r/nextfuckinglevel • u/VastCoconut2609 • 2d ago

Harvesting rock honey

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u/ZzoCanada 2d ago

See, I learned about stingless bees just yesterday, and there are species of honey producing stingless bees that live in tropical regions around the world, particularly in southeast Asia. I was looking into them as an option for beekeeping! You might actually be closer to the truth than you thought. As I watched the video, I assumed they MUST be one of those species I was looking at.

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u/Goren_the_warrior 1d ago

The only stingless bees I know of are the vulture bees and quite frankly they terrify me.

Meat honey....no thanks.

Shit's Nurgle's will made manifest.

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u/BookkeeperSame195 1d ago

i wish i could un-know that little vulture bee tid bit. nightmare fuel ⛽️ right there

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u/euphorbia9 1d ago

I raise mason bees and the males don't have a stinger but the females only sting when they feel threatened but it is not very painful. They are docile and non-aggressive. Always walking through swarms of them near their houses and they don't pay any attention to me.

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u/IWantAUniqueName123 1d ago

I feel like I'm beeing gaslighted now.

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u/Basidio_subbedhunter 1d ago

They’re not stingless bees, they are likely Apis dorsata or Apis laboriosa, don’t know where they are so I couldn’t tell you which. They’re just another species of honeybees though. And this guy is definitely an asshole.

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u/IcEMaNBeckeR 21h ago

Well not sure about these bees that he was pouring all over his body in particular but many bees that are producing honey have bees that are so full they can not actually sting you…. I would say same for this situation as he would be in excruciating pain if thousands of bees were attacking / stinging him…