If you've played the video game Far Cry Primal you'll know how useful bees can be.
Not only can they do honey and buzzing, but stuff them into a thing and they become a type of bomb.
We all knew that bees were da bomb - but thanks to Far Cry Primal, they are now literally A bomb (note: not an A-bomb).
But what else can be done with bees? Here are 10 un-bee-lievable facts that you never bee (knew)!
Not only can they do honey and buzzing, but stuff them into a thing and they become a type of bomb.
We all knew that bees were da bomb - but thanks to Far Cry Primal, they are now literally A bomb (note: not an A-bomb).
But what else can be done with bees? Here are 10 un-bee-lievable facts that you never bee (knew)!
10. How many bees does it take to change a lightbulb? This might sound like the set-up to an hilarious joke... but try telling that to the millions of people every year who are stung off bees after mistaking them for lightbulbs. They're not laughing. They're probably just going "Ow - I got stung off a bee".
9. You may have heard the phrase "the bee's knees", but bees literally are "the bee's knees", for they are the only living thing to have bee knees - a type of knee that only occurs on bees. And take it from us: they're the bee's knees!
8. Is it possible to ride on a bee? You might assume that the answer would be a resounding "no" - and you'd be right! Bees are quite small, and therefore difficult to ride upon.
However, had cowboys ridden bees instead of cows, they'd have acquired the name "beeboys". B-boys are more commonly referred to today as breakdancers - a type of dancing that looks as if you're fighting off some bees! This is because what goes "around" comes "around".
However, had cowboys ridden bees instead of cows, they'd have acquired the name "beeboys". B-boys are more commonly referred to today as breakdancers - a type of dancing that looks as if you're fighting off some bees! This is because what goes "around" comes "around".
7. "Bee" is the second letter of the alphabet. Unless you're Greek, in which case it's "beeta". Or French - where it's "le pomp-de-dompt-de-doo", or something like that.
6. The longest buzz ever recorded off a bee lasted thirteen minutes and nine seconds from start to finish. After emitting the buzz, the bee was so exhausted and out of breath that its huffing and puffing could be heard as far away as Krentt.
5. Bee-troot is a type of vegetable grown by bees in their hives, and eaten exclusively by British pensioners and Russians.
4. Honey - the delicious sugary sauce made by bees - isn't the only bee product you can buy in supermarkets. You can also buy black-and-yellow shawls made from the skin of bees, and bees on sticks - for tickling your daddy's crannies.
3. Contrary to popular belief, the food "beef" doesn't come from bees, but from cows. Last year, a petition to change the name from "beef" to "cowf" gained over 30,000 signatures - but was rejected by the government, as it was written on funny paper.
2. The expression "to have a bee in your bonnet" refers to having a bright idea. This is somewhat ironic, for if you were to have an actual bee in your bonnet the only idea you'd be concerned with having is an idea for removing the bee (from your bonnet)!
1. You might think getting stung off a bee would be the worst thing a bee could do to you - but we wouldn't want a bee to piss and poo on us either.
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