So every time a new body is interred they can make themselves a little batch of human meat honey, as a treat.
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 63d
Bees mastering necro-tweaking
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 62d
probably dint want the protein/meat to spoil plant fermentation.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 14 pts · 63d
If mellified man is a thing, turnabout is only fair play
MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 62d
BeatL@pawb.social · 5 pts · 62d
Metal !
"...And when the tiny one from heaven comes Crawls inside the chosen skull And when the tiny one it summons the others...l"
Amorphis - the bee
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 3 pts · 62d
ShyFae@piefed.blahaj.zone · 72 pts · 62d
It was already sorta mentioned once, but worth doing again.
This isn't a colony. These aren't honey bees or bumblebees, these bees are wild and native and live fairly independently of each other.
miked@piefed.social · 29 pts · 62d
You made my go find the article. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/04/55m-ground-nesting-bees-make-home-ithaca-cemetery
Yep, not a colony. The is an aggregation since this a solitary.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 62d
I wanna go to some wild bee parties with the anarchy bees!
Triumph@fedia.io · 37 pts · 63d
Zombees
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 21 pts · 63d
DON'T PAIN OPEN INSIDE
morto@piefed.social · 8 pts · 63d
DON’T HONEY OPEN INSIDE
Kellenved@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 62d
I’ll do what I want and don’t cal me honey
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 62d
Yeah! Tell you where you can and can't open your own personal umbrel— floomf
Ah. Well, then.
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 29 pts · 63d
Cryptkeeper: and remember kiddies, you’d better bee-have yourselves or you’ll have a real SWARMageddon! AAhhahahahahaha
Caffie@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 62d
Correct me if I'm wrong because English is not my first language, but my understanding from reading this article is that this is NOT a colony. It is a large area where over 5 million bees are living spread out. Link
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 62d
You understand correctly, journalists just don’t care about getting stuff wrong all the time here as long as it gets clicks/views.
ironycanal@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 62d
Good. I thought colonialism was bad.
PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@anarchist.nexus · 22 pts · 63d
Should've said "beeneath a cemetery"
iocase@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 62d
Is this where all the bees have been disappearing to? Did we unintentionally find the honeybee Zion? Are we the sentinels?
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 62d
the CCD, likely was due to a combination pesticides, climate change and forced to foraging only specific flowers, and it only mostly affected the european honeybees. other factors include a specific type of virus, the Varroa destructor mite and inbreed. it seems other types of honyebees are more resistant, like africanized or more aggressive type of bees.
Zacryon@feddit.org · 19 pts · 62d
Are those zombees?
Illogicalbit@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 62d
Or are they boobees?
theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 62d
Leave them alone probably better humans didn't know what they do.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 63d
Leave them bee?
titanicx@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 62d
I never knew bees could live that long
Betch@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 62d
So now we're gonna disturb them, right? Is that how this goes?
Pacrat173@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 62d
Smithsonian magazine article
nocturne@slrpnk.net · 7 pts · 62d
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 62d
Is that where some guy with a hook for a hand was buried?
nectar45@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 62d
One day some poor construction workers will do remodelations around that area and be attacked by 5.5 million wild bees at once.
Hope none of them have allergies
itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 62d
You know what, good for them
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 62d
Not anymore, I'm sure some dickhead will decide they need to be exterminated.
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 62d
If we let nature rule we'd have ao many more interesting phenomena and beings to study and learn from.
homes@piefed.world · 4 pts · 63d
May they rest in bees
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 4 pts · 63d
QueenbeeEmpressbeehexdream@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 62d
Paging Nicholas cage...
anon_8675309@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 62d
Zombees?
LawfulPirate@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 62d
Don't upset Bees, we'll need them after the crash
bort@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 62d
that sounds like a subplot in a harry dresden novel.
Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 63d
Unleash the pharaoh's bees!
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 62d
The curse is now free.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 62d
No wonder Odysseus had such a long travel home. I always thought Ithaca was in Greece, but it turns out he had to cross the Atlantic on his odyssey.
bitteroldcoot@piefed.social · 1 pts · 63d
Paging Stephen King…. Will Mr king please report to Ithaca NY, your next plot line has arrived.
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 62d
I'm sure it was a Doctor Who episode
M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 62d
Yessss the beees....
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 63d
myotheraccount@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 62d
Their queen should be called Odyssa
heartSagan5@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 62d
Was it Beezelbub’s friend?
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus · 1 pts · 62d
Well i guess it ain't fucking undisturbed now, goddamn nosey bastards can't leave anything alone.