The video circulating on the internet shows the man carrying the queen bee in his fist while the whole bee colony peacefully sitting on his arm all set to move to a new place.‘They can smell the queen through and on his fist. If she was in danger, she’d give off a scent that screams ‘HELP AM THREATEN’, but she’s not. She’s probably giving off more a ‘well this is odd, but I am snug and secure atm so….’ so her drones are just ‘we go on advencha!’,’ someone wrote on reddit.
Unreal Video Shows A Man Holding The Queen Bee In His Fist While The Rest Of The Swarm Just Following Along
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Sumaiya Ghani in
Amazing
On 31st January 2021
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This man is no ordinary, he is a beekeeper that can transfer the whole bee colony by carrying the queen bee in his
The video which is indeed shocking and uncomfortable was posted on TikTok and now people have a lot of questions.
The video shows a man walking along the street as thousands of bees swarm his arm. The man is walking like this is something he does every other day and the bees don't look like they mind changing their places whilst sitting on his arm.
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Check the video so that you know why we have so many questions that have to be answered.
Someone posted it on Reddit where one user said: ‘He looks like he’s on his way to deliver one helluva Mortal Kombat finisher’.
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The bees are not stinging him because they know he is their owner
Thanks to the cameraman who asked the beekeeper why he doesn’t get stung by the bees, to which the man simply replies: ‘They know their owner’.
No doubt about that.
Thanks to the cameraman again who also asked whether the bees produce honey on him. The man says ‘No, I’m going to put them in a box now.’
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The queen is safe inside the man's fist and the bee colony know this
‘And do you have the queen on your hand? Because they are where their queen is,’ the cameraman continues.
‘Yes. I have it in my fist,’ the beekeeper confirms.
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The queen here doesn't feel threatened so the rest of the swarm is following her peacefully
Now you must be wondering why the man would move the bees this way?
Some users were kind enough to clear our confusion.
‘Bees ‘swarm’ when there’s a new queen and a chunk of the previous colony breaks off to start a new hive. At this point, the bee swarm looks absolutely scary but it’s the most docile ever because it’s only looking for a new home while protecting the queen. Since the queen, in this case, doesn’t feel threatened and isn’t being harmed, the rest of the swarm just follows along,’ one person explained.
Don't mind but we have one other question that is how do all these bees understand that the queen is a) inside his fist and b) is not being harmed?
One user asked the same question:
‘Why would they not sting the sh*t out of this guy as I’m sure they get that he’s got hold of the queen and is taking her somewhere. Or do they view his fist as the queen's home and it just happens to be a mobile home? Also, I thought more would be flying around him rather than just sitting on his arm.’
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Queen mandibular pheromone (QMP) is emitted by the queen and is one of the most important sets of pheromones
Well the answer is 'pheromones'.
Here is the explanation (thanks to one another user):
‘They can smell the queen through and on his fist. If she was in danger, she’d give off a scent that screams ‘HELP AM THREATEN’, but she’s not. She’s probably giving off more a ‘well this is odd, but I am snug and secure atm so….’ so her drones are just ‘we go on advencha!’.’
Often, scientists, do research on honeybees because of their extraordinary behavior. The research has shown that pheromones represent one of the most advanced ways of communication among social insects.
The Queen mandibular pheromone (QMP), is emitted by the queen and is considered one of the most important sets of pheromones in the beehive.
QMP, of the queen, affects social behavior, maintenance of the hive, swarming, and mating behavior.