Rayspekt ,

So I looked up the article and thankfully there is an embedded SoundCloud track up the bees whooping. It's goddamn adorable.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2121275-honeybees-let-out-a-whoop-when-they-bump-into-each-other/

thejoker954 ,

Holy shit, it really is super adorable lol.

I would happily watch a long video of the bees bumping and whooping.

southsamurai ,
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

Wait. This means all bees are juggalos. Are they also drinking fanta and wondering how magnets work?

Crewman ,

It's a reference to Sound of DA Police by KRS-One

Old_Fat_White_Guy ,

TIL that honey bees are Juggalos...whoop whoop.

Rolando ,

MMFCL!

Anticorp ,

That was also the sound of Gen X bumping at the nightclub in their 20's.

llamapants ,

Canadian bees let out a "whoop, I'm just gonna scooch on by ya"

Leate_Wonceslace ,
@Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

This is the second best news I've seen all week.

variants ,

I say whoop whoop when I'm bumping as well

Flyberius ,
@Flyberius@hexbear.net avatar

Queens make a quacking or tooting sound too. I miss my bees

https://youtu.be/9naKEy1v6Lw

Stalinwolf ,
@Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca avatar

The Midwestern varieties actually say "ope.."

gramathy ,

I’m almost certain “ope” is a clipped version of “whoops” anyway

Mango ,

Is whoops fancy for oops?

PriorityMotif ,
@PriorityMotif@lemmy.world avatar

Oopsie uWu poosie

gramathy ,

They’re basically synonyms and I’m not sure which one came first

Stalinwolf ,
@Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca avatar

You're absolutely right. When I ope about I am 100% saying "Whoop..", but it's clipped down to nothing. It's like a word with a silent letter in it. I'll say "column", and feel the N in my mouth when I speak, but we both know it isn't really there.

I live in Alberta now and am dealing with the conundrum of using "ope", "sorry", and "just gonna sneak on by..."

ImplyingImplications ,

Just gonna squeeeeeze right past ya there.

spicytuna62 ,
@spicytuna62@lemmy.world avatar

Bees are all midwesterners confirmed.

NESSI3 , (edited )

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