I totally agree. “Organic and yet so mechanically perfect” – as much as I feel impressed by exactly that, it’s what got me so scared. I know they’re only insects, but creatures who can create something like that, I wouldn’t dare to piss them off. As silly as this sounds.

What you say? I know I’m a wimp.

@ohmybob: I’m not really a big fan of lotus seed pods either, but
that is actually a very beautiful hive. I love this particular variety of hive, it’s organic and yet so mechanically perfect.

That and they make me think of waffles…

@dieAntagonista:
Bees aren’t that bad. A little smoke, and they all mellow out… and then it’s honey time… lol

For Wasps, on the other hand, I say
BUGBOMBS AWAY!!!

The honey bee population is being decimated by genetically enhanced corn. Tobacco genes are inserted into the corn to act as a natural pesticide; unfortunately the enhancement chemically affects honey bees and they get confused, cannot find there way home, and die.

It has been postulated that humans life will end within 5 years of the honey bee population dieing off.

Probably could’ve saved some of the bees if they’d called somebody, too–there was a tree by the hospital down the road where I live that was found to have a pretty big hive in it, and they had to take the tree down either for construction or safety reasons. Some company came and smoked the hive into a container of some sort and took it away.

Found some crazy pictures once of a family who had a colony of bees swarm their swingset. So they built a bonfire underneath with the help of paint thinner, and pretty much burned the bees to death.