Girls

[Ely]

Does anyone else find this term for their bees more than a little creepy?

 

[jezd]

are you well?

 

[Ely]

I used to live in Woodhouse Sheffield!

 

[jezd]

that answers my question then lol

 

[Ely]

Haha. Could be worse, I could be from the Manor!

 

[Frisbee]

Does anyone else find this term for their bees more than a little creepy?

Yes.....I do

Frisbee

 

[Ely]

Yipee. I'm not alone. For a minute there I thought I'd put my foot right in it

 

[jimbeekeeper]

Ok Girls calm down! LOL (Runs for cover)

 

[Hivemaker.]

Describing bee's as girls always reminds me of a once member of another forum called Chris,he used to become quite unhinged when people described them as girls,he would always make a point of putting these people right in his own sweet way....they are not girls,they are bee's.
I tend to agree with him,but don't find anything creepy about calling them girls.

 

[grizzly]

Aaaaah Chris, i remember Chris, charming individual, what a love, his parents must be so proud.

And sorry Ely, i have called them "Girls", purely a form of endearment on my part.

 

[BKF Admin]

I once called them little f****** when taking off a few supers for extraction on a warm evening and getting stung because I had shorts on.

 

[VEG]

I call them girls and yes chris did try to put me right but I dont take no notice. They must be girls cos I cant figure them out either lol. Call them what you like.

 

[jezd]

its a nightmare, some women on a more4 advert called her cows 'ladies' !!!

time to write in and complain

 

[gavin]

For me ... not quite creepy, but certainly not right. I'm not quite sure why I recoil so much when people use the word. Is that creepy?!

G.

 

[oliver90owner]

My wife (so me, too) refer to them as 'ladies'. She asks if I am off to see my 'other ladies'. I still refer to her affectionately as 'my lady' 'cos we lived together a few years before getting married, and at our ages we thought 'girlfriend' and 'boyfriend' was not really appropriate!

Probably better than calling them 'wasps' or 'guys' (the workers).

Regards, RAB

 

[Heather]

No, if guys- would have tv control in one hand and a beer in the other- must be girls as getting food organised!

My real pet hate - No, more than that - calling children 'kids' - kids are baby goats and little children may be more respected and not abused if they were thought to be children -NOT KIDS- which sounds dismissive to me - ok- off my soapbox

 

[DulwichGnome]

I have "Ladies who do honey", it's a Dulwich thing do you....

 

[victor meldrew]

its a nightmare, some women on a more4 advert called her cows 'ladies' !!!

time to write in and complain

I've occasionally called a lady a cow

John Wilkinson

 

[thedeaddiplomat]

I fear that I, too, have been known to refer to them as 'girls' - or 'ladies'. This is simlpy a recognition of their sex - and given their uncertain temperament and tendency not to see reason, there is no doubt at all about this!

(Think I'll just go and hide in the nearest hornets' nest).

 

[victor meldrew]

No, if guys- would have tv control in one hand and a beer in the other- must be girls as getting food organised!

My real pet hate - No, more than that - calling children 'kids' - kids are baby goats and little children may be more respected and not abused if they were thought to be children -NOT KIDS- which sounds dismissive to me - ok- off my soapbox

Don't spoil an old joke Heather !. As small people, we used to inform other small people of the birth of a Kid with a goats' head!! and laugh at the look of disbelief on their faces .

John Wilkinson