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eating bees as a meal


Are there any cultures that eat bees? I’m afraid of bees so I was just wondering what it would be like to consume them.

Here’s a site that mentions this: “people eating bees, which is more common in Asia than the United States. ‘When bees are cooked they have a dry, sweet flavor, like a french fry,'”

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Tom Saaristo
21 years ago

I’m also afraid of bees, which is counter-productive to dealing with them because they apparently sense fear and lash out against it. I’ve heard that bees are popular snacks, but as a whole meal, I think you’d be talking about a TON of bees

Kenny
19 years ago

Yellow jackets have a sweet taste when you bite into them. I recommend freezing them to enhance their crunchiness prior to consumption.

Frances
18 years ago

Wow! Do you have any other insights into insect ingestion?? I love dry roasted beetles and fresh ants. I learned it in wilderness survival training.

Aniel
Aniel
18 years ago

I live in Taiwan and here an alcoholic drink that contains bees is considered to possess medicinal attributes. We finished 2 bottles of grog and munched down quite a few bees but apart from feeling tipsy nothing really happened.

john quad
john quad
18 years ago

I’m talking about eating raw bees for survival only.Can you get enought nourishment to live on for several days? Of course I would remove the stinger first.

Robert Powers
Robert Powers
17 years ago

I am obsessed with eating bees. I live in a part of Beijing that has many late night restaurants. One day I walked into one of them, looked at the menu and freaked out! when saw that I could buy a plate of fried bees for 50RMB, which is something like $6.50. Ever since then I have been determined to be successful enough to restaurant and feast upon a hearty platter of fried bees that I have been licked my chops for for a very, very long time. Why didn’t I purchase the bees on the spot? you may ask… Well you, see… I am currently somewhat, kind of, sort of “destitute.” This plate of mythic bees has become an incentive for me to reach for to pull myself out of this lazy slump. One day, I said to my roommate, one day, there will come a day when you, me and all of my friends and family will feast upon all the bees we could ever desire or hope to consume. My god, I will say that one day, it is a great day. Because here I am, bee in mouth, money in pocket and life in balance.

david m. hall
david m. hall
17 years ago

right now i’m eating a bowl of oatmeal, with raisins, cinnamon, cayenne, and a chunk of honeycomb, with bee bread and bees in it. cheers!

Sajjad Mohammed Syed
Sajjad Mohammed Syed
17 years ago

Ew! Yuck I Hate Eating Bugs And Insects! Yuck!

Jason
Jason
17 years ago

If anyone ever Noticed Aging Dogs, many of them snap at bees. This may be due to the part of anti-inflamatory agents in the bees and and extreme anti-bactirial-microbial found in the bees tips or perhaps the whole bee. so my question is, what would be the best way to produce a juice of fresh passed on bees without the stingers? A Press. And does anyone have more information the the Chinnese Documented Properties of Longevity. and Bees?