• MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    The most aggressive bees I tend to encounter are male carpenter bees. They are highly territorial and they’ll even buzz a human to scare them off. However, there’s no threat.

    No threat of stinging, anyway. They will absolutely wreak havoc on a wood framed house.

    bzzzzbzzzBZZZZZ

    Yes, sir, I see you. I see your little pile of sawdust on the fence, too. No, I’m not going to screw with it. I’m just installing this gate latch."

    bzzzbzbbzbbzbzbzbzbzzzzz

    This would go a lot faster if I didn’t have to keep ducking.

    BZZZZZZ

    Okay, I’m done, jeez.

    BZZZZZzzzbzzzzbzzzz

    …aaaaand under the fascia board it goes. Shit.

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      3 months ago

      As far as I’m aware, it’s the females that dig the holes in wood as a nesting chamber, not the males. So I don’t think the males are even a thread to a wood framed house.

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        3 months ago

        The females wouldn’t be a threat either if the males could just learn to keep it in their pants

        Technically correct is the best kind of correct.