Save the Freaking Bees

Happy National Honeybee day. Here's a list of facts about bees:

bees produce honey, which is the most delicious slime found in nature

bees have horizontal stripes on their bodies because they are more slimming than vertical stripes

bees are fantastic judges of a character. a honeybee will never sting someone unless they're literally human garbage. if you've been stung by a bee, that means you're a bad person

the queen bee gives birth to every other bee in the hive, but she's not like a regular mom. she's a *cool* mom

bees are very productive members of our workforce, not only producing honey, but also working in quality control for oat based cereals and developing dating apps

bee movie was based on a true story. my girlfriend left me for a bee

people think that honeybees die when they sting, but their friends say that the bee they knew died a long time ago

the stork that brings babies is actually a swarm of bees shaped like a stork

bees feel the same way about wasps the same way most human beings feel about bill o'reily

the oldest living bee is 107 [bee] years old. she attributes her health to staying single. "my secret to long life has been staying away from male bees. they're just more trouble than they're worth." if only my girlfriend had taken her advice

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