Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 24, 2019

LOOK — a garter SNAKE!

I think he saw a drone.

“Bee” careful, Calvin! (Get it?)

Probably Susie in a costume.

Wise Hobbes is certainly full of wisdom and be-wonderment !

Where is Spaceman Spiff when you need him ?

Had to google Kaiser roll. Here in S. Spain we call it a “star roll” because of the star cut in the top. In the Middle Ages they cut a cross in the top of the bread so it could easily be broken into quarters—if you slice a “star roll” in half through the middle, the top half often falls to pieces.

Calvin stayed up late last night and watched Attack of the Killer Bees.

They’re always bigger when they’re chasing YOU.

Imagination can be a dangerous thing. It can even drive you crazy.

Why do the biggest bees in the world always find you, Calvin?

the bee probably got scared after seeng calvin!!!

He probably met a bee from Bone.

Hobbes knows that he’s safe as long as he minds his own beeswax.

Don’t worry, Calvin. Check out Herman today and see what happened to the bee.

Big, small, I always run. Straight for my Epi – pen!

So, if drones do not leave the hive then how does a virgin queen get mates? Of course drones leave the hive, they are bigger and have larger eyes so that they can see and catch up with a virgin queen to mate with her. Only the biggest and fittest can manage this.

Once when I was little and at a family reunion I got stung by a bee. Boy did it hurt! Luckily, we had one of my aunts around. Put ice on the sting. Every so often, memories of that aunt (long since deceased) come to me.

A bee the size of a kaiser roll! The hive must be enormous.

“What bee? You mean the one in your hair?”

“Fraught with peril”, gotta love that.

Having tea in the back garden this AM and a bumble Bee did appear and while not to the size of a Kaiser Roll, the smaller flowers did drop dramatically when he landed on them.

The stinger was like a harpoon? I sense a novel coming on… “The Young Man and the Bee”

We’ve got those monster bees around here. Sometimes I’m not sure if it’s one of the the monster bumbles or a small plane from the airstrip that’s close. My middle son freaks out when he sees or hears one. I reassure him that they want nothing to do with him because there’s nothing sweet ( smelling) about him.

Pretty soon, Calvin, you’ll see a much, much bigger bee.

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“Life in the great suburban outback…” LOL

I love bees! But stay away from hornets.

Was it wearing a yellow jacket?

Calvin wouldn’t exaggerate…

That was no bee; that was a Pittsburgh Steeler in a thowback uniform.

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Bumble bees are large and the body hair can make them seem larger. The drone of their wings makes my ears tickle.

Send here. My honey is getting low.

A harpoon? Geez! And regular bee/wasp stingers are like static electric shocks…

No, Calvin wouldn’t exaggerate.

This is one of the best! Especially since I know someone who thinks of pretty much all insects that way.

Maybe it actually was just a flying Kaiser roll?

Tigers don’t get scared! They’re the ones doing the scaring!!!

Why are people so scared of bees? If they sting you it barely even hurts. It only hurts when an army of bees sting you. And when is that ever gonna happen?