Life

[Thrik]

I can imagine nothing worse than having a swarm of bees living in my garden.

[Scrobbs]

Honey bees aren't actually that aggressive. They die if they sting you, so it's a last resort. Wasps, on the other hand, are little bastards. Especially when drunk on rotten apples

[Erkki]

I can imagine nothing worse than having a swarm of bees living in my garden.

How about swarms of wasps?

[Lu]

Horse flies, man, that's what I was told they were called. Those suckers are terrifying. They just land on you and take a bite out of you. Got a shirt on? No problem, they'll bite right through that. It ain't even a sting, they actually take a bite out of you with their jaws, cause THEY EAT FLESH.

[subbes]

Eurgh.

[Armchair General]

Sweet Scrobbs! I would definitely have a hive if I had the room. Bees are on the decline too, so you're saving a species to boot.

[subbes]

My mother wanted to do beekeeping. She developed this desire AFTER she discovered her anaphylactic allergy to bee and wasp stings.

I have suggested this is the bee version of toxoplasmosis' effect on mice or the fungus that mind-controls zombie ants.

[Thrik]

The horse guard wasp, Stictia carolina, is a type of sand wasp from the eastern United States which preys primarily upon horse flies.

Probably the first wasp I've ever been able to get behind.

[Twig]

Maaaan, finding an apartment is the worst. Someone do it for me. ):

[Raff]

I hate it so much. I once queued with literally 40 people, many accompanied by their parents as guarantors, to see a one room studio dump in Paris, a week after starting a job and 3 weeks into flat searching while living in a hostel.

Eventually I got a pretty good flatshare with two girls. I was their second choice, the smooth talking first choice had been kicked out after two nights for helping himself to baguettes (obviously) and other people's computers.

[Twig]

I've found a whole bunch so far, but most of them want to meet with me before letting me be their roommate (entirely understandable!). Unfortunately, I won't be arriving in the city until the day I want to move in. I mean, I can always stay at a hotel or something while looking, but that's less than ideal. And expensive.

[elmuerte]

for helping himself to baguettes (obviously)

?

[subbes]

Twig - is this in SF? If so hit up shammack, he may still have a bunch of deets from his flat search in July.

[Twig]

Yeah, it's SF. I'll do that. U:

[Scrobbs]

Looking around (as thinking of going there), there are plenty of hostels in SF for short-term staying, that seem to be a reasonable price (~$60) in reasonable areas.

[syntheticgerbil]

Bees are the cutest! Must have pics when your hive is set up!

DON'T FLAKE OUT!

[Twig]

Looking around (as thinking of going there), there are plenty of hostels in SF for short-term staying, that seem to be a reasonable price (~$60) in reasonable areas.

Yeah it seems like that's going to be my only choice. Hang out in a hotel/hostel for a bit until I find a place to live for real.

[brkl]

Bees are the cutest!

[Nachimir]

This was work on Friday:

About six hours of filming, 17 miles of trail, 8 miles of road, and no complaints from me

[subbes]

That's a wasp.

[Roderick]

That site sounds like Deez Nuts.

[brkl]

It's the result of a Google image search for a bee. Therefore, it's a bee. QED

[syntheticgerbil]

Well the wasp is near cute for what it's worth.

[miffy495]

It's the result of a Google image search for a bee. Therefore, it's a bee. QED

Also a bee. QED.

[Thrik]