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many clip the wings of the queen, destroy new queen cells, cull queens they don't like and use bee pheromones to prevent a hive from naturally swarming or absconding. They also try and prevent mating with the African honey bee, which makes them less docile among other things. During artificial insemination of queens, drones are crushed and „spare“ queens are killed.

and commercial beekeepers even cull their hives during winter, or when they are not producing well.

Coupled with the fact that there is evidence that insects do feel pain, this is not great.

I got a comment on a fic that is less than a year old and it was mostly an apology for being a comment on an "old fic" and how late they were in commenting.

Fandom is not trends.

Fandom is a cross between a library and having a slumber party with your friends.

not my tweet or my fic (and there’s a good chance of this comment being a bot) but yeah, don’t do this. sure, some writers wouldn’t mind having fanfics (or direct continuation) of their fanfics written by someone else. some may even be thrilled and happy. but the fandom etiquette is that if you want to write a fanfic or a continuation of someone’s fanfic, YOU POLITELY ASK THE WRITER FOR THEIR PERMISSION. not their readers.

Don’t get him wrong, — he could just tell Robert he’s interested.

But he and words don’t get along. If they did, he’d tell Robert he stayed up more than once, trying to map out the constellation of his freckles.

He’d tell him ‘You’re more hero on your five minute break than half the idiots in this city.’

That the world always asked for help. And Robert never told it no. To Flambae, at least, that’s unrepeatable.

But everytime he does, his throat just stops. Because Robert being interested in Flambae’s opinion of him is highly unlikely.

He won’t tell Robert ‘Just eat something good. You get to, now.’ But he will leave home cooked meals in the fridge and write ‘4 Bob Bob, do NOT touch’

He won’t tell Robert ‘I love your dumb jokes. You sound happy when they work.’

But he’ll laugh the loudest at the punchline over comms.

He doesn’t tell Robert ‘ You look tired today. I got you.’

But he picks up groceries on patrol, claiming he just needed retail therapy and over did it.

He picks up Robert’s favorite snacks. Not because Robert told him, but because Flambae kept an eye on his vending machine purchases.

He gets Beef fancy treats. He leaves his car keys on Robert’s desk, because he made a joke about the seats looking comfortable.

And Robert is oblivious to it. Until he realises Flambae isn’t doing these things for anyone else. “…You know, all you had to do was ask.”

And Flambae, surprisingly, does part his lips. Maybe to deflect, or puff his chest and move on.

But he scoffs, averts his eyes. He’d stare at Robert forever, if he didn’t. “…I fucking forgot.”

“You forgot to ask me out?”

“Fuck off. You looked… Happy. Like you were enjoying yourself.” He defends. “I like watching you live, okay? I’d do that even if I wasn’t dating you.”

And Robert doesn’t speak after. Maybe because his voice would give up in the middle. He grabs Flambae’s hand instead.

“I like Mexican.”

“I know. You like that shitty burrito with the jalapeño sauce. Your stomach is gonna fucking explode one day, — BOOM, death by Taco Bell. What am I gonna tell Beef? Do you even think about this shit—“

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