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selfdestruction9000 t1_ja8rnho wrote

You’re making this more difficult than it needs to be, just count one bee and multiply by the total number of bees and you have your answer.

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Kixtay t1_ja8lhoa wrote

Why not count half of the bees and multiply by 2?

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rascible t1_jad8kll wrote

Half a bee, philosophically, must ipso facto half not be.

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Reduce1 t1_ja9tfb5 wrote

The answer is one. One b in beehive.

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GuairdeanBeatha t1_ja8jfs4 wrote

That’s the hard way. The easy way is to count the wings and divide by two.

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KitKatDad t1_ja8kdro wrote

I just read this joke to my wife. She is a beekeeper. Apparently, if we count wings we need to divide by four. Can we count antennae and divide by two?

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HGR09 t1_ja9a7f9 wrote

Count by 9s it’s faster than counting by 10s

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intheyard305 t1_ja9t4su wrote

Oh that's how your doing it. Well I have a fool proof method. Wear total body covering, leaving your genitals and upper thigh exposed. Agitate hive vigorously until bees stop stinging. After 1/2 hour. Remove, then count stingers that is the female pop. The add 1/100 of that no. for male pop. Will give fairly reliable results. Easy peasy.

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jimmybond195168 t1_jaawex5 wrote

My Dad had over 400 hives of bees. I can't overstate the number of times he told me to guess half and multiply by two.

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