tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187563.post117090820231742813..comments2023-10-15T00:42:52.195+11:00Comments on The Nightwatchman: About 100 Dying Bees Outside My HouseGlenn Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12816394034828644190noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187563.post-1170994412525372062007-02-09T15:13:00.000+11:002007-02-09T15:13:00.000+11:00Well, I have some answers. My sister works with a...Well, I have some answers. My sister works with a part time apiarist.<BR/><BR/>The bee milker hasn't heard of such weirdness and is a little creeped out by it all. <BR/><BR/>She offers these hypotheses:<BR/><BR/>a) These bees got lost during a recent move to another hive. Once they get lost they have no queen to serve and lose their will to live.<BR/><BR/>b) Certain nectars taste really good.Glenn Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816394034828644190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187563.post-1170923022239677912007-02-08T19:23:00.000+11:002007-02-08T19:23:00.000+11:00Sounds like a hostile takeover. Fucking WASPS. A...Sounds like a hostile takeover. Fucking WASPS.<BR/> <BR/>Apparently it's a pail of wasps, and a grist of bees. I love collective nouns.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187563.post-1170920973930868352007-02-08T18:49:00.000+11:002007-02-08T18:49:00.000+11:00A "romp", "bus" or "connex" of bees getting hit by...A "romp", "bus" or "connex" of bees getting hit by a car on their way to a new home is a nice bit of lateral thinking, Alison. <BR/><BR/>But it doesn't explain the ten wasps out there now, ATTACKING the sick bees.<BR/><BR/>I've also seen a few bees fall from the sky onto the road in the past ten minutes.<BR/><BR/>I'm starting to suspect the bees are being poisoned by a gum tree overhead or have Glenn Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816394034828644190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187563.post-1170919979536419702007-02-08T18:32:00.000+11:002007-02-08T18:32:00.000+11:00Changed my mind: its a 'romp' of bees.Changed my mind: its a 'romp' of bees.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040359582268137226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3187563.post-1170919891393614792007-02-08T18:31:00.000+11:002007-02-08T18:31:00.000+11:00I've seen a swarm move location, or move hives. I ...I've seen a swarm move location, or move hives. I don't know what its called. It like a big broad cloud of bees, not like people moving a couch, and you wouldn't notice it go by if you're reading a good book. Though I'm sure they're not all the same.<BR/><BR/>Maybe a 'bus' of bees (my collective noun for moving bees) got hit by a car (or two) when they were moving neighbourhood...Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040359582268137226noreply@blogger.com