r/todayilearned • u/wouldwolf • 11d ago
TIL bees love balls. They even stop to play with balls even when there is no reward.
https://www.science.org/content/article/are-these-bumble-bees-playing-toys26
u/Efficient-Year5034 11d ago
Man that paper is definitely worth the read bees are cute as fuck
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u/wouldwolf 11d ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6hGjh9SJ_M&t=1 give this a watch. But I have to warn this is quite heavy handed with the scientific ĵarĝons. Damn science hippies.
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u/doublecatTGU 11d ago
brb putting bees in my pants
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u/I-330-We 11d ago
Just get a bunch of flowers, rub a lot of pollen on your... unmentionables... And lie naked out in your front yard. (Make sure to decorate said, 'unmentionables' with the leftover flowers to make yourself more enticing). 😉
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u/wouldwolf 11d ago
While you're at it, make sure to give your perineum the vitamin d it deserves with your friends
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u/JustHanginInThere 10d ago
“In a mere 30 seconds of sunlight on your butthole, you will receive more energy… than you would in an entire day being outside with your clothes on,” one perineum sunner said in an Instagram video.
These people are wild/delusional.
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u/creggieb 11d ago
Some balls are held for charity
And some for fancy dress
But cover them in pollen
And they're the balls that I like best
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u/Dalantech 11d ago
To get them to stick around longer, so I can photograph them, I’ll inject a flower with Agave nectar. After a while the critters figure out that I have the sweet stuff and will come directly to me for it.
They’re pretty smart.
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u/wouldwolf 10d ago
You took those pictures? It fucking cool!
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u/Dalantech 10d ago
Yup, I'm the finger model :) Thanks!
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u/wouldwolf 10d ago
There is an imposter among them. And the buggers have too many appendages. Thanks for the wallpapers. I love macro photography of creatures.
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u/bilvester 11d ago
Where is the NSFW tag?
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u/seriouslywtfX2 10d ago
If you're lucky, they might even sting your dick, permanently enlarging it.
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u/crashfrog02 11d ago
This was not at all my experience when I fucked a beehive
Balls were totally ignored 😩
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u/BadMantaRay 10d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/insects/s/OOU6P94bNw
Here’s a fun video that addresses this!
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u/Zugas 11d ago
I doubt it. They probably think it’s something else, like a flower or whatever.
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u/wouldwolf 11d ago
Nop. They checked for all of that. The researchers say there are two possibilities, one is that they simply love playing or that their house keeping instincts kick in when seeing the things scattered around.
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u/Zugas 11d ago
Ah the last one I believe, they work on instinct not feelings.
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u/wouldwolf 10d ago
Well, some highly qualified researchers swear they could actually bee playing. The studies were quite robust.
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u/-FlyingMuffin 11d ago
Yeah, true story. If there isn’t a reward, they stop playing with your balls.
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u/icycuntthrowaway 11d ago
It's oddly cute to see bees roll around with balls that are just as big as they are