Bees are pointless. All they do is ruin picnics, tennis games, and even ruin just walking around the perimeter of your house. Some people claim bees make honey, but this is false. Bees just sting people while honey ends up on the shelves in grocery stores. The two are mostly unrelated. Bees are also the cousins of hornets, wasps, and bumblers. For the purpose of this Fear of Bees post, all variations of bees will be grouped together. Ugh. Bees.
What’s The Buzz Around Fear of Bees?
Generally speaking, bugs don’t really bother me. Some have 4 legs, some have 8, some have over 100 and are the worst. If legs are any indication, bees fall somewhere in between ladybugs and millipedes. Spiders have their own scale and aren’t subjected to the ladybug spectrum. While spiders are basically inevitable to find in any room of your house, bees only seem to appear during the most inconvenient of times. “It’s a nice day. I think I’ll eat this slice of cake outside”. Famous last words of someone who was quickly chased by a bee, stung, and dropped their cake. The worst part about bees is the sound they make when they are lurking. An ominous, buzzing drone followed by the horrifying sight of black and yellow. By the time you hear their buzz, it’s too late. By the way, what’s the deal with murder hornets?
Here’s the thing with bees: they are the worst. At least with something like sharks, alligators, or even cats, you know they serve a purpose and can be great pets. Granted, sometimes those pets will also try to maul you. No one is going to argue with those facts. However, no one has ever had a casual encounter with a bee. There are literally people in the world who have jobs keeping bees so the general public doesn’t have to interact with them. Bee masters are true patriots. Could you imagine having a job where every single day you are legally obligated to handle bees? Day in, day out, all you do is let bees cover your entire body, mercilessly being stung over and over again. And the benefits aren’t even that good.
Swatting Away Your Fear of Bees
Contrary to the title of this section, it’s probably not a good idea to swat at bees. Bees are actually quite docile creatures unless you start bothering them. I mean, if someone came over to your house and started hitting your furniture with a broom you would be pretty annoyed too. That’s how bees feel when they set up shop in the tree on your front yard or under a gutter. They just put a down payment on their first nest and suddenly a human wearing a hockey mask and wielding the business end of a mop is charging towards them. Did you know many bees don’t even have stingers? Like the honey bee (unproven fact) or the bumblebee (scientific name?). These guys just float around aimlessly from the day they are born to the day they die. Bees are less than the size of a baby carrot. Are you saying you’re afraid of a baby carrot? A baby carrot is much more afraid of you than you are of it so just imagine how a bee must feel.
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