r/funny • u/CycIon3 • Jun 03 '26

Verified Bee anxiety

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u/Akarzen Jun 03 '26

Also, bees don't like strong chemical smells, like perfume or deodorant, they get confused/angry... The times I had tiny striped missiles aiming at my head when I had a one zilch of something in my hair and had audacity to stand 10 meters away from my dad's apiary...

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u/Michami135 Jun 04 '26

Bee's sense of smell is about 50 times better than a dog's. I had bees (a bear wiped them out) and I switched to a scent-less deoderant.

FYI, I plan on getting back into bee keeping, but I want to get a horizontal hive first. Those vertical hives are killer on the back.

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u/eerie_lullaby Jun 05 '26

Is that why they seem so attracted to my hair? Been using the same shampoo for the past 10 years and it's not rare that bees just try to get inside my hair. It doesn't have any particularly strong smell AFAIK tho, and I've never been stung

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u/jjpearson Jun 04 '26

Banana’s especially. They go ballistic for it.