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rodfcutler Joined Sun 10/21/07 Posts: 1645	Fri 07/25/08 01:59 PM
Why bees buzz?

merlin2525 Joined Sun 06/17/07 Posts: 2819	Fri 07/25/08 02:00 PM
They drink too much??

MisKim323 Joined Sat 06/28/08 Posts: 14563	Fri 07/25/08 02:00 PM
Finally something other than politics

Unknow Joined Sat 12/15/07 Posts: 41170	Fri 07/25/08 02:00 PM
It is the rapid beating of the wings that causes the buzzing.

EarthSprite Joined Mon 04/02/07 Posts: 12114	Fri 07/25/08 02:01 PM
Nope..but I know what's a bee-do...

Maureeno Joined Sat 04/26/08 Posts: 1780	Fri 07/25/08 02:01 PM
Why bees buzz? i don't know but i do love your profile pic.

rodfcutler Joined Sun 10/21/07 Posts: 1645	Fri 07/25/08 02:01 PM
It is the rapid beating of the wings that causes the buzzing. Nice try,but nope.

Unknow Joined Sat 12/15/07 Posts: 41170	Fri 07/25/08 02:02 PM
It is the rapid beating of the wings that causes the buzzing. Nice try,but nope. Gard Otis, a professor of environmental biology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, who studies bee behaviour, ecology and evolution, explains. Bees buzz for two reasons. First, the rapid wingbeats of many species create wind vibrations that people hear as buzzes. The larger the bee, the slower the wingbeat and the lower the pitch of the resulting buzz. This is a phenomenon of the wingbeats and not specifically of bees--some flies, beetles, and wasps also have buzzy flight caused by their wingbeats. In addition some bees, most commonly bumblebees (genus Bombus), are capable of vibrating their wing muscles and thorax (the middle segment of their body) while visiting flowers. These vibrations shake the pollen off the flower's anthers and onto the bee's body. Some of that pollen then gets deposited on the next flower the bee visits, resulting in pollination. The bee grooms the remainder of the pollen onto special pollen-carrying structures (on the hind legs of most bees) and takes it back to the nest to feed to the larvae.

laidroccordial Joined Sun 12/30/07 Posts: 568	Fri 07/25/08 02:03 PM
I think its the drugs

rodfcutler Joined Sun 10/21/07 Posts: 1645	Fri 07/25/08 02:05 PM
Why bees buzz? I'll tell you all if you really want to know?

jonny63 Joined Sat 03/08/08 Posts: 5229	Fri 07/25/08 02:06 PM
It is the rapid beating of the wings that causes the buzzing. Nice try,but nope. Gard Otis, a professor of environmental biology at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, who studies bee behaviour, ecology and evolution, explains. Bees buzz for two reasons. First, the rapid wingbeats of many species create wind vibrations that people hear as buzzes. The larger the bee, the slower the wingbeat and the lower the pitch of the resulting buzz. This is a phenomenon of the wingbeats and not specifically of bees--some flies, beetles, and wasps also have buzzy flight caused by their wingbeats. In addition some bees, most commonly bumblebees (genus Bombus), are capable of vibrating their wing muscles and thorax (the middle segment of their body) while visiting flowers. These vibrations shake the pollen off the flower's anthers and onto the bee's body. Some of that pollen then gets deposited on the next flower the bee visits, resulting in pollination. The bee grooms the remainder of the pollen onto special pollen-carrying structures (on the hind legs of most bees) and takes it back to the nest to feed to the larvae. Can't argue with Gard Otis!

Unknow Joined Sat 12/15/07 Posts: 41170	Fri 07/25/08 02:06 PM Edited by Unknow on Fri 07/25/08 02:07 PM
Nope, not if it's going to be a lame joke. If it is actually funny, sure...

rodfcutler Joined Sun 10/21/07 Posts: 1645	Fri 07/25/08 02:08 PM
Nope, not if it's going to be a lame joke. If it is actually funny, sure... Well,you'd buzz too if you had your honey between your legs!

ahuhalicious Joined Fri 03/07/08 Posts: 995	Fri 07/25/08 02:11 PM
Why bees buzz? there horn is broke?

jtitol Joined Sun 01/13/08 Posts: 5396	Fri 07/25/08 02:13 PM
Nope, not if it's going to be a lame joke. If it is actually funny, sure... Well,you'd buzz too if you had your honey between your legs!

rodfcutler Joined Sun 10/21/07 Posts: 1645	Fri 07/25/08 02:14 PM
Nope, not if it's going to be a lame joke. If it is actually funny, sure... Well,you'd buzz too if you had your honey between your legs!

Unknow Joined Sat 12/15/07 Posts: 41170	Fri 07/25/08 02:14 PM


Unknow Joined Sat 12/15/07 Posts: 41170	Fri 07/25/08 02:15 PM
Nope, not if it's going to be a lame joke. If it is actually funny, sure... Well,you'd buzz too if you had your honey between your legs! relax Rod. It's a man

rodfcutler Joined Sun 10/21/07 Posts: 1645	Fri 07/25/08 02:19 PM
Nope, not if it's going to be a lame joke. If it is actually funny, sure... Well,you'd buzz too if you had your honey between your legs! IS MEANT FOR EITHER GENDER! relax Rod. It's a man

jonny63 Joined Sat 03/08/08 Posts: 5229	Fri 07/25/08 02:19 PM
Nope, not if it's going to be a lame joke. If it is actually funny, sure... Well,you'd buzz too if you had your honey between your legs! relax Rod. It's a man Awww!!! I wanted to see how that would go.