j_seph
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what exactly are they
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Anyone ever heard of a good news bee
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GAcarver
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I have, looks like a large sweat bee.
Seen 'em... never got stung by one. Frankly, that's the only kind of bee I can tolerate.
rip18
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They are really a fly that is a bee mimic (so they can't sting). They hover in one spot and can move around really fast.
secondseason
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I always love seeing them!
Vernon Holt
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Never heard of a Good News Bee. Am familiar with a small insect that resembles a minature dragon fly that spends most of its time just hovering about.
Children of earlier times referred to them as Billies (or Billys). They would offer an extended finger in the direction of a hovering Billie, while at the same time repeating a simple little verse, "Billie, Billie, light on my finger". If the Billie lit on the finger (as often they would), this was taken as a token that your secret sweetheart loves you. This was always good news.
Many of us were boys at one time. Many still are.
Children of earlier times referred to them as Billies (or Billys). They would offer an extended finger in the direction of a hovering Billie, while at the same time repeating a simple little verse, "Billie, Billie, light on my finger". If the Billie lit on the finger (as often they would), this was taken as a token that your secret sweetheart loves you. This was always good news.
Many of us were boys at one time. Many still are.
Hooked On Quack
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We call them "news toters". They act like they got some news to tell ya.
DRB1313
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I know what a Billy bee is. If you say billy billy billy, they will land on your finger.
Just like Vernon said.
Just like Vernon said.
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DRB1313
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Nope
Did it before don't need to.
Hooked On Quack
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I've been walking outside most of the morning saying billy,billy,billy, over and over, the only thing that landed on my finger was a booger.
Keep your hand farther from your nose.
DRB1313
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Hooked On Quack
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Ohhhhhhhhhh........Keep your hand farther from your nose.
Boss man sent me for a drug test................billy,billy,billy
Hooked On Quack
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I was thinking they were kinda of furry?
Vernon Holt
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W4DSB
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Boy , I hadn't thought about a Billy Bee in years!
but I do remember them from long ago!
but I do remember them from long ago!
BOWHUNTER!
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They sure will. I let them land all the time in the deer stand. They sure look a lot like a yellow jacket.
Killdee
Senior Member
Yeah we always called it a billybee. the bees that are black with kind of a long tail we called a good weather bee, they dont sting either. We used to catch them with our hands cupped together and hold em close to a sleeping dogs ear to mess with em.
