- Wasps not bees.
- The wasps probably won't be able to emerge if the concrete dust sets.
- Imagine being entombed by your parents. Born in an inescapable coffin.
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You speculated correctly. The brood cannot escape. I even found a scientific paper about it: it: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328054285_A_Fatal_Nest_Construction_Man-mixed_Cement_Used_by_Mud-daubing_Wasps
Born in an inescapable coffin.
Ah, so real life then.
Yes, it certainly bears semblance to my first 9 months in solitary confinement, before the hag dragged me out from her wretched womb. Curse you vile woman!
BigDanishGuy, I said no toys at the table.
This isn't a toy, it's a revolution! proudly waves the vibrator
Yeah, never heard them called mud bees. Only ever heard them as dirt / mud daubers, and they're very obviously wasps.
They don't hurt as much as you'd think, but you'll still feel it for a day or two
My grandma used to tell me they don't sting so I wouldn't freak out when one was near me. Little kid me was a gullible fool.
They can sting, but they (anecdotally) sting less readily than some other species of wasps. I've been around them all my life and never have been stung. But, I've never intentionally messed with them. On the other hand, I've been stung by a couple other species that were far less patient with my presence in their general area.
mud daubers usually are as far from aggressive as yellow jackets are assholes.
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Full of spiders.
I hate cleaning these up because they're fucking spider piñatas. Yeah the spiders are dead by then, but just, fucking eww.
So there are 2 on my porch that desperately need to be cleaned up, anyone?
Does it come with a cask of good wine?
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Just wait until they build one on the back of a snail.
For the people less chronically online than apparently @Triumph@fedia.io and myself. https://lemmy.ca/post/52674587
That's a fun idea for a game. You're growing a bee colony that has evolved a symbiotic relationship with a species of snail. They feed and defend the snail, while they build the nest on the back.
You should check out the game Wandering Village. Its not bees and snails, but you do build a village on a giant beast that you can feed.
For a second i thought you mistitled Reus but fair enough its a different game and this concept a new genre.
That snail that will kill you on touch just got an upgrade.
That reminds me there's a game called Shadows of Doubt! You are a detective in a dystopian cyber noir world where corporations run everything.
Anyway they just added a mode to have the damned snail always after you while you're trying to take on jobs and solve crimes
I love this game. I highly recommend it.
That's so cool. A few more hives and you can do dangerous bouldering
That's cool. Mud daubers are extremely chill and will only sting you as an absolutely last resort. They also are great at keeping the spider population down. Which I'm a little torn on because I love spiders since they eat mosquitoes, and mosquitoes can fuck off and die afaic.
Wait until you find thier storage area. It will be a rock that you overturn, or maybe a space between two boards filled with paralyzed spiders and other insects ... Google it if you dare.
I will search that! Sounds cool. Why are there no giant mud dauber horror movies I wonder?
Poor bees. That's got to be hurting them, right? Isn't concrete caustic?
I imagine if it hurt, they would pick some other material.
They mix it with some material they produce, so it won't behave like pure cement. Also, after you mix it, concrete isn't caustic.
Good point.
Very, cement has a pH of around 11
How long do we have till they discover reinforced concrete.
7years. Nuclear weapons by 11years.
That’s a bit slow for a Factorio run, but impressive nonetheless.
Especially since they started with drones unlocked!
Hey, I love getting sidetracked!
Someone else in the thread just broke the bad news, they're already there:
Bee AI powered drones in 14 years
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The bees that live there:
Typical mud wasps, a decade late to the crocs craze.
Those are wasps, buddy, and it's going to get worse.
if you get too close, they will poke you with tiny bee spears too
that's some hardcore Resident Evil shit.
That’s awesome
another bee W
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