Captain Colonial Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 A friend in the States, who has as many prankster friends as I do, got this in the post - bearing in mind that it’s legal to post bees there - and here - would you open it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euan Hoosearmy Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Got an endoscope? If not open slowly and carefully outdoors. As an ex-beekeeper, collecting drones, male bees, no sting but loud buzz and letting them out in houses, offices etc was always a good way to create a panic.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 In the end, the box didn’t contain bees but it did have a dictaphone with a recording of bees buzzing, connected to a inertia switch so that when you did shake it, it would make the buzzing noise. 😂 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenh Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I should have thought that if there was a bee colony in the box, then the box would feel slightly warm, and there would be a gentle humming sound? I'd have opened the box outside, but I certainly wouldn't have risked shaking the box first!😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 How would live bees breath without some kind of venting ? none to be seen there ( no pun intended ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatman Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 17 hours ago, pistonbroke said: How would live bees breath without some kind of venting ? none to be seen there ( no pun intended ) They'd breathe (yes that's the correct spelling PB) the same way they would if they weren't in a box... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Blatman said: They'd breathe (yes that's the correct spelling PB) the same way they would if they weren't in a box... Shirley they wud suffakate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted April 18, 2023 Author Share Posted April 18, 2023 Ironically, you can only post bees by surface - you cannot airmail bees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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