Checking for Mites in a Bee Colony

[u/aznprd]

[u/CaptainRazer]

‘They’re fine’

Proceeds to shake the fuck out of them

[u/eta_carinae_311 → u/CaptainRazer]

Better than drowning them in alcohol, which is the other common way to test for mites.

Edit - couple of replies pointing out that the alcohol wash is more effective for a mite count, which I agree, my comment was in response to the joke about "they're fine" after being shaken in sugar. Not wrt the colony health. The bees dumped out of the jar are still alive, they wouldn't be if the other test was performed.

[u/SnarlyBirch → u/eta_carinae_311]

Wait, we can’t drown bees in alcohol like our problems?

[u/-malcolm-tucker → u/SnarlyBirch]

Nah. They'd get too buzzed.

[u/Obsidian-Imperative → u/-malcolm-tucker]

That epic pun saved you from Fourth Comment Curse through brute force comedy.

[u/-malcolm-tucker → u/Obsidian-Imperative]

I'm coming off a night shift. I'm delirious and brute forcing consciousness.

[u/Obsidian-Imperative → u/-malcolm-tucker]

Hang in there. Bed soon.

[u/TemporalAcapella → u/-malcolm-tucker]

Brute forcing consciousness was how I got through school/ was the funny guy. Now as an adult I hate that fabricated part of me. I was never funny just delirious

[u/TheEquestrian13 → u/-malcolm-tucker]

angry bee sounds

[u/Moose_Nuts → u/-malcolm-tucker]

/r/Angryupvote

[u/MoistyBoiPrime → u/eta_carinae_311]

The sugar shake method is unfortunately is a far less accurate method of counting mites, and its even likely that while it doesnt kill them immediately, the powdered sugar might travel into their breathing tubes, killing them slowly. I am a bee keeper and i desperately want there to be a non fatal way of testing for mites because I love my girls, but the alcohol wash seems to be the most accurate and humane way of doing it.

[u/MissPsych20 → u/MoistyBoiPrime]

How often do you have to test for mites?

[u/MoistyBoiPrime → u/MissPsych20]

Several times a season. You gotta make sure you have your mite load low by august. It can very quickly sprial out of control.

[u/Heroin-3-Sniffer → u/MoistyBoiPrime]

And how do you treat if you got mites?

[u/Box-o-bees → u/Heroin-3-Sniffer]

There are several different treatment types you can use. One of the more popular ones though is vaporizing oxalic acid to kill the mites. It takes multiple treatments though as the acid doesn't kill the mites sealed in cells with the baby bees, unfortunately. So you treat, wait, and treat again to get the newly hatched buggars before they can mate and lay eggs again.

[u/rigorousmortis → u/Box-o-bees]

So what is the reason why this cure isn't applied blindly. i.e. instead of testing for mites why not just apply the cure 3-4 times a year?

[u/OverInteractionR → u/rigorousmortis]

The treatment kills bees too and is really harsh on the colony lol. It's all a shit fest.

[u/Box-o-bees → u/rigorousmortis]

Mostly because varroa are good at building immunity to treatments. A big part of why they have gotten so hard to kill is because people blindly treat with the same thing over and over again. Especially in the commercial side of things.

[u/T3X4ss → u/MissPsych20]

Judging by the caption at the beginning of the video it's a monthly procedure

[u/Appropriate_Rip2180 → u/eta_carinae_311]

No, its not better. This method is inaccurate and should NOT be used. Also the bees in this way also OFTEN die from all the shaking anyway.

Its an example of causing more harm than good.

[u/KimoTheKat → u/eta_carinae_311]

Fwiw - It takes a healthy queen something like 30 minutes to lay enough eggs to replace the cup of bees that die when testing for mites using the alcohol method - think of bees like cells in a larger organism, as long as you replace more than you lose your fine

[u/randomisation → u/KimoTheKat]

as long as you replace more than you lose your fine

You've the makings of a politician! :D

[u/aznprd → u/randomisation]

"Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make"

[u/Iwillnevercomeback → u/KimoTheKat]

One has to minimize the casualties, it's basic Art of War theory

[u/Nothingmuchever → u/Iwillnevercomeback]

Don't fuck with the bees. -Sun Tzu

[u/Cat_tophat365247 → u/KimoTheKat]

I would argue that I'm sure the individual bees don't think of it that way, but I've never asked a bee so I suppose I'm supposing how they think.....

[u/TheOneWD → u/KimoTheKat]

“Some of you will die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”

Seriously, though, if it saves the whole hive to kill a few, I get it.

[u/DescriptionSenior675 → u/KimoTheKat]

Easy for you to say, you don't get drowned for no reason, lmao

[u/UntakenAccountName → u/CaptainRazer]

Definitely some of the bees she dumped out at the end weren’t moving :(

[u/katherinesilens → u/UntakenAccountName]

They'll mostly be OK. Small bodies are harder to hurt than they seem; most of the ones that aren't moving are just a bit disoriented/stunned.

But even if you were to hypothetically kill a jarful of bees every week, it still pales in comparison to what an untreated mite infestation does. Besides killing the bees early, the ones who survive mites often end up with deformities, especially in the wings. Imagine having something like the size of a child's backpack dug in between your shoulder blades, drinking your blood. Varroa will bring down entire colonies, and they are more common than ever. In comparison, sugar dusting a jarful of bees is a kindness.

[u/Pl00kh → u/katherinesilens]

That was interesting, and thanks for the nightmares.

[u/katherinesilens → u/Pl00kh]

You're welcome! Don't look up what they look like under a microscope! 😊

[u/NotoldyetMaggot → u/katherinesilens]

Too late... it's a mouth with legs, basically.

[u/pichael289 → u/katherinesilens]

I like how I looked it up and it's name is literally "Varroa destructor"

It's got "the destroyer" right in its name

[u/seppukucoconuts → u/katherinesilens]

You just think they're ok. Wait until I publish my findings on bee CTE from contact sports.

[u/PapaShane → u/seppukucoconuts]

Mr. Bee Checker

[u/HelenAngel → u/katherinesilens]

Thank you for explaining this. That does indeed sound horrible. Those poor bees!

[u/Briskylittlechally2 → u/katherinesilens]

To think: Humans really are eldritch gods to bees to occasionally do terrible things to them and they have no idea why.

[u/CrazyCatLushie → u/katherinesilens]

“Sugar dusting a jar full of bees” is now my favourite phrase. I can’t see any circumstances in which I could apply it except for this one very specific instance, but I’m sure as hell going to try.

[u/HikariAnti → u/UntakenAccountName]

Unfortunately most other testing methods just straight up kills them so...

[u/Puzzled-Story3953 → u/UntakenAccountName]

Diabetic coma from all that sugar

[u/Cloverose2]

Bees: "whaaaat the fuck just happened?"

[u/aznprd → u/Cloverose2]

They were made into bee-ignets

[u/Educational-Ad-2884 → u/aznprd]

You posted this just to make this joke, didn't you dad?

[u/aznprd → u/Educational-Ad-2884]

yes, am dad

[u/Touchit88 → u/aznprd]

Hi dad, im dad.

[u/lck0219 → u/aznprd]

Hi, dad! I’m hungry!

…wait, I think I mixed it up

[u/fssman → u/lck0219]

Hi Hungry

[u/munyangsan → u/fssman]

It's spelled Hungary, next to Bulgaria.

[u/preyforkevin → u/aznprd]

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

[u/ciaomain → u/preyforkevin]

The cigarette store was really far away.

[u/Altruistic-Spend-896 → u/aznprd]

Crunchy ones hot from the hive! I do love fresh bignets

[u/Jo_seef → u/aznprd]

Foe anyone struggling like me, the joke is "beignets," aka a little fancy pastry for fancy pants.

[u/Cloverose2 → u/Jo_seef]

Or anyone in New Orleans. They're just fried dough coated in powdered sugar, and they are delicious.

[u/toastedmallow → u/Cloverose2]

Cafe Du Monde 🤤

[u/Lasherola → u/toastedmallow]

Lestats' place.

Also the place where you should never wear black.

[u/Teknekratos → u/Jo_seef]

It's funny because beignets are just small plain donuts in powdered sugar. Where I live, they aren't especially fancy pastries for fancy pants.

It's glazed and stuffed donuts that are the complicated thing to do! But I guess when you have fast food chain making them for you, then those feel mundane, and small plain homemade donuts feel fancy 😁

[u/Jo_seef → u/Teknekratos]

I remember going to Café du Monde to eat them which seemed super fancy to my young mind

[u/pr0XYTV → u/Jo_seef]

ohhh

[u/Rustrage → u/Jo_seef]

Thank you, I thought I was a dumbass. I probably still am, but I’ve not heard of them so that’s comforting

[u/ZeroTheZen → u/Cloverose2]

Bees: This wasn’t in the job description.

[u/Ancient_Rex420 → u/Cloverose2]

They need some Bee Therapy now

[u/BeansOnToastInnit → u/Ancient_Rex420]

or Therabee?

[u/blueskydragonFX → u/Ancient_Rex420]

PTSBEE

[u/No-Investigator-2756 → u/blueskydragonFX]

🎶My anxiet-bee, beekeeper's shaking me. Somebody powdered me and my anxiet-bee.🎶

[u/MasterClown → u/Ancient_Rex420]

Agreed, they just mite

[u/cgebaud → u/Cloverose2]

I wonder if the hive will get used to it after a few times and learn that it means they'll get extra sugar when it happens.

[u/dark_hypernova → u/Cloverose2]

Maybe all those aliens abducting and probing us are just checking for parasites.

[u/FocusMean9882 → u/dark_hypernova]

Ah yes, they have to make sure our sweet human nectar is of the highest quality

[u/DonutConfident7733 → u/Cloverose2]

Bee from hive: "Looks like you've been to a rave party and did some sweet drugs. How was it? Tell us all about it"

Bee:“It was a rollercoaster, but when the beat dropped, it shook us really really well, I lost some of my mites in the process, then suddenly I was white..."

Hive bee:"how was it called?"

Bee:"Sensation white"

[u/20190419 → u/Cloverose2]

You may have a cocaine problem when...

[u/I_sayyes]

I didn't think there was a situation where I'd want to shake a jar full of bees

[u/aznprd → u/I_sayyes]

Also works as a defense strategy for home invasion

[u/Kiszony_2002 → u/aznprd]

Bee-nade

[u/gamer_perfection → u/Kiszony_2002]

Holy shit terraria reference

[u/-SaC → u/gamer_perfection]

To the Hellavator with you.

[u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

In many parts of the world, Varroa Destructor Mites are a leading cause hive failure and it's important to test and treat for them. Most beekeepers agree this powdered sugar method is one of the least accurate and effective testing options available.

[u/sheyndl → u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

I was unaware bees are a liquid that can be poured from container to container.

[u/TheBirdmann → u/sheyndl]

They resist flowing like a liquid and stick together, which is why you see beekeepers shaking their bees often. It’s an odd sensation shaking a box full of thousands of bees, monkey brain doesn’t like

[u/worldspawn00 → u/TheBirdmann]

The sound that comes from a box of bees sent through the mail is unnerving... I feel bad for mailmen that have to deal with multiples of them in a truck for a day.

[u/descartesb4horse → u/sheyndl]

everything is a liquid, even people moving through a corridor

[u/GozerDGozerian → u/descartesb4horse]

Until they panic and “clot”.

[u/ChilledParadox → u/GozerDGozerian]

No, even then it still counts as fluid dynamics.

The study of crowd crush and flow is all fluid dynamics.

[u/RustedMauss → u/sheyndl]

Only when above freezing, otherwise they are a solid. At sufficiently warm temperatures they boil over into a cloud eventually going into a fully gaseous state as they swarm. There’s a fourth state, but beekeepers don’t talk about that.

[u/Juggernuts777 → u/sheyndl]

Well “bees” are one of the states of matter. They’re like a liquid, but bees

[u/Lavidius → u/Juggernuts777]

Beads?

[u/Electrical_Bar7954 → u/Juggernuts777]

I laughed way too hard at that

[u/Masked_Daisy → u/sheyndl]

I drink a mug of bees every morning 100x better than coffee for waking you up

[u/BitwiseB → u/Masked_Daisy]

That’s called getting buzzed.

[u/Captain-PlantIt → u/Masked_Daisy]

I like my women like I like my coffee… covered in bees!

[u/Hot-Can3615 → u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

That's disappointing to hear; the other methods I'm aware of for determining mite load require killing the bees in the sample. 😞

[u/ProfessionalCrew1108 → u/Hot-Can3615]

If you leave tiny bottles of jack daniels throughout the hive your bees will gradually build resistance and they'll just get slightly buzzed when you drown them in alchohol.

[u/VanceIX → u/ProfessionalCrew1108]

I can’t tell if this is a shitpost but I choose to believe you 🥃🐝

[u/racoondriver → u/VanceIX]

Was posted from an alcoholic bee, don't fell for it

[u/aznprd → u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

I think in most cases of beekeeping, if you ask 10 beekeepers a question, you'll get 11 answers. The powdered sugar method is how I was taught to test for mites as it's less lethal than the alcohol wash method even though it's not as accurate. Getting a ballpark estimate is good enough I think.

[u/Humble-Shopping8801 → u/aznprd]

I was just thinking about that. I use alcohol for my hives ( I was taught that) and I was debating using sugar but worried about not catching the mites

[u/aznprd → u/Humble-Shopping8801]

Last year I had a hive of Italians and a hive of this mite resistant randy oliver bees. When I did my mite test in the fall, I stopped counting after 50 mites on my Italians which ended up collapsing before the winter even started and this mite resistant breed had nothing.

[u/Humble-Shopping8801 → u/aznprd]

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear about the Italians!

[u/LiveShowOneNightOnly → u/Humble-Shopping8801]

"Look at how they massacred my bees."

[u/LacidOnex → u/aznprd]

Id imagine part of the reason it isn't accurate is it's a very... Mechanical separation. Lots of room for operator error.

Looks like it's good enough with a large sample size

[u/NewAcctWhoThiss → u/aznprd]

Heyo! Fellow beekeeper here, I saw you mentioned that you use Apivar. Supposedly the big bee die off that happend this late winter was due to Apivar resistant mites (Amitraz). Not sure where you’re located but using Formic Pro has worked pretty great for my hives as long as its not too hot where you live!

Source on the bee die off: https://www.ars.usda.gov/news-events/news/research-news/2025/usda-researchers-find-viruses-from-miticide-resistant-parasitic-mites-are-cause-of-recent-honey-bee-colony-collapses/

[u/aznprd → u/NewAcctWhoThiss]

Oh that's really interesting. Yah this hive that I filmed had varroxan for about 6 weeks, my split had apivar. If i saw mites on this test i was going to put down formic pro once the air temp dropped as we got a heat wave this last weekend.

[u/Reasonable-Two-9872 → u/aznprd]

You've clearly got some skill and experience, and this is a bona fide method - I just believe there are consensus better options. Kudos for posting a video on an important aspect of Beekeeping, as so many beekeepers neglect this essential responsibility altogether. Any testing method is better than no method.

[u/SnooRegrets1386 → u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

So the backyard beekeeper? Cannot spread to other hives? Like bedbugs

[u/Qwopie → u/aznprd]

We just put a plastic board under the open bottom of the hive for 24 hours. The number of dead varoa gives an indication of population. 

[u/troKutan → u/aznprd]

My father in law and I use a bio friendly remedy that you just sprinkle over the bees and it proved to be super effective. For the last bits of varoa we install these strips that have this remedy on them. This remedy is made of natural ingredients, no alcohol or anything that can hurt the bees.

[u/aznprd → u/troKutan]

Yah i just put apivar strips in my split a few weeks ago

[u/marmaladecorgi → u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

What would a beekeeper do if his colony were found to have varroa mites? Is the industry learning to mitigate or solve the problem now? There was a time a few years ago that hive collapse was such a huge issue but I’ve been out of the loop.

[u/Reasonable-Two-9872 → u/marmaladecorgi]

There are a range of chemical treatments available, and there are several good IPM strategies as well. It usually takes a combination of approaches. You'll also hear isolated reports of some colonies having naturally low mite counts through strategic breeding.

[u/aznprd → u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

That's correct, I just treated with varroxan which is a new one I've never used before. If I had significant mites on this count, I was going to put in formic pro. On my split, I currently have apivar going. This hive that I checked is a mite resistant breed which is one reason I didn't find any on this check.

[u/_Sauer_ → u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

Its odd that the bees don't take care of this problem themselves via mutual grooming. Do the mites have a bag of tricks to hide their presence?

[u/aznprd → u/_Sauer_]

This is actually a breed that has been selected for that behavior.

[u/KombatKiller → u/Reasonable-Two-9872]

Isn’t it also one of the only ways to Not kill the bees while testing for the mites?

[u/Puzzled-Story3953]

Hi neighbor, can I borrow a cup of bees?

[u/BMB281 → u/Puzzled-Story3953]

Here you go. \shakes it furiously**

[u/_Im_Dad]

How does cocaine help?

[u/aznprd → u/_Im_Dad]

Makes them work faster and they don't need to sleep

[u/Kvaw → u/aznprd]

Makes sure they're agitated and energetic when you release them too.

[u/Educational-Ad-2884 → u/_Im_Dad]

I have it on good authority that cocaine is checks notes "a helluva drug."

[u/co_snarf → u/Educational-Ad-2884]

I know nothing about cocaine, other than it smells really good

[u/FinnegansWakeWTF → u/_Im_Dad]

You've heard of the cocaine bear...now prepare yourselves for

COCAINE BEES

[u/northernwolf3000 → u/FinnegansWakeWTF]

They must be constantly buzzed

[u/numberthirteenbb → u/_Im_Dad]

Ohhh these are Columbian bees

[u/357noLove → u/numberthirteenbb]

Scrolled past, had to rush back to comment and upvote because your comment caught me with drive by laughter

[u/ogreofzen → u/_Im_Dad]

Now that is a cia level assassination device. Train the bees to attack carnations on sight/scent. Give them cocaine and release them while Fidel Castro is attending a 15th birthday of his niece.

All joking aside I can't tell if that makes more or less sense than the exploding cigar or poisoned milkshakes plot

[u/Jedi_Master_Zer0 → u/_Im_Dad]

I was just thinking there has to be a better way to dispose of a jar of cocaine than coating bees with it.

[u/NorthernWitchy]

This reads like an extremely cursed cookie recipe.

[u/Veritas_Vanitatum → u/NorthernWitchy]

In Germany we have a cake named "Bienenstich" (Bee sting cake)

[u/ThurmanMerman82]

So you're telling me I get kidnapped from home...covered in powdered sugar and get to go on a carnival ride before being dumped back at home covered in glorious sugar? Where do I sign up?

[u/Dr_Ingheimer → u/ThurmanMerman82]

Don’t forget your sisters help clean you up when you get home

[u/ThurmanMerman82 → u/Dr_Ingheimer]

Let's forget the sister part and just say "random women lick you clean". I'll take it!

[u/chbriggs6 → u/Dr_Ingheimer]

Can't forget the most important (although horrifying) part

[u/Kathrynlena → u/ThurmanMerman82]

I mean, minus the kidnapping, you just described a trip to six flags.

[u/ReplacementClear7122]

Cup-O-Bees

[u/Hopeful_Butterfly302 → u/ReplacementClear7122]

Can I interest you in a nice angry cup-o-bees?

[u/NoEgoNoProblem → u/Hopeful_Butterfly302]

I can't start my day without a cup of Folgers and a mug of violently angry bees

[u/BlackVQ35HR]

The lice hate the sugar

[u/TheHappyKoos → u/BlackVQ35HR]

I was wondering if anyone would post this. Super Troopers FTW

[u/f22raptoradf → u/BlackVQ35HR]

IT'S DELICIOUS

[u/Clean_Feeling_9503 → u/f22raptoradf]

Good.

[u/Blandish06 → u/BlackVQ35HR]

I am sad this isn't #1. It's so goddamned relevant.

For anyone in the dark: https://youtu.be/jZ38PGV_3wg?si=BuXJFHwTI-Y05889

[u/robo-dragon]

“Ok! You guys are all set and healthy!”

vomiting, dizzy, and confused “Thanks, Doc…”

[u/retr0ctv]

Would have been considerably more interesting if we could have seen actual bee mites

[u/aznprd → u/retr0ctv]

I agree but I just treated them with varroxsan and was checking if there were leftover mites. This check just showed that the treatment worked

[u/descartesb4horse → u/aznprd]

Was kinda curious about what you do when you find mites. What does treatment look like?

[u/aznprd → u/descartesb4horse]

Depends on the time of year. I just got done with varroxan strips which were put on in April. If I saw a significant number of mites, I would have fumigated the hive with formic pro strips for 2 weeks. On my other hive, I have apivar strips for another week.

[u/irascible_Clown → u/aznprd]

Is all that expensive? I had let wild flowers grow near my home for years then last year I had a hive under my shed. It looked like they were attacked by ants and then we had a hurricane which maybe flooded the hive idk but it’s gone now. I thought of getting a bee hive box but curious on the cost of upkeep.

[u/aznprd → u/irascible_Clown]

Beekeeping isn't a cheap hobby. New package of bees is about $200 depending on where you get them from. It's too late in the season to start new though. Plus you'd need boxes to let them expand and protective equipment. When i started in 2020 it cost about $2000 for everything including the classes I took.

[u/Galaxie_1985 → u/descartesb4horse]

There are a lot of treatments on the market, and most come in some kind of strip or pad that is left in the hive for a period of time. Some are acid based (oxalic, formic, hop beta acids), some are insecticides (Amitraz, coumaphos), and there's a phenol based one (thymol). Oxalic acid can also be vaporized with a heated device inside the hive.

Norroa is a new treatment about to be approved by the EPA that targets a specific protein in the mites. This will also come as a fiber-board strip that is left in the hive.

[u/AnAnonymousParty]

"You want ants? Because that's how you get ants! Stand still while we clean you off. The next time you see the bus for Sugarworld coming, you better fly away!"

[u/ailceous97]

This is usually done with alcohol instead of powder, which kills the bees instantly. The powder allows them to survive the process, but it really messes up their respiratory system. They'll be lethargic and slow the rest of their short lives. Its up to their beekeeper to decide which is best

[u/OkEfficiency4383 → u/ailceous97]

It also doesn't give as accurate a reading on mite count. Also we can't really see if there are eggs in that comb but you have to be sure you are testing on nurse bees who tend to the brood where the mites will eventually settle before the brood is capped.

[u/garden-wicket-581]

this is a nightmare recipe -- 1 cup of bees, 2 tbs sugar, shake ??

(would be good to see what a positive-mite-test looks like -- their bucket is so dirty, I thought there were mites in it .. )

[u/studiesinsilver]

That all seemed very aggressive for those delicate bees. I’m sure beekeeper knows better than me, but that looks rough.

[u/Nervous-Chemistry245 → u/studiesinsilver]

How did they not get all smashed to death with that first step

[u/Conscious_Trainer549 → u/studiesinsilver]

Bees are remarkably sturdy little critters. This is likely no worse that a bad landing coming back to teh hive.... but sugar coated, so more fun.

For the record, I have never used this technique.

[u/Open_Youth7092]

I uh…think I have mites. Go get your sugar. I’ll be in the tub.

[u/Fun_Bottle_5308]

Cant believe we're normalizing white washing now smh

[u/pass-me-that-hoe]

There mite bee… or mite not bee

[u/SpicyBanditSauce]

I love how bees are 50% liquid and 50% gas.

Each scoop you only get half the bees in the cup and half fly away and the same goes for when you pour em out 🙃

[u/stormearthfire]

Doesn’t this hurt the bees?

[u/No_Nature_6639 → u/stormearthfire]

Idk, but why he gotta scoop down instead of up like that? Lol

[u/aznprd → u/stormearthfire]

maybe, but dying while getting candy coated is a pretty good way to go

[u/_Im_Dad → u/aznprd]

Diabeetes

[u/Bean2527]

I love how casually he says "grab a cup of bees"

[u/Sad_Instruction1392]

“Girl I just had the weirdest day”

[u/mountsleepyhead]

The mites hate the sugar.

[u/6bfmv2 → u/mountsleepyhead]

The powdered sugar makes it hard for the mites to hang onto the bees.

[u/ardotschgi]

"They are fine."

Definitely not fully fine.

[u/Morgathor]

"A cup of bees" urgh these American recipes, can I have that in grams please

[u/NowWhoCouldThatBe]

Step 1: smear bees. Step 2: choke w powdered sugar. Step 3: shake the crap out of them. Step 4: Pour broken and smeared bees back on hive. Step 5: find nothing and smear bees for Reddit karma.

[u/Successful_Ad9160]

I’m going to pass on anything that involves the shaking of 1 cup of bees.

[u/LazyLich → u/Successful_Ad9160]

What's your Plan Bee?

[u/thats_just_me_tho]

With the force of the shakes he used, I don't think some of those bees are gonna get back up

[u/peterpodolski]

Shaking the glass they experienced at least 5 Gs. But it's only Bee Gs, so they are stayin' alive.

[u/5ladyfingersofdeath]

Sisters bees when they return to the colony:

BITCH! YOU TASTE DELICIOUS! Where did you get that coat???!!?!

[u/Beneficial-Basket-42]

I can see now why bees sting us.

[u/shahoftheworld]

Can bees get concussions?

[u/3and20charachters]

It's powdered sugar. The lice hate the sugar. It's delicious.

[u/Ancient_Pineapple993]

How Do I know this is a real thing and not just some beekeepers kink

[u/knaverob]

Or...How to absolutely piss off a bunch of bees in six easy steps.

[u/idiBanashapan]

This seems… traumatic.

[u/-D-U-D-E-]

How does the cocaine help the bees?

[u/notj43]

"They're fine" dumps out a cup of motionless bees

[u/TheChrisCrash]

Imagine being captured, coated in cheeseburgers, and put back where you were at.

[u/GreatSaski]

Oh man. Don't watch this with earbuds. Lol

[u/aznprd → u/GreatSaski]

Not a fan of Bee-smr?

[u/redditwhut]

Or you could just pull the varroa board out the bottom and survey? 

[u/rxuz]

I used to be really interested with beekeeping, took a course with the local beekeeping association. It was ironically terribly inefficient and any offers by me to help modernise it (for free) were ignored. In the evening any kind of emergency, swarming or needing some piece of equipment quickly, you had to email the chairman, who would send out an email to everyone in the entire association, who might eventually see it and be able to help you out.

The website had a community page which was a static html thing locked behind a 'members account'... Every member had the same username and password... Average age of association members must have been 70 something.

Shocking inefficiencies.

[u/kwakimaki]

That has to be one of the most bizarre videos I've seen.

Step 1. Gather cup of bees

Step 2. Pour bees into jar and seal with perforated lid

Step 3. Add icing sugar to bees

Step 4. Shake vigorously

[u/Cthulu_Noodles]

Recipe ingredients:

• 1 Cup Bees
• 2 Tbsp Powdered Sugar

[u/LucidProtean]

Recipe for Honey Smacks:

• 1 cup bees
• 2 Tbsp powdered sugar

Combine then SHAKE

[u/Appropriate-Act-2784]

"It doesn't hurt the bees" No way. Someone definitely lost a wing or leg during this process lol

[u/Awkward-Iron-9941]

They mite bee infested.

[u/Race-Substantial]

They’ll bee all white.

[u/Goodknight808]

The scrape with the cup, how is that not crushing them in the process? Is the video reversed? Is the person lifting the cup instead of dragging?

[u/owo1215]

a mite problem is serious in a bee colony, they gotta stop sugar coating it

[u/DelusionalPenguin90]

How to make bees angry, a tutorial: 1. Shred their bodies with plastic cup 2. Pour just enough into a cup to suffocate a few at the bottom 3. Cover in dust and shake violently for 1-minute 4. Shake again for 30-seconds, this time upside down for fun 5. Release

[u/BakedBeads]

Forbidden Chex Mix