There’s an open question in New Scientist that will be answered in a future issue, but I’m impatient and want to know now, so it’s over to you lot.
If I have an open door and a bee flies in, am I better off leaving the door open so the bee will fly out again, or close the door because there’s a greater chance more will fly in?
(I suspect the answer is: more will fly in).
Divine Angel said:
There’s an open question in New Scientist that will be answered in a future issue, but I’m impatient and want to know now, so it’s over to you lot.If I have an open door and a bee flies in, am I better off leaving the door open so the bee will fly out again, or close the door because there’s a greater chance more will fly in?
(I suspect the answer is: more will fly in).
I’d leave the door open…
Divine Angel said:
There’s an open question in New Scientist that will be answered in a future issue, but I’m impatient and want to know now, so it’s over to you lot.If I have an open door and a bee flies in, am I better off leaving the door open so the bee will fly out again, or close the door because there’s a greater chance more will fly in?
(I suspect the answer is: more will fly in).
Have no experience with bees :)
Does it matter if the bugs are bees, flies or mozzies? Or same answer for each?
If the screen opens onto a darkened hall or room leave it open, they will fly out to the light again.
leave it open. the bee, with a little guidance, will fly out again. if there was food that it found and went back to the hive and danced then you may get more bees in if you then left the door open. but i have found that you only get one bee. or half a bee. called eric btw.
poikilotherm said:
Divine Angel said:
There’s an open question in New Scientist that will be answered in a future issue, but I’m impatient and want to know now, so it’s over to you lot.If I have an open door and a bee flies in, am I better off leaving the door open so the bee will fly out again, or close the door because there’s a greater chance more will fly in?
(I suspect the answer is: more will fly in).
Shut door, use fly spray on the trapped bee.
What is my prize?
Divine Angel said:
Does it matter if the bugs are bees, flies or mozzies? Or same answer for each?
Also, I don’t think bees are bugs…
Divine Angel said:
Does it matter if the bugs are bees, flies or mozzies? Or same answer for each?
Does for my answer, flys will actually fly into cooler conditions on stinking days, but otherwise they follow the stink so they will stay in any house they can locate something that smells nice to them.
What are the differences between bugs and beetles?
Bugs and beetles may sometimes look similar at first glance, but they belong to two quite different insect groups. Here are some features that can help distinguish between them.
Mouthparts
Bugs: mouthparts modified into piercing stylet (i.e. needle-like).
Beetles: chewing mouthparts.
Wings
Bugs: wings (if present) are membranous or partially thickened.
Beetles: forewings modified to form hard, leathery coverings called elytra, hindwings membranous and fold under elytra when not flying.
Diet
Bugs: liquid diet: mostly plant-feeders (nectar/sap), some feeders on animal fluids.
Beetles: wide range of plant and animal materials eaten.
Lifecycle
Bugs: incomplete metamorphosis – juveniles resemble adults except smaller and lack wings.
Beetles: complete metamorphosis – larvae with hardened head, chewing mouthparts and usually have legs.
Scientific classification
Bugs: Order Hemiptera
Beetles: Order Coleoptera
http://australianmuseum.net.au/What-are-the-differences-between-bugs-and-beetles
Story on the radio today about a Hotel in Calfornia, the water at the hotel had a funny taste for quite a while, eventually they had a look in the water tanks on the roof and found a decaying body in there.
Also, I don’t think “bugs” is a scientific term.
So, the answer depends. An open door will probably result in the bee flying out again, but then you’ll have a house full of flies and mozzies.
Bob’s flyspray answer wins :D
Divine Angel said:
Also, I don’t think “bugs” is a scientific term.
na ah…bugs = hemiptera
“Hemiptera (pron.: /hɛˈmɪptərə/) is an order of insects most often known as the true bugs (cf. bug), comprising around 50,000–80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others.”
Peak Warming Man said:
Story on the radio today about a Hotel in Calfornia, the water at the hotel had a funny taste for quite a while, eventually they had a look in the water tanks on the roof and found a decaying body in there.
So if you had any water from there it would be a “Stiff drink”?
Sorry, couldn’t help myself.
bugs, true bugs… just like berries aren’t true berries. It’s all relative.
Leave the door open, as bees have good mapping ability and will easily find their way back out again. Unless, of course, you have a food source for them inside your house, in which case you will have a lot more as soon as the bee gets back to tell the others.
na ah…bugs = hemiptera
yeah, that’s what i said.
Leave the door open, as bees have good mapping ability and will easily find their way back out again. Unless, of course, you have a food source for them inside your house, in which case you will have a lot more as soon as the bee gets back to tell the others.
yeah, i said that too.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
Leave the door open, as bees have good mapping ability and will easily find their way back out again. Unless, of course, you have a food source for them inside your house, in which case you will have a lot more as soon as the bee gets back to tell the others.
Leaving the door open also doesn’t work so well when the queen decides she wants to live in the ceiling cavity of your house…not that closing it helps in that case either.
i laugh.
;-)
Look I just don’t know, sure I could make something up but if I got it wrong, terribly wrong, a bee could needlessly die.
Leaving the door open also doesn’t work so well when the queen decides she wants to live in the ceiling cavity of your house……
talcum powder.
Peak Warming Man said:
Look I just don’t know, sure I could make something up but if I got it wrong, terribly wrong, a bee could needlessly die.
heheheh
a bee could needlessly die.
german coackroach voice….
plenty more where they came from.
poikilotherm said:
Carmen_Sandiego said:Leave the door open, as bees have good mapping ability and will easily find their way back out again. Unless, of course, you have a food source for them inside your house, in which case you will have a lot more as soon as the bee gets back to tell the others.
Leaving the door open also doesn’t work so well when the queen decides she wants to live in the ceiling cavity of your house…not that closing it helps in that case either.
I have a live hive in my shed and they fly out via the eave. No problems so far but I don’t lock the car doors, just in case I need to get away in a hurry.
Skunkworks said:
poikilotherm said:
Carmen_Sandiego said:Leave the door open, as bees have good mapping ability and will easily find their way back out again. Unless, of course, you have a food source for them inside your house, in which case you will have a lot more as soon as the bee gets back to tell the others.
Leaving the door open also doesn’t work so well when the queen decides she wants to live in the ceiling cavity of your house…not that closing it helps in that case either.
I have a live hive in my shed and they fly out via the eave. No problems so far but I don’t lock the car doors, just in case I need to get away in a hurry.
Shed would be alright, honey oozes through gyprock, which smells rather pleasant but makes quite a mess.
poikilotherm said:
Shed would be alright, honey oozes through gyprock, which smells rather pleasant but makes quite a mess.
They are living in a couple of hives. Shed was full of them, got rid of most but still got a pyramid going up to the roof at the back. They live in the top few hives.
a) Shut door, catch bee
b) Open door, free bee
c) Shut door again
I’ve got a mud wasp in here at the moment looking for a place to build a mud nest.
They just do their own thing and can come in and out through the window which is never fully shut.