To many people, alarmed bees or bee venom smells like bananas.
As a consequence, all my life i have been told not to eat or have bananas around beehives, or, aweful things can happen.
However i usually enjoy a piece of fruit with my packed lunch, and it's often a banana. I can honestly say i have never seen any reaction by the bees after my lunch time banana, so recently i put it to the test. I smeared some banana over my hands before starting work on the bees, and, no reaction from them whatsoever.
Have we been getting told an old wives tale all our lives?
As a consequence, all my life i have been told not to eat or have bananas around beehives, or, aweful things can happen.
However i usually enjoy a piece of fruit with my packed lunch, and it's often a banana. I can honestly say i have never seen any reaction by the bees after my lunch time banana, so recently i put it to the test. I smeared some banana over my hands before starting work on the bees, and, no reaction from them whatsoever.
Have we been getting told an old wives tale all our lives?