All you're sad or merry in, / You must tell the Bees.

November 23, 2009 11:50 AM

Telling the Bees is a blog devoted to (obsessed with?) bees. Bee lore. Bees in 15th century art. Dogs who look like bees. Bee cakes. Bees and indie rock. Bees and comedy. Bees and Sylvia Plath. Bees and bees and bees.

The name of the blog is a reference to a curious folk custom.

posted by naju (24 comments total)

BEADS?
posted by Astro Zombie at 11:52 AM on November 23, 2009 [2 favorites]

It's probably easier to read purple text on a gray background if you have ultraviolet vision.
posted by DU at 11:54 AM on November 23, 2009

Not the bees!!1!
posted by kmz at 11:58 AM on November 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

They Prey on HUMAN FLESH!
posted by SmileyChewtrain at 11:59 AM on November 23, 2009

"I'm covered in beeeees!"
posted by cubby at 12:00 PM on November 23, 2009 [2 favorites]

What about the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark the bees fly out and sting you.
posted by djduckie at 12:06 PM on November 23, 2009 [2 favorites]

BEADS?

BEES!!!
posted by A Terrible Llama at 12:09 PM on November 23, 2009

Gob's not on board.
posted by A Terrible Llama at 12:12 PM on November 23, 2009

Bee Dogs is the correct link for dogs that look like bees.
posted by mhum at 12:15 PM on November 23, 2009 [1 favorite]

No, no, no, I say, 'Please calm down.'
posted by shakespeherian at 12:16 PM on November 23, 2009

Did someone mention Bees?
posted by pupdog at 12:22 PM on November 23, 2009

By the way, I know the people who keep Mr. Gaiman's bees, which is a claim I never expected to be able to make.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:25 PM on November 23, 2009

Dead Bees on a Cake
posted by davebush at 12:30 PM on November 23, 2009

You never know what's going to turn up in some of these obscure bee journals... like the first report of the invention of the airplane.
posted by Schmucko at 12:31 PM on November 23, 2009

This post is the bee's knees.
posted by Sailormom at 12:32 PM on November 23, 2009

Oh, my eyes.
posted by jfwlucy at 12:38 PM on November 23, 2009

[pooh] you never can tell with bees.[/pooh]
posted by Balisong at 12:39 PM on November 23, 2009

Beauty and the Bees
posted by cmgonzalez at 12:49 PM on November 23, 2009

The eye-gouging colors are a crucial part of the what on earth ambience of the blog, in my opinion.
posted by naju at 12:55 PM on November 23, 2009

(I mean that in the best way)
posted by naju at 1:24 PM on November 23, 2009

Tell the bees (museum of jurassic technology linkage)
posted by lalochezia at 2:22 PM on November 23, 2009

Yay bees! I illicitly sneaked a bunch of awesome bee facts into an askme comment a little while back.
posted by painquale at 11:36 PM on November 23, 2009

I like my women like I like my coffee, COVERED IN BEES!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 8:36 AM on November 24, 2009 [1 favorite]

oh and also
posted by cubby at 3:22 PM on November 24, 2009