By adamg on Mon., 5/6/2013 - 3:59 pm 
UPDATE: Late this afternoon, Best Bees worked with city animal control to relocate the bees someplace better for them - and people.
You can't see the license plate of this car at Stoughton and Sumner streets because IT'S COVERED IN BEES. Live bees. Bees that are probably looking for a more permanent place to live. Like your attic. Photo by OffTheDot, who says:
Definitely live and buzzing! Seemed more into swarming than attacking. Stood on edge of swarm without incident (and no sudden movements).
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Lucky Car
By anon
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 4:08pm
There's a critical bee shortage - whomever owns this car is very lucky!
Generation A sort of car
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 8:14pm
Douglas Coupland novel about a time when there are no more bees - except for a few that are stinging select people:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/books/chi-b...
Swarms are peaceful - the
By Lindsay
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 4:11pm
Swarms are peaceful - the bees are gorged with honey and clustering around their queen, looking for a roomier home. Hopefully there's a local beekeeper out there who might consider this their lucky day.
how do you find the queen?
By anon
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 4:50pm
Dumb question, but...how do you find the queen in that mess? I presume you need the queen in order to successfully seed the hive.
AHH!
By TheSandal
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 4:43pm
AHH!
Obligatory Eddie Izzard
By Miss M
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 4:58pm
Covered in BEES.
This happens when the queen leaves the hive and all the drones follow her, I believe? My husband works near the Intercontinental Hotel, which has a hive on the roof, and there was a swarm on the lamp post in front of his office one day. He said it woke him up better than coffee.
[girly scream]
By Nonymouse
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 5:01pm
That is when I deed the car to the bees. No way am I trying to take that thing back.
In all seriousness, does anyone know what would make them do that? Like, is there something in the trunk or on the trunk that might attract them?
Probably hitchhiving
By adamg
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 5:04pm
[Snare]
Apparently, springtime is when a young queen's fancy turns to thoughts of larger quarters, so she leaves with her followers to find new digs.
Likely just taking a rest (and also - bees like yellow)
By Jeff F
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:24pm
As do most insects. That's why sticky traps are colored yellow.
The Museum of Science
By Darryl
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 5:05pm
also has a pretty good sized beehive.
http://legacy.mos.org/exhibits_shows/current_exhib...
bees!
By aldos
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 5:11pm
[img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1vrd0OgLG1rsxmo...
Indeed
By anon²
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:47pm
[img]https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-waFdoFdPeBE/Tqx...
Beads?!
By lolmatt
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 10:14am
[img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94ocoqtZo1rvn6n...
Bees
By anon
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 5:22pm
They have been there all day. The owner of the car drove around the block a few times and then parked it in front of school bus stop. A drunk went over and started to sweep them away with his hand, until someone grab him.
They are very calm and the queen is still with them. Boston Police said it is the owners problem.
I posted on Boston Bees Google hoping someone might go collect them.
You may not have intended to...
By AuntieScotch
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 3:30pm
But the visual of that has given me the best laugh I've had all day. Not sure what is funnier, the thought of the driving speeding up and stopping short trying to get them off his/her car, or the brave drunk trying to swat them away. Bus stop - not so funny.
Swarming
By Colin
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 6:34pm
Here's the wikipedia link for those of you interested in more knowledge about bees.
That's what you get
By Sock_Puppet
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 6:37pm
for buying a yellow car.
You
By roadman
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 7:15pm
beat me to it! Although it's probably better they swarmed this car instead of a school bus.
If bees are covering your
By anon
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:03pm
If bees are covering your license plate, does that mean you won't get any tickets, since the meter maid can't see the plate number?
Only for the first 48 hours
By anon
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 1:53pm
Only for the first 48 hours after a declared Bee Emergency.
Engage the bees and show compassion
By anon
Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:12pm
Then explain the errancy of their ways.
Let them know their behavior is not acceptable.
Pied Piper
By SupGup
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 1:02am
I for one would love to hear about how Best Bees handled it. Bees are cool.
Lucky no coke or PCP
By Markk02474
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 4:05am
Lucky no coke or PCP or meth for the bees to tweaked on.
The late 1980s Called
By SwirlyGrrl
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 8:42am
They want their stereotypes back.
Oh, and Strike up the band!
PCP?
By Brian Riccio
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 10:42am
How quaint! They still have that in Arlington?
Got hippies and detox.
By Markk02474
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 12:03pm
Arlington is full of old and new school wannabe kumbuya hippies who can't afford Cambridge. PCP is a term easily understood to represent a drug where the result could be unwanted aggressive behavior.
I gotta admit....
By Brian Riccio
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 2:52pm
Your postings do make me laugh. You remind me of that guy from "The Godfather"
Driver Of Car Contacted
By Suldog
Tue, 05/07/2013 - 8:49am
He said, "Ay, ay, ay! No es bueno!â€
[img]http://www.mifondodepantallagratis.net/cartoons/wa...
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Bees
By J Tuttle
Fri, 01/31/2014 - 1:33am
The bees were waiting for their scouts to find them new home. The hive they came from was over crowded hive and 1/3 to 1/2 tswarmed. The idiot who owned the car left it at a school bus stop, I spoke to him and he refused to move it because the bees started to enter the inside of the vehicle. A drunk kept wanting to sit on them and then another guy came out with a can of Raid. The bees were not at all agitated, I explained that if he started to spray the bees would attack him and everyone else. The Police and Fire were useless. If you are calm and work very slow there are no need for gloves. Bees have other things to do than attack humans unless provoked. I have two hives and never been stung. I thought this spring I had a few Zombie bees, but it was a false alarm.
If the bees disappear from this plant so will we.
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