Glad to see I'm not the only one! Tia's brains go out the window when she sees a bee: bumblebees as well as honeybees. My garden is heaving with Hymenoptera at the moment - all the mining bees are out in force, bumblebees are getting going, huge queen wasps are prowling about, and there are bee-flies too. The latter are too quick for Tia, but honeybees aren't always so lucky. She will also polish off any odd "followers" that have taken exception to my hive manoeuvres, but fortunately this is rare with my bees.
PH you are probably right to be wary of some GSDs, depending on their owner and/or breeder. But these days most pet shepherds are very reliable. They are no longer the fashionable hard-man-idio t's dog of choice, that dubious honour having now apparently passed to bull breeds. Such fashions sadly tend to spoil the gene pool of a breed as well as the reputation. I think GDSs have recovered fairly well now, but 20 or so years ago there were quite a lot of shy, snappy, poorly-bred ones about. NB I used to have a whippet, along with my previous GSD. They were inseparable, but very different in character. The whippet was almost like a cat in some respects - fond of the good life, and playing with string! Both of them used to play with the two cats, and each other, for hours. But only the GSD would chase and eat bees [whippets being a great deal smarter than they're given credit for].
What I find a mystery is why so many creatures try to eat bees despite the obvious risks of a sting on the tender part of the face. I wonder if there's some useful mineral in them or something. Or maybe it's just best to snap 'em up before they do any damage!
Slushy, indulgent post warning, but still true: I've changed my avatar in honour of Tia, after discovering that her friendly lick seems to have completely stopped the bee sting on my arm from itching!
