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Re:When bees get a taste for dead things (2021) by cdbyr on Saturday January 21, 2023 @08:58AM (#34466419)
A question for any bee experts: there have been a few times I’ve been eating a sandwich or sushi in a nearby park in NY, and a bee has flown over, found the meat in whatever I’m eating, spent some time cutting a piece off, and flown off with it. Would anyone know what sort of bee this could have been, or any other info on what was going on?
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Re:When bees get a taste for dead things (2021) by greenbit on Saturday January 21, 2023 @09:06AM (#34466481)
Anecdotal - I've seen yellow jackets take an interest in deli meat on multiple occasions. Apparently it has something to do with the time of year. I want to say it's springtime when they crave the protein, but, not sure.
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Re:When bees get a taste for dead things (2021) by lostlogin on Saturday January 21, 2023 @09:30AM (#34466652)
Mid summer they need protein.

It’s a great way to kill them and not bees, and the basis of the poison Vespex.

https://merchento.com/vespex.html

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Re:When bees get a taste for dead things (2021) by sandworm101 on Saturday January 21, 2023 @09:04AM (#34466454)
A wasp?
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Re:When bees get a taste for dead things (2021) by pxmpxm on Saturday January 21, 2023 @09:15AM (#34466544)
People in the US seem to use "bee" for anything ranging from paper wasps to bumble bees and hornets.
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Re:When bees get a taste for dead things (2021) by Firmwarrior on Saturday January 21, 2023 @10:42AM (#34467148)
Usually people in the US are pretty good about distinguishing between sinister wasps and friendly honeybees

In Japan they have the same casual name, though, which I find almost as disturbing as the occasional thumb-sized giant wasps in Tokyo

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Re:When bees get a taste for dead things (2021) by cdbyr on Saturday January 21, 2023 @07:30PM (#34472631)
I’m not an expert, but it was about the size + hairiness that I associate with bees.
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Re:When bees get a taste for dead things (2021) by michaelcampbell on Saturday January 21, 2023 @11:10AM (#34467375)
Where I'm from (Atlanta), the ground-dwelling type eat meat.
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