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I didn't have a lot of time to do these but the idea was too funny to pass up so here's my rushed attempt! I don't even know the last time I drew any of these characters, so sorry if my designs for them are a bit rusty lol

I couldn't decide who should get the honour of the gay dig shirt, so I ended up giving it to the archives dog. Archive Dog supports gay rights and also loves to dig

Anyways, thank you for the prompt, and enjoy!

Someone who is good at drawing I need art of tma character in the Tshirts form the jackbox game from the most Recent live stream.

I need jarchivist in the "jonny is the problem" shirt and Martin in the "Alex is the real problem"

Also someone in the Gay Dig shirt and the elias and peter divorce court shirt.

Yes!! This is something I learned through observation when rescuing drowning bees. I'm so glad this is being shared!

Another useful thing to know is that a bee will almost always indicate if it will sting you BEFORE you pick it up. If you have a bee in your hand and it did not stick up its leg before you picked it up, your chances of being stung are basically none so long as you don't do anything to make the bee feel threatened.

Obviously, I don't recommend just picking up random bees; they're doing an important job and we should not interrupt! Also, your average bee will sting if disturbed. The reason I bring this up though is if you happen to have a pool, birdbath, pond, or any other water nearby that bees could get stuck in, it may be useful to know.

Half-drowned bees are much more docile (for obvious and unfortunate reasons), so they are much less likely to sting. More importantly, they can actually benefit from the warmth of your skin as they try to dry off and warm up. Often what I will do is scoop them out of the water with a leaf or pool scoop, and then slowly offer my hand. If they don't raise their leg at my hand's approach, they'll often choose to crawl onto my fingers once they're close enough to do so. At this point, I'd say you're basically guaranteed not to get stung.

If you are holding a wet bee, they might do some things that look like they're about to sting, such as raising their abdomen, which kind of looks like they're about to plunge it down into your skin. That is not how stinging works, and if they've already been on your skin a while there's no reason for them to suddenly sting you, unless you did something threatening to them. Usually when they raise their abdomen like that, they're just moving so they can reach it with their legs to dry it off. You may even see something protrude from the abdomen; this is all part of their drying-off process, and not a reason to startle and shake them off.

My final tip for holding wet bees is to keep your hand raised. For whatever reason, bees seem driven to climb up, so if your hand is held lower than your elbow, they will literally try to crawl all the way to the top of your head. This is not ideal, as you will then have to untangle a bee from your hair, which can fall into the category of "threatening behaviour" to the bee and you may get stung. Bee legs will naturally stick to your hair, so unless you're bald or have a friend or mirror nearby to help you gently remove a bee from your hair, I definitely do not recommend letting bees roam beyond your hand and forearm.

Once the bee has dried itself off, usually after about half an hour, it'll fly away on its own. Congrats, you've helped save the bees, and you haven't been stung!

Source: I've held hundreds of bees in my bare hands at this point, and only got stung twice. (If I had seen this post back then, I would have never been stung at all, so thank you again for sharing).

Also reminder to everyone that you are reading this post on tumblr and as much as I've tried to relay truthful information, this is all based on personal anecdotes and I am not an expert. If you want to rescue drowned bees, further research is recommended. And if you made it to the end, thanks for reading!

TL;DR: the tip in the original post is great for rescuing drowning bees! In my experience, bees benefit from being on warm skin to help them dry off, so being able to tell which bees will sting you will ensure you can provide warmth to the ones that won't (and the ones that will can be rescued with a leaf or some other object). Also, when holding bees, keep your hand raised above your elbow, or else the bees will try to crawl up to your head.

Random bee behavior fact for those who wish to read, just because I feel like it and because it’s late and I’m stalling on sleeping:

Bumblebees may seem like passive, cuddly, and docile creatures, but they won’t hesitate to defend themselves if they feel as if their warnings aren’t being read or taken seriously.

I.e. the photo and diagram below, when a bee feels threatened they will raise one or more of their legs into the air, signaling to whatever or whomever may be bothering them as a message essentiality saying: “hey, back off, too close!”

species pictured: bombus pascuorum, bombus impatiens

If their defensive posture goes unnoticed or ignored, they may be pushed into defending themselves by stinging (which is also a stressful experience for not only one such as yourself, but also for the bee.) If you ever find yourself getting close to a bumblebee while taking pictures, walking close to them, or just admiring them, remember this posture! If a bee does this, it is simply asking you to take a step back as it feels it is being threatened.

Now you can understand and use this knowledge to your advantage if you ever come across one in the future. (Of course, because it’s very hard not to anthropomorphize animals, I do have to admit that they do look pretty cute when doing it. Just remember to respect them though!)

here are the links!

Someone who is good at drawing I need art of tma character in the Tshirts form the jackbox game from the most Recent live stream.

I need jarchivist in the "jonny is the problem" shirt and Martin in the "Alex is the real problem"

Also someone in the Gay Dig shirt and the elias and peter divorce court shirt.

my contribution to this historic moment: a low-effort meme