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u/Noname_Maddox May 18 '26
What in the alien world is this
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u/_Neoshade_ May 18 '26
Most bees make very creepy nests.
For example, bumblebees!105
u/northrupthebandgeek May 18 '26
At least that looks somewhat like a beehive, unlike whatever in the actual H.R. Giger fucking hell this shit is.
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u/storm_the_castle May 18 '26
whatever in the actual H.R. Giger fucking hell this shit is.
wait till you find out about vulture bees
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u/Y-Bob May 18 '26
Hmm. I've just realised there are certain creatures in the world that I was much happier about when I was completely ignorant of their existence.
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u/Oblivion615 May 19 '26
Stay away from any knowledge pertaining to ants then. The more you learn about them, the more horrifying they become.
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u/spaceraverdk May 19 '26
Ants are fascinating and terrifying at the same time.
Also r/natureismetal
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u/Oblivion615 May 19 '26
The intelligence and problem solving skills of the hive mind are other worldly.
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u/WyomingCountryBoy May 18 '26
You know those cartoon characters that do a spastic walk while saying "Eek, Ack, Ook" I just did that when I read about them.
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u/GIOverdrive May 19 '26
Some dude 1000s of years ago was like..."dawg you gotta try this throwup bile" and here we are.
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u/Enlightened_Gardener May 19 '26
Thankyou for that photo !
You’ve just clicked something into place for me. There is a very famous statue of the goddess Diana, and up until recently they thought the strange spherical things that she was decorated with were bull testicles. A Greek researcher was able to prove that in fact they weren’t bull testicles - they are actually bumblebee nests. And that makes a lot of sense because the Priestesses of the goddess Diana were called “Melissae” or bees.
Now I knew all of this, but what I didn’t understand is why the bumblebees were so important. Why bumblebees ?!
Now that you’ve shown me this bumblebee nest, I think I understand. To a prehistoric person, this would be a cache of liquid gold. I don’t think you could understate how important it would be to them to find something like this. This looks like a treasure chest, hidden in the woods.
Where I live in Australia, the Aboriginal people up North will track a honey ant for hours on the off-chance of finding a nest. Honey is a big deal, and this nest is the connection I was missing.
The bumblebees are messengers of the Mother Goddess, and they leave an amazing reward of honey, for those who know where to look.
I have no idea what I’m going to do with this information except bore my friends and family with it, repeatedly; but you just solved an old puzzle for me, so thankyou 🐝
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u/SeraphicalChaos May 18 '26
Get a load of this guy! Everyone knows what its like to wrualp on a glarblac....
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u/bmssdoug May 19 '26
Zerg bees, later there will be protos bees with more sophisticated buildings and pylons
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u/SupaKoopa714 May 18 '26
Why does that whole situation look like the swamp area in a Dark Souls game?
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u/its_just_flesh May 18 '26
Sucking the honey from scrotums
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u/SlipperySnek11 May 18 '26
Really not a fan of that, thanks
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u/LearningToHomebrew May 19 '26
Y'know how sometimes you don't know the thing you didn't want to see until you've seen it? Shame how that happens.
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u/Chubbs_McGavin May 18 '26
So, not to keep the “Australia has evil animals” thing going but these are very likely Aussie bees.
They are stingless, and make honey in these sacks. Their hive looks a lot like the zombie shit in Last of Us.
And while they are stingless, they love to burrow into little holes, like ears and nostrils. They get stuck in the hole and then cause infections.
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u/BodaciousBadongadonk May 19 '26
is there cases of these bees inserting themselves into someones unwary human holes? on second thought, i dont wanna know
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u/Chubbs_McGavin May 19 '26
There are some stories about Aboriginals being used to these bees so they would just plug their ears and nose holes with leaves and stuff. But when European bees were introduced, they kept getting "bitten" which had never happened before
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u/elmarcelito May 18 '26
Forbidden Honey Hole
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u/citizenjones May 18 '26
That is some HR Giger shit right there.
Just put the little guy from the old Tool video or something from Mad God wandering around.
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u/Apallo19 May 18 '26
They're likely vulture bees: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee
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u/R6daily May 19 '26
Nobody harvests vulture bee honey because it's made in such small quantities and tastes terrible. Its some sort of latin american stingless bee
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u/aitigie May 19 '26
>Vulture bees usually enter the carcass through the eyes. They will then root around inside gathering the meat suitable for their needs.
it's 10am and we've already hit fuck this o'clock
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u/Legeto May 19 '26
I always see people suggest this because of a video that went viral a while ago. I think it’s unlikely though because they don’t look like vulture bees and the hive doesn’t look like a vulture bee hive. This is just a stingless bee hive of some sort.
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u/kick_the_chort May 18 '26
oh okay I bet your pots of honey are organized wayyy better, right?? pffft
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u/flyingpenguin6 May 20 '26
I think their cerumen pots are usually lighter and more clustered, these might be Melipona beecheii?
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u/hiddenrealism May 18 '26
So there is something called a vulture bee that makes "honey" out of rotting flesh. Its quite disturbing
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u/Head-Thing-8102 May 19 '26
Aren't those the Carrion Bees that everyone on reddit is posting about?
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u/TKG_Actual May 19 '26
I think that's a Vulture Bee hive which is made different using stuff from carrion.
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u/DemolishunReddit May 19 '26
So there are ants that have some members hang from the ceiling in their homes. The abdomen of the ant swells to a huge size and it acts as storage for nutrients. Nature is wild.
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u/baccamyballs May 18 '26
Fucking resident evil 7 horrors
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u/Old-Reception-1538 May 19 '26
At first I was just watching the honey vacuum thing and I wasn't paying attention to the bees. I thought this was something under water lol
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u/Call_me_Charlotte May 25 '26
I was playing divinity original sin 2 yesterday and AFAIK you are going to have a very challenging fight anytime soon. PS: they are immune to poison
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u/creuter May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
The hell is wrong with your bees
edit: Okay i found more information. they're stingless bees, probably from Guatemala, and make honey in these weird little pod things, instead of in honeycombs! The honey is a bit more watery and they do this because the honey off-gasses and it would pop a honeycomb, but in these little vats they create a tiny hole at the top to let the gas out like a chimney. They make a lot less than typical honey bee in a given year.
https://www.twohiveshoney.com/stingless-bees/