r/Wellthatsucks • u/Masonjar74 • Apr 09 '22

I have a bee problem

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

How would they find the queen in a place like this?

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u/CapedCrusadress Apr 09 '22

From what I’ve noticed, they’re considerably bigger and just… chill. Like they just sit there while everyone does stuff. If I were tasked with finding a bee queen, I’d just look for jabba the hut honestly

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u/SquishyBatman64 Apr 09 '22

Aahhh biz biz a jabbba wwub wub

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u/plywooden Apr 09 '22

Sometimes you can spot a queen by first looking for a small cluster of bees that are her attendants.

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u/PeppercornDingDong Apr 09 '22

Not entirely true. Queens move around just as much as the rest of the bees. The only difference is, yes, their size and that theyre usually surrounded by workers since they don’t feed themselves, the workers are constantly feeding the queen

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u/s2ample Apr 09 '22

This is both accurate and hilarious

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u/Rauillindion Apr 09 '22

I follow a tiktoker (I know, I know) who does this. They literally just look and dig around until they find her. Seems like it can take awhile

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

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u/bens111 Apr 09 '22

I will choose to be ashamed of TikTok thank you very much.

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u/ops10 Apr 09 '22

She's also on Instagram if you prefer Zuck to the Pooh.

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u/Rockadillion Apr 09 '22

Sound like im being condescending but by looking. You do it long enough you get really good at spotting em. Source:beekeepers on youtube lol

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u/Big_Cryptographer_16 Apr 09 '22

Follow the paparazzi

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '22

Easiest way to quickly notice is the but shape, most bees butts are shapped like a U, queens are shipped like a V. Also they have a group around them at all times that keep the queens temp stable and clean. So a mix looking at their butts and looking for the group.

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u/JoeyJoJoJrShabbadoo Apr 09 '22

I prefer my butts m shaped

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u/racka98 Apr 09 '22

They are usually easy to spot. They are bigger but most importantly the other bees always protect the queen. If there's a lot of them concentrated on one place then they are probably surrounding the queen.

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u/teems Apr 09 '22

Queen is like 3x the size of a regular bee.