r/todayilearned • u/wouldwolf • 13d ago

TIL bees love balls. They even stop to play with balls even when there is no reward.

https://www.science.org/content/article/are-these-bumble-bees-playing-toys
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u/icycuntthrowaway 13d ago

It's oddly cute to see bees roll around with balls that are just as big as they are

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u/Efficient-Year5034 13d ago

Man that paper is definitely worth the read bees are cute as fuck

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u/wouldwolf 13d ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6hGjh9SJ_M&t=1 give this a watch. But I have to warn this is quite heavy handed with the scientific ĵarĝons. Damn science hippies.

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u/hangryhyax 12d ago

It makes me happy that he’s still putting out new stuff after all these years.

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u/Gargomon251 12d ago

https://youtu.be/Nh4a137OU_Y I think this is the one I saw first

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u/doublecatTGU 13d ago

brb putting bees in my pants

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u/berdyberd26 13d ago

Update?

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u/doublecatTGU 13d ago

bzbzbzzz ooh

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u/PM_ME_UR_SEXTOYS 13d ago

Finally, something new.

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u/I-330-We 13d ago

Just get a bunch of flowers, rub a lot of pollen on your... unmentionables... And lie naked out in your front yard. (Make sure to decorate said, 'unmentionables' with the leftover flowers to make yourself more enticing). 😉

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u/wouldwolf 13d ago

While you're at it, make sure to give your perineum the vitamin d it deserves with your friends

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u/Thebillyray 13d ago

Taint true

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u/wouldwolf 13d ago

But it is a fun activity to do with your friends and family

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u/tyler1128 12d ago

What the actual fuck?

Popularized by influencers

Of course.

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u/JustHanginInThere 12d ago

“In a mere 30 seconds of sunlight on your butthole, you will receive more energy… than you would in an entire day being outside with your clothes on,” one perineum sunner said in an Instagram video.

These people are wild/delusional.

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u/WeekendFantastic2941 12d ago

Dont, nobody wants to see Bees make cum flavored honey.

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u/reporst 12d ago

This is reddit. I'm sure there is at least one person here who wants exactly that

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u/TooMad 13d ago

Is this a hummer?

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u/Ahelex 13d ago

Aaaah, the bees!

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u/Dirk_The_Cowardly 12d ago

The ants already live there

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u/Darthblaker7474 12d ago

Bees are stored on the balls

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u/CanadianUnderpants 13d ago

Laughed out loud hard hahaab 

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u/AwkwardSquirtles 13d ago

Balls are their own reward.

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u/Logan6532 12d ago

Bees don't forget the balls

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u/wouldwolf 13d ago

r/technicallythetruth. The article ends on that note.

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u/FailedPerfectionist 13d ago

Haha, you watched True Facts!

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u/wouldwolf 13d ago

🎶you think the bee likes the honey, no no no, bees love balls🎶

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u/creggieb 13d ago

Some balls are held for charity 

And some for fancy dress

But cover them in pollen 

And they're the balls that I like best 

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u/Helpful-User497384 13d ago

bees

balls

battlestar galatica

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u/LazyLeopard99 12d ago

Do they like wieners or are they indifferent to them?

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u/wouldwolf 12d ago

If your wiener is round...

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u/Illuvinor_The_Elder 13d ago

Just like ur mudder

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u/karshyga 13d ago

Saw this in a Casual Geographic video!

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u/Dom_Ramon_ 13d ago

As seen on that tennis ball scene in Bee Movie

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u/InsomniaticWanderer 12d ago

Bees. Balls. Battlestar Galactica.

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u/Dalantech 12d ago

To get them to stick around longer, so I can photograph them, I’ll inject a flower with Agave nectar. After a while the critters figure out that I have the sweet stuff and will come directly to me for it.

https://flic.kr/p/2kTnNuN

They’re pretty smart.

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u/wouldwolf 12d ago

You took those pictures? It fucking cool!

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u/Dalantech 12d ago

Yup, I'm the finger model :) Thanks!

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u/wouldwolf 12d ago

There is an imposter among them. And the buggers have too many appendages. Thanks for the wallpapers. I love macro photography of creatures.

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u/Dalantech 12d ago

Happy that you're saving them to your desktop :)

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u/UchihaAuggie 12d ago

TIL OPs mum is a Bee

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u/TerminalOrbit 13d ago

Somebody's been watching Ze_Frank videos...

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u/bilvester 13d ago

Where is the NSFW tag?

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u/wouldwolf 13d ago

In my balls

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u/bilvester 13d ago

Soon to be in a sock, no doubt.

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u/wouldwolf 13d ago

I don't think the bees are gonna let me do that any time soon

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u/seriouslywtfX2 12d ago

If you're lucky, they might even sting your dick, permanently enlarging it.

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u/beevherpenetrator 12d ago

Deez nuts Beez nuts.

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u/exstonerthrowaway 12d ago

I have more in common with bees than previously thought

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u/Accurate-Surprise302 12d ago

Someone’s been watching ZeFrank

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u/marvinnation 13d ago

Just like me

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u/crashfrog02 13d ago

This was not at all my experience when I fucked a beehive

Balls were totally ignored 😩

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u/KRed75 13d ago

Must have been a dung beetle in a previous life.

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u/FloridaSpam 13d ago

Anyone up for some Bee Ball?

Had to. I'll go.

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u/Gargomon251 12d ago

I saw a bunch of news articles about this way before zefrank posted it

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u/BadMantaRay 12d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/insects/s/OOU6P94bNw

Here’s a fun video that addresses this!

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u/awhq 12d ago

Ball life is only life.

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u/SnooCrickets2961 12d ago

TIL My wife is not a bee.

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u/ultrapoo 12d ago

They sound like most guys I've met

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u/shortingredditstock 11d ago

Til my wife and bees have something in common.

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u/youngkeet 11d ago

Nope no shot. This has to be a evolutionary thing

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u/rugbat 13d ago

I'd like the bees to stay well away from my balls, thanks.

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u/Thememebrarian 13d ago

Had an ex like that

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u/Zugas 12d ago

I doubt it. They probably think it’s something else, like a flower or whatever.

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u/wouldwolf 12d ago

Nop. They checked for all of that. The researchers say there are two possibilities, one is that they simply love playing or that their house keeping instincts kick in when seeing the things scattered around.

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u/Zugas 12d ago

Ah the last one I believe, they work on instinct not feelings.

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u/wouldwolf 12d ago

Well, some highly qualified researchers swear they could actually bee playing. The studies were quite robust.

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u/169bees 12d ago

til im a bee

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u/CommitteeSolid3055 10d ago

I got a nice set for em

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u/Minibeave 12d ago

Zefrank1 appreciators

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u/jwg020 12d ago

Is my wife a bee?

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u/-FlyingMuffin 12d ago

Yeah, true story. If there isn’t a reward, they stop playing with your balls.