• Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world
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    26 days ago

    Bumblebees fly in a very non-threatening pattern (slow and predictable). Wasps fly like they could suddenly decide to fuck you up at any moment, which is why I’m reluctant to approach them.
    But I’m not afraid of regular bees so this may not be what triggers your fear. Also bumblebees are just straight up adorable

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      26 days ago

      Oh yeah, the buzzy, dive bombing bastards don’t help lol.

      With the regular bees, it isn’t so much when they’re out doing their thing alone that really sets it off, it’s when there’s a bunch of them in one place. They can just be going about their business, but you can’t keep track of multiple honeybees going from place to place. Well, I can’t, and it sets off that phobic alarm heavier than just seeing one on a flower.

      But I tink you’re right about the bumbles being so chill in their movements making them fly below the radar, so to speak. They just bumble along, so you’d have to either mess with them, or have a bad timing accident for them to be a problem. Hadn’t ever thought of that before :)