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Tetragonula hockingsi (Cockerell, 1929) is a small stingless bee native to Australia. It is found primarily in Queensland.
Dec 28, 2024 3:11 PM
BenntheNinja
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Tetragonula hockingsi (Cockerell, 1929) is a small stingless bee native to Australia. It is found primarily in Queensland.
brokehackfourlane
they actually make honey!
imakeeper
WE REQUIRE MORE MINERALS
TouchSt0ne
Cutwail
Looks like the interior of a wraith ship
Lurch1911
LadyNetrex
Looks like something out of the movie Annihilation.
murderhobbit
IT'S BLIGHT
509tigerfish
TerminalGear
molvonos
Fun fact: these make honey. Even more fun fact, it's made out of carrion.
nahlej
twisti
Fire ? Fire.
SavageDrums
I've played that level in several video games
zeacorzeppelin10
They make honey too.
hushpuppyextraordinaire
It was like millions of voices all crying out at once and then silence
ddw113
Blight!
Rufferstuff
DarkfireDragon
What do they mean by "a tiny amount of pain"? Sucker hurts like the dickens for days!
bananabonanza3
Reason 947 never to visit Australia… (/s, Aussies, your country is beautiful but it is horrifying)
jaggcomputing5
Nah, mostly bulshit. Yes we have some of the most poisonous things in the solar system, but almost none of them are deadly. American bears aren't poisonous but they are deadly, moose too.
vindik8or
The tricky thing about Australia is that the beautiful surf and sunshine kill way more people than all the scary things combined.
GuitarBobMonterey
The holidays are over -- time to deep clean the baking pan.
knubberrub
CONSTRUCT MORE PYLONS
Badwolf09
stonecoldstevebuschemi
nimeton0
certainlynotaserialkiller
TexMexHex
I read a good short horror story about a towns mortician who suddenly started producing the best honey anyone had ever tasted. He was keeping the corpses, throwing them in an old crypt. He had purchased thousands of these bees and kept them in the crypt
somnif
https://beeallnatural.com.au/product/native-australian-bee-honey/ Supposedly it is tasty. I've not tried it myself.
PballQhead
Apparently the reality is a little different https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_bee#Meat_honey
Redyls
your not fooling me. those are fuckin Zerg and you know it!
zertmaster
WellThatsOriginal
LespritDeLescalier22
Wor3q
Stingless bee in Australia? How does it kill you then?
bobisslack
Kindness. They kill you with kindness.
hellothisispeggy
Makes me think of that Rocky and Bullwinkle episode where they had the killer plants that were completely immune to all attacks but would promptly get sick and die if anyone was kind to them. Which in hindsight just sounds like a regular cactus.
TankTrain
Na. Our native bees are all stingless. They're pretty awesome. They just cruise around. It's the introduced European bees that are the issue.
vindik8or
Not all of them are stingless. The Blue-banded bees, for instance.
TankTrain
Huh. I didn't know that. Where are they found?
vindik8or
There's a range of closely-related species all over Australia. I get them in my garden in Brisbane. I call them flower fuckers because they fly around with their tongues hanging out like a pack thirsty letharios, and they dive deep into the flowers and vibrate their whole bodies to pollinate.
TankTrain
Lol. I'll do some research to see if we get them in the Blue Mountains.
ReaperNo1
Stingless... ok, how do they kill you then? They're from Australia, there must be a way.
xovoxovox
Wit
WooNeat
We don't actually know, but those nests are clearly made from the entrails of their enemies so it's happening somewhere
doctorbocker
They die and your crops and forage go un-pollinated and the entire supply chain collapses, leading to the deaths of millions. It's a long con.
TheMindEntropic
They kill you by using paranoid expectation. When regular bees go extinct, nobody will have adopted these because they're from australia and people believe all things from australia are super dangerous (a few things aren't), so then all the food crops will fail. *That's* how the stingless bees kill you.
ID1746
There's a few harmless things from Australia, generally their defense is *Looks like it can kill/main you*. Up to you to either accept they could kill you, or test that assumption at your convenience.
Quebeker
Strangulation
bobbobbybobbington
its clearly death from psychic damage
alantosai
the psychic damage is just the part that convinces you it's a good idea to stay put and not to swat 'em
Bobbobbobobbananafanafobob
They don't kill people, but they do mummify invasive beetles alive by coating them in resin and mud. So the danger is minimized but the horror persists.
Orionsdick
Oh they WANT to kill you, they’re just not able to
charondaboatman
They fly into every orifice and start a new hive inside you. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
WhattaMattahYou
JFC dude, that's a lotta collateral damage you just caused.
Be more like Luigi and less like McVeigh.
Fireball of mental anguish. Ow.
https://youtu.be/TZWVaHLM-r0?si=__RV3e9VVCv2NJ1V
Oatmealman1
That's what is in the bin, the mother in law... Or what's left of her.
Zioxyl
Yikes
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
Dishonored 2, anyone?
Slamballin
oh, I will ;)
CrackheadGermanSheppie
LarvaLamp
Proboy237
I'd rather be stung. Jeez Australia
Wicked0N3
I hate you now... But I'm laughing damnit! Take my up vote!
BigRedTX
GameofFutons
Tony lazuto says hello
ReaperNo1
2 weeks in intensive care... I'm not falling for that again.
AwwYEE
Found the 1 guy, 1 jar guy! 🤣
Suichimo
But...
MarleafChef
Like all Australians, they'll kill you with their knife 🥄
Clayman8
Whats a knife?
Ive only heard them use Noyves there
Gerokeymaster
Hey, that's not a knife, that's a spoon!
OnomatopoeicOnanisma
Kiares
I see you've played knifey spooney before
LarvaLamp
*knoifey spewney