• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Seems like they coulda used drones (not those drones, these drones) and no one would ever have known - and he wouldn’t have been stung.

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      2 months ago

      Without knowing anything about it, I’d wager that it’s generally not a good idea to mess around too much with a hive.

      And picking out a bunch of drones in the amount used in film would no doubt rile up the swarm.

      The way they do it is likely the best, safest and least invasive way of using live bees in a film setting.

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        2 months ago

        You could be right, but they literally shove the drones out to die when winter comes so I don’t think they value them all that highly compared to the workers which are the stinging ones.

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      2 months ago

      IDK it kinda sounds like they just fired the animal handler and gave him their $27K.

      Maybe it was over a few takes or something…