#709 – Buzzed
Posted on October 15, 2013 at 12:00 am by Chris
Chapter: Comic
There were a lot of myths that I believed about flying insects as a kid. Like bees will attack you if you wear yellow. The best was that a dragonfly can sting you 72 times. Where the heck “72” evolved from I’ll never know.
Tags: bee, iron man, super heroes
for me, it does seem like bees like me more if i’m in yellow
Depends on how bees see your yellows. Get a pair of sunglasses like the old Blu-Blockers, that say they filter out a high degree of UV light. Take the clothes outside on a sunny day, and look at them through the glasses. They’ll actually stand out, although it’s hard to descibe exactly how. I noticed the phenomenon when I got a pair as a gift, and was trying them out in my mother’s flower garden. The flowers that attracted bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds looked funny, and when I looked it up, found out that they reflect a high degree of UV to attract pollen carriers, and the glasses filtered that part out, making them look kind of off.
Kingklash the science guy…
*looks at name*
Well then….
I discovered at one years summer fair that Thrips (AKA corn flies or thunderflies) love yellow clothes. Nothing like having your T-shirt smothered with tiny insects…