LOL. That was funny :D

[Linux23]

So, I went out on my balcony a few minutes ago to clean up a bit and I feel this big black and yellow thing fly past me really fast. I noticed it was a Bumble Bee. I observed it for a little bit and noticed that it was flying in the same pattern over and over (from my balcony, over to my neighbors house and then through the driveway. Rinse and repeat. I look closely and their is two of them. One is trying to mount the other. That was the first time I seen bee's playing the mating game.

After a few minutes of getting a close flyby I got pissed and grabbed a piece of cardboard and whacked the bee out of the air. It was funny how he was falling and trying to gain control (almost looked like an out of control helicopter). He lost a few feet in altitude but I saw him recover. (I wish I could have recorded what just happened. The visuals were amazing).

A few minutes later, and they are back to their mating dance in the same exact flight pattern, the only thing this time I can see the bee hovering for a few minutes, and rotating as if he's scanning around to see if i'm going to sneak him again (head pointed straight, then roatated 45, 80, 120 degrees, then back to being straight).

I thought it was so funny that this insect got smacked out of the air with a sneak attack and is back up to his mating game, but with a more cautious attitude this time. LOL

 

[shortylickens]

Somebody needs to find Oldsmoboat.

 

[Ichinisan]

IIRC, bumblebees aren't "big." That would be a carpenter bee.

[Guess not.]

I will continue reading your post...

 

[IronWing]

I got pissed and grabbed a piece of cardboard and whacked the bee out of the air

Jerk.

 

[Ichinisan]

Jerk.

This.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

IIRC, bumblebees aren't "big." That would be a carpenter bee.

I will continue reading your post...

Carpenter bees aren't black and yellow.

 

[Linux23]

Jerk.

it was thin cardboard and that bastard recovered like a pro.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Can we hire someone to slap Linux23 with a piece of drywall when he's about to get lucky?

 

[Crono]

Stop swatting my little spy drones. Those things aren't cheap, you know.

 

[motodude]

Can we hire someone to slap Linux23 with a piece of drywall when he's about to get lucky?

Now that would be funny.

 

[LTC8K6]

Carpenter bees aren't black and yellow.

Our carpenter bees are black and yellow.

https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/carpenterbees.htm

 

[thesmokingman]

it was thin cardboard and that bastard recovered like a pro.

Dude, that's a party foul.

 

[Linux23]

Dude, that's a party foul.

It was cool. He fell and recovered and came back fine.

 

[lupi]

Noticed a wasp at the overhang by the front door at the tiny stub left from last time I knocked out their attempted nest building. Not sure if a spider got him or there was some residual poison left on it, but looks like it died in place shortly after landing.