[draconym]

Thinking about that day another park ranger and I discovered that

1. we both used the same shampoo and

2. Suave Essentials Tropical Coconut drives honeybees absolutely bugfuck wild

[draconym]

3. He's allergic to bees

[ablessingofbumbles]

It’s likely the scent! Banana scent (Isoamyl acetate) is the same scent as the aggression pheromone bees put out when they’re angry. Never eat bananas near bees! Always check your lotion, sunscreen, etc bottles for banana scent or isoamyl acetate before going near bees

[hoovse]

So you're telling me that when bees get mad they start violently smelling like bananas?

[ablessingofbumbles]

Can confirm! In (hopefully) very rare cases, a large hive full of pissed off bees smells a lot like bananas! Usually there’s not nearly enough of them for humans to be able to smell it, though.

[arra-tech]

[bunnyqueengrace]

@cyber-flow thank you for the funniest tags I've seen all day.

[fred-erick-frankenstein]

[ID: a digital drawing of a bee with boxing gloves, fighting a sad and confused (and bruised) looking banana. The banana asks "why?" /end ID].

[ID: a screenshot of two tags, reading: you could say - you could say that they go bananas. /end ID].