by aussiegall

25 Random Facts about Bees.
by Andrew Tan and Shaun Spalding*

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged… you are supposed to read a note with 25 random facts about bees. I’ve chosen to tag you because I’d like you to get to know bees better.

1. Bees can fly.

2. Academically, many bees do not exceed the bee average.

3. Africanized bees are said to be happy with Obama’s stimulus package.

4. In common parlance, bees always come after A’s

5. BB guns do not shoot bees because of safety concerns.

6. BB King is not a bee, as bees are typically ruled by a Queen

7. The number of paternity tests required to determine the King Bee would be 40,000 to 50,000

8. Akeela and the Bee is not about a girl and her pet bee

9. Bea Arthur, best known as TV’s “Maude,” is the star of the popular bee-related sitcom Golden Grahams

10. Most children are capable of spelling “bees”

11. Bees have 6 legs, 2 eyes, 2 wings, 2 E’s and 1 B

12. A Single bee can live up to 8 weeks but it will die lonely

13. The past participle for bee is beeen

14. Folk expirementalist beck is not a bee. If beck were a bee he would be called Beek

15. No bee has ever worn vertical stripes.

16. Bee keepers are given suits to keep them away from yellow jackets

17. Bee Major is the most famous band leader of the bee army.

18. Despite their ethnic backgrounds, no European Honey Bees are considered WASPs

19. Bees do not use brushes, they prefer honeycombs.

20. The Charlotte Hornets are neither bee nor hornet. They are a basketball team.

21. The hive’s motto: “Bee whatever you want to Bee”

22. A bee’s stinger is not its reproductive organ.

23. (from wikipedia) Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila. Since it’s on Wikipedia, it’s not really a fact.

24. Bee Movie failed because it didn’t have enough buzz

25. No bee has ever mated with a bird and lived to tell the tale

*Special thanks to Cameron Boylston, Andrew Kamphey and Danny Djeljosevic