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Have you ever '''bee'''n to a picnic where everyone freaks out when a bee buzzes by? Wouldn't it bee great if you could take that primal reaction and channel it for your own purposes?
As it turns out, quite a few writers have had just that thought. Enter the
In [[Real Life]], of course, a foraging bee isn't likely to sting you unless you try to touch it, or you happen to be covered in sweet stuff, or you threaten their hive. Honeybees die when they sting (and workers can only sting once per bee; drones cannot sting at all) because their stingers are barbed, so that when they attempt to pull it out, they wind up wrenching it out along with a portion of their intestines: ergo they're not likely to do it unless they think it's really damn important. (Yellow jackets and most other wasps, on the other hand, have smooth stingers that enable them to be pulled out of whomever they sting, and they take malicious glee in reminding everyone of this fact.)
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A stinging bee (or a crushed bee) releases attack pheromones that attract and rile up more bees. Bee venom is designed to make you think you've been hurt badly, and enough of it causes your throat to swell so that you asphyxiate. The pheromone sticks around and does not wash off quickly. Water is not an ideal deterrent - bees will sting whatever parts are above the water, and come after you when you get out. The sensation is not unlike that of being stung by ants or nettles, as all three use a venom cocktail that includes formic acid.
Ironically, a true swarm of bees is not particularly hostile;<ref>Except Africanized "killer" bees. Those attack anyone that gets too close.</ref>
'''The
# An actual gun that shoots bees.
# A special ability to control bees.
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* Recurring DC villainess The Queen Bee is an alien empress with insect-like strength and speed, projectile stingers, and mind-control pollen that can turn ordinary humans into "drones" for her hive.
* A strip appeared in a British [[Anthology Comic]] in the 1960s entitled "The Stinging Swarm". It was about a gang of thieves that used a swarm of robot bees armed with paralyzing stings. While their victims were paralyzed, the gang would rob them blind.
* The Flea from ''[[PS238]]'' can control
* The [[The Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] hero Captain Freedom once fought an evil hillbilly beekeeper who had the Amazons
== Film ==
* ''[[The Wicker Man]]'' remake: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4MqTCIDKhU "Not the beeeeeeeees! ARGLEBLARGLE MY EYES! MY EYYYYYYYYES!"] There was [[Nightmare Fuel]] potential here somewhere, but it ended up as possibly the [[Narm
* ''[[Little Nicky]]'': "So while we wait, for your enjoyment, I bring you a dear sweet man and an international icon...Henry Winkler! '''Covered in bees!'''"
* In ''[[Defendor]]'' the title [[Crazy Awesome]] superhero throws jars of angry bees at bad guys.
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** In another episode, titled "X-Cops", Mulder and Scully wind up on the TV show "Cops" in Los Angeles chasing a monster that assumes the form of its victim's worst fear. Though the viewers don't get to see it, one of the cop's fears is a bee-man and the man is nearly stung to death.
** And [[The Movie]] had {{spoiler|the government genetically engineering bees that could deliver [[The Virus]] in their sting}}. X-Files ''really'' loves this trope.
* ''[[Rescue 911]]'': One of the segments detailed a traffic accident that involved a driver stuck in his vehicle, which was turned on its
* A villain in ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' killed the [[Victim of the Week]] by siccing trained bees on her.
* The episode "Cupid's Quiver" of ''[[Friday the 13th: The Series]]'' had the surprisingly creepy villain kill a girl by trapping her in a car with a sack containing a beehive.
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* The aerial shooter ''Snoopy Vs the Red Baron'' has one of these as a weapon for Snoopy to mount on his Sopwith Camel.
* ''[[Secret of Evermore]]'' has the alchemy spell Sting, one of the hardest in the game to locate, which summons a swarm of bees that attack enemies.
* ''The Incredible Hulk'' had the Enclave (A Secret Society of [[Mad Scientist
* ''[[Resident Evil 0]]'' features as enemies men made out of ''leeches'', who are all controlled by a scientist who was eaten by a leech and whose personality was digested into its genetic memory.
* EVE Online: "Imagine a swarm of deadly hornets pouring from the devil’s mouth. Now imagine they have autocannons." - Designer of the HEL drone Carrier.
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* On ''[[The Simpsons]]'', in the episode "Burns' Heir", Homer guesses that Mr. Burns's home is guarded by dogs, bees, or [[Memetic Mutation|dogs with bees in their mouths so that when they bark, they shoot bees at you]]. (He is incorrect. Burns just goes back inside and locks the door. A deleted scene reveals that he has a Robotic [[Richard Simmons]] guarding the manor.)
* In ''The Terrible Thunderlizards'', the Thunderlizards used bazookas, grenades, and guns that shot bees.
* The ''[[Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (animation)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'' episode "Risky Beesness" was about a wacko woman who wanted to break into the music business in the worst
* ''[[Invader Zim]]'' features bees amongst its other animal references, such as when a single bumblebee took down Zim's Voot Cruiser in "Attack of the Saucer Morons". Jhonen Vasquez has admitted on the DVD commentary that he has a thing for bees.
* ''[[Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends]]'' did an episode where a glowing meteor crashes to Earth and creates a "body" for itself out of a swarm of bees. This entity, calling itself Swarm (see Comic Books above), sadly does not shoot pieces of itself, but instead energy blasts that turn humans into mind-controlled bee-hybrids.
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