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what would you do if you were sound
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asleep and heard the sound of a bee but
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the sound was much louder than anything
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you've heard before this is exactly what
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happened to one Reddit user he lives in
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South Shields in the UK and was sound
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asleep when he woke up to a loud
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constant buzzing noise when he looked
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outside this is what he saw
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he decided to catch one of the bees to
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see exactly what kind of bee was
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neighborhood at first he thought they
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were bumble bees but thanks to other
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Reddit users he found out that they were
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bees when he walked by his sister's
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window he saw the enormous swarms
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Windows where would honey bees like this
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come from especially a swarm this
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big it's unknown where these bees came
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from but it seemed as though they were
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stay some people suggested calling an
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exterminator but because the honey bees
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are dwindling in number it's always
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recommended to call a beekeeper
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first swarming is what happens when a
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new honeybee colony is
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formed it means the queen bee has left
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and the worker bees are trying to find a
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swarms can range from just a few hundred
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bees up to a few thousand
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bees swarming is actually the natural
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way for honeybee colonies to
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reproduce if you find bees in a hole or
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a mud Nest you can be sure that they're
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not honeybees that would mean that you
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have a wasp or a yellow jacket
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problem honey bees typically do not
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sting unless they're very agitated if
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you come across a swarm of bees they're
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likely looking for a new home and may be
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a little more Angry than they would be
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if they were found in a
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hive often times when you call a
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beekeeper they won't charge you to
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remove the bees the reason being is that
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we're more reliant on the bees than they
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us swarms aren't always a bad thing
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though it's a good way for bees to
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increase their genetic diversity when
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the old Queen leaves she often takes
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part of her Hive and leaves behind a
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Virgin Queen this Virgin Queen will then
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mate with bees from several different
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hives the reason honey bees that are
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swarming are typically not aggressive is
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because there's a lack of new bees that
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they have to defend they're usually
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focused on finding a new nesting
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location for their Queen
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instead there are only three types of
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honey bees in the hive the queen worker
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bees the queen is the only bee in the
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hive laying eggs She lays approximately
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the worker bees are all females and have
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the responsibility of taking care of the
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hive drone bees are males and they're in
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charge of finding a queen bee to mate
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with they also don't have a stinger
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after reading these bee facts I won't be
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as scared next time I have a honey bee
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flying around me however if I see a wasp
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or a yellow jacket you better believe
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I'll be running in the opposite
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direction as fast as I possibly can bees
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are a very important part of our daily
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lives even if you don't realize it bees
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are vital in the role of pollinating our
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crops such as broccoli asparagus apples
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and more they're also in charge of
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pollinating our flowers and producing
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honey next time you see a bee try not to
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swat at it we need them to survive
