Chinese man calmly drives with swarm of bees nesting inside his car

[Still Waters]

A man from China’s Anhui province recently went viral after posting a series of videos of himself calmly driving in his car with bees swarming around inside the vehicle. Most people would freak out at the sight of a single bee flying around their head, but the Chinese driver, surnamed Yao, was all smiles and even boasted that he was ‘going to be rich,’ referring to the belief that bees visiting one’s home was an auspicious omen. It’s unclear how the bees got into the car or why they chose it as their place of congregation, but the viral videos gave many on social media goosebumps.

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[+Desertrat56]

Calm is the only safe way to be around bees.

[Scholar4Truth]

When he gets stung i'm sure he would change his tune.

[Vox]

Everyone here should watch those videos of that American lady that saves the bees. Really insightful.

[Gumball]

5 hours ago, Vox said:

Everyone here should watch those videos of that American lady that saves the bees. Really insightful.

I've seen one woman on Instagram and she has the worst, monotonous narrating voice for her videos.  I don't know how she does it but she drives me mental.  I start egging the bees on to get raging.

[+Desertrat56]

My brother in law is a farmer and every year the bees in the area swarm.  If they swarm on his property he puts the new swarm in a box and leaves them for 24 hours, then he checks on them and sets up wax so they can make honey, which a bee keeper he knows comes and takes care of.   Last year the swarm turned out to be africanized bees.  When his helpers went to check on the bees after the 24 hours they flew out in a rage or what ever it is bees get when they are dangerous and the guys ran, but they ran past the dog pen and the dogs were at the fence barking.   The bees swarmed the dogs and all but two were able to get away.  One died and the other was quite sick.   One of the men got two stings and was ok, the others were unscathed.

[Bed of chaos]

Wait till he hits a pothole.

[LadyPhoenix]

Very cool!  No reason for him to panic, either.  It's just bees.  I had  swarm pass directly over me when in junior high, as in directly over, that I had to duck to avoid.  No panic, just checked our hives (wasn't one of them), contacted parents, and they didn't want to keep another one, so we contacted some people and a guy came and hot the hive out of one of our trees.  Very cool memory, no one stung, bees all safe, and we got to see the swarm up close. 

People panic far too much about bees.  They are pretty safe insects overall, except for someone with allergies, and they don't wan to sting you.  A bee dies when she stings, so that tends to only happen when defending the hive (entrance) or if one is caught inside clothing or in hair.  Otherwise, most people don't get stung.  Even if one does sting, she dies, and the most a person gets (again, except for someone with allergies) is a little welt.  I was stung only once the whole time we kept bees, and that was when one crawled up my pant leg one night.  I got a little boo boo, and the poor bee died.   

What a cool event for this man!  The bees should be placed into a better location, though. 

[+Desertrat56]

10 hours ago, LadyPhoenix said:

Very cool!  No reason for him to panic, either.  It's just bees.  I had  swarm pass directly over me when in junior high, as in directly over, that I had to duck to avoid.  No panic, just checked our hives (wasn't one of them), contacted parents, and they didn't want to keep another one, so we contacted some people and a guy came and hot the hive out of one of our trees.  Very cool memory, no one stung, bees all safe, and we got to see the swarm up close. 

People panic far too much about bees.  They are pretty safe insects overall, except for someone with allergies, and they don't wan to sting you.  A bee dies when she stings, so that tends to only happen when defending the hive (entrance) or if one is caught inside clothing or in hair.  Otherwise, most people don't get stung.  Even if one does sting, she dies, and the most a person gets (again, except for someone with allergies) is a little welt.  I was stung only once the whole time we kept bees, and that was when one crawled up my pant leg one night.  I got a little boo boo, and the poor bee died.   

What a cool event for this man!  The bees should be placed into a better location, though. 

My grandma and dad always had bee hives.   I was stung once from a bee at grandma's.  She somehow got a hive of aggressive bees (called africanized nowadays).  My dad helped her get rid of that bunch because they would chase the dogs and stung the cattle.   

When I was in basic training I was standing next to a person who had never been around bees.  We were supposed to be at attention and a bee landed on each of her cheeks.  She slapped the bees and, of course, they stung her.  She had to go to the hospital.   2 days later she was back and the bees started coming around, they only bothered the stupid women who woreperfume. (can you imagine?  it's basic training and you are going to waste time putting on perfume?)   I decided I would not stand next to the one who got stung because she was freaking out again and would not listen to anyone telling her to quit swatting at them.

[mysticwerewolf]

having been a beekeeper in the past I have stood in the middle of a swarm of bees several  they are realtivly docile while in swarm formation  they have to carry enough food in their twin stomachs to feed the entire hive for at least a month and only sting when forced to (This does not count the African strain of bees only those three strains that were here before hand) but once they have started  making a hive and start dumping honey into the chambers then they are more dangerous when the hive is threatened or harassed or stepped on. but after twenty years of beekeeping. I would Not want to get into that car. if they were African hybrids I would not want to get within 50 feet of that car..

[LadyPhoenix]

On 4/17/2023 at 11:07 AM, Desertrat56 said:

My grandma and dad always had bee hives.   I was stung once from a bee at grandma's.  She somehow got a hive of aggressive bees (called africanized nowadays).  My dad helped her get rid of that bunch because they would chase the dogs and stung the cattle.   

When I was in basic training I was standing next to a person who had never been around bees.  We were supposed to be at attention and a bee landed on each of her cheeks.  She slapped the bees and, of course, they stung her.  She had to go to the hospital.   2 days later she was back and the bees started coming around, they only bothered the stupid women who woreperfume. (can you imagine?  it's basic training and you are going to waste time putting on perfume?)   I decided I would not stand next to the one who got stung because she was freaking out again and would not listen to anyone telling her to quit swatting at them.

Oh, good grief!  The perfume is bad enough, nut panicking over a couple of bees?  My mother was highly allergic, and she didn't even do that!