18 Replies to “a post that attempts to mimic the swarming of Japanese bees on a hornet scout sent to recon their hive for tasty grubs (from the protein wisdom conceptual series)”

1. Tman says:

   June 27, 2007 at 3:31 pm

   BECAUSE OF THE MATRIARCHY!!!!

2. Jeff G. says:

   June 27, 2007 at 3:37 pm

   And the friction.

   It’s like being dryhumped to death by a mass of eager adolescent boys.

   Or, you know, so I imagine.

3. happyfeet says:

   June 27, 2007 at 3:48 pm

   The grubs, they pretty much call the shots, no?

4. km says:

   June 27, 2007 at 4:19 pm

   Those bees have z-visas?

5. John says:

   June 27, 2007 at 4:29 pm

   Give those poor immigrant bees amnesty.

6. Robin Roberts says:

   June 27, 2007 at 4:31 pm

   Someone’s been taking his single malt in the backyard again.

7. Major John says:

   June 27, 2007 at 5:04 pm

   Calling all bees….Climb Mt. Niitaka!

   That was pretty damned interesting – thermal bee swarm, attack!

8. MayBee says:

   June 27, 2007 at 5:22 pm

   This makes me feel very special.

9. Pellegri says:

   June 27, 2007 at 5:25 pm

   The cause of global warming is–

   BEES?!

10. Diana says:

    June 27, 2007 at 5:54 pm

    It’s because of the EUrgonomics.

11. BRD says:

    June 27, 2007 at 6:24 pm

    Actually, that’s pretty impressive – they are able to get up to 112 degrees F with waste heat.

12. Pellegri says:

    June 27, 2007 at 6:34 pm

    Yeah, and they warm whole hives that way during winter.

    Bees are awesome. I love bees.

13. Merovign says:

    June 27, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    I thought the part (of the full documentary) where the 50 hornets killed 30 thousand bees in a few hours needed some music from 300. Maybe the lead hornet yelling “THIS IS NIPPON!”

    I think this is a re-edit and re-voicing of another documentary I’ve seen, The footage is almost the same, but the voice-over is different. The “collective vs. individual action” hammer is wielded a little more bluntly in this clip as well.

14. Merovign says:

    June 27, 2007 at 9:32 pm

    I didn’t / my em.

15. Cybrludite says:

    June 28, 2007 at 3:47 am

    Ok, the bits with the grubs are going to give me nightmares (daymares, actually) for weeks. BTW, was that Pippin doing the voiceover?

16. Rob Crawford says:

    June 28, 2007 at 5:41 am

    Ok, the bits with the grubs are going to give me nightmares (daymares, actually) for weeks.

    You mean the way they’d all slam their jaws into the sides of their cells, demanding food?

    Reminds me of the office right before lunch.

17. scooter (not libby) says:

    June 28, 2007 at 6:27 am

    Ironic. The Japanese bees are less productive, but more martially effective.

18. dennis savage says:

    June 28, 2007 at 4:23 pm

    Wow. Concrete poetry is so 70s.

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