Bumble Bee / myLot

India

November 14, 2015 8:51am CST

The tendency of a bumble bee is to get inside a flower. It is therefore often seen near flowers where it has the scope for such activity. It is said that they also try to get into our ears and so if one spots a bumble bee it is necessary that the ears are covered or the bee is driven away. Have you heard the buzz of a bumble bee?

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Fleur

@Fleura (34927)

• United Kingdom

14 Nov 15

I've never come across the idea that a bee might want to enter a person's ear! There's absolutely no truth in that. We have lots of bumble bees of different species here and when it isn't pouring with rain (a it is now) they are still out and about visiting the last flowers to fatten up for winter.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

14 Nov 15

They do that. There have been instances here. I always cover my ears if I spot one.

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13147)

• Northampton, England

14 Nov 15

Maybe they're making earwax honey

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

15 Nov 15

@boiboing Ofcourser May be they will come there to clean your ears. Why not? Good for you

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (148720)

• Roseburg, Oregon

14 Nov 15

Yes buble bees are needed to pollen the flowers. Just stay clear of them so they will not sting you.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

15 Nov 15

We do not see many but just one or two hovering around those flowers that you seen in the image.

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Val

@valmnz (17095)

• New Zealand

14 Nov 15

I've seen plenty in my garden. They sometimes come inside the house, but although we shoo them out we don't consider them as dangerous as honey bees.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502180)

• Italy

14 Nov 15

We have plenty of bumble bees in the garden in summer, it never happened that they came near my hears.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

15 Nov 15

No harm in keeping them away from our ears.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64346)

• United Kingdom

14 Nov 15

I've never had one near my ears though I've heard plenty in my garden.

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Boingboing

@boiboing (13147)

• Northampton, England

14 Nov 15

I have lots of bumble bees in my garden and I love to listen to them hum.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

15 Nov 15

Their buzz is pretty loud.

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AnjaP

@Rollo1 (16676)

• Boston, Massachusetts

14 Nov 15

I have never had a bumble bee try to get in my ears, but they do seem quite haphazard in their flying patterns at times.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

14 Nov 15

I suggest that you cover your ears rather than being confident that they will never enter there

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Go Crossbones

@crossbones27 (52907)

• Mojave, California

14 Nov 15

That is true bees love our ears and has been passed down through years of evolution where now our ears create their very own bee'z wax. A little joke.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (153544)

• India

14 Nov 15

Joke away until one fine day you will find one of them right in your ear, may be clearing out the wax

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