Post AsQxAFp2bGyz7jOfGC by MossyQuartz@social.vivaldi.net
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 (DIR) Post #AsQlqeaph6Gyf5CbRI by usluck@channels.im
       2025-03-24T12:56:09Z
       
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       https://www.usluck.com/480411/giant-beehive-doing-a-defense-wave/ Giant beehive doing a defense wave #Interesting #InterestingAsFuck
       
 (DIR) Post #AsQlv5oUQpb6F4htPE by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-03-26T01:15:36Z
       
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       @usluck Those patterns look like Conway's game of life rules.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsQupjF5p0LuNZfRGi by MossyQuartz@social.vivaldi.net
       2025-03-26T02:55:21Z
       
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       @futurebird @usluck That looks like the way bees settle down with their new queen following swarming activity. I don't see any hive in that picture, but I expect there is one very new queen in the center of all of that bunch of bees.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsQvu3SOhqH0BbW7tY by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-03-26T03:07:27Z
       
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       @MossyQuartz @usluck This is Apis dorsata the giant honeybee. (People do get honey from them, but it's ... lets say it's nontrivial) I think they might be on their annual migration? This is a bivouac... something normally more associated with army ants. The bees cluster like this as a show of force, like an army marching in review or a big protest. The message is "we're all together, coordinated and we'll mess you up if you mess with us."They also cluster like this on their comb.
       
 (DIR) Post #AsQxAFp2bGyz7jOfGC by MossyQuartz@social.vivaldi.net
       2025-03-26T03:21:32Z
       
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       @futurebird @usluck These are different then from what we used to keep in our backyard.  I remember reading about bees from other places and, yes that sounds like something one might find. What I watch for in an insect is the footwork. If I see it stomping its little feet then I give it room and distance and leave it to its business!
       
 (DIR) Post #AsQxKYfDP1o0SIiLA0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-03-26T03:23:19Z
       
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       @MossyQuartz @usluck Apparently they can still be knocked into a bag or box like smaller honeybees, which I didn't know but I just found a video of a guy collecting a colony from a suburban tree and taking it back to the jungle.