Worldwide Beekeeping
Beekeeping => Other Pollinators => Topic started by: The15thMember on September 14, 2022, 10:33:15 pm
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I heard someone call yellowjackets "meat bees" today. Has anyone else ever heard that before? I have to admit it kind of drove me crazy. As if people aren't confused enough about what is and is not a bee. :-X
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Never heard that term before. I agree, we don't need more confusion. Many people confuse honey bees and yellowjackets. This time of year yellowjackets seek protein and will consume raw meat.
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Yep! In the deer and big game hunting world Meat Bees is a common term. We hunters bring our fresh kill back to deer camp, and proceed to hang and drape the carcass from a tree branch for a couple days. As soon as fresh meat is back in camp, here come the Meat Bees, the yellow jackets, they are hungry as well. If we bring a deer home to our garage to hang and drape, my honeybees couldn't care less.
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Yep! In the deer and big game hunting world Meat Bees is a common term. We hunters bring our fresh kill back to deer camp, and proceed to hang and drape the carcass from a tree branch for a couple days. As soon as fresh meat is back in camp, here come the Meat Bees, the yellow jackets, they are hungry as well. If we bring a deer home to our garage to hang and drape, my honeybees couldn't care less.
Okay, I can kind of understand that term arising in that sort of situation. But not enough to not correct someone who used it. ;) :)
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Okay, I can kind of understand that term arising in that sort of situation. But not enough to not correct someone who used it. ;) :)
Yellowjackets are wasps not bees.