There are certain bees you can’t mess with, including the Bubble Bee. They don’t bother you, they just go about their business collecting pollen and fertilizing flowers.
Probably shouldn’t have done that in the first place, Calvin. If you see a bee’s nest (or a hornet’s nest or a wasp’s nest or anything similar), I would just keep your distance from it.
Love this comic. Panel 4 perfectly captures pure terror. And the huge bee is how it seems to a child. Yes, Calvin deserved the sting. And be thankful it wasn’t a wasp or hornet- they’re even more painful.
My best friend walked too close to a nest once. The bees chased him into a cave, and I had to pull three stingers out of his head. He said “I think they can see in the dark.”
I love Bill Watterson’s realistic bug drawings. And then in the winter when the wasps and bees are in hibernation, static electricity takes their place in stinging you, and it’s often the one you least expect (compared to with wasps and bees where you can try to avoid them). ti “YOWW!”
I’m with Calvin regarding wasps and hornets. They’re out to get you with a vengeance and should be incinerated on sight. Honey bees and bumblebees deserve to live a long and fruitful life.
I am afraid the national guard radar would not be able to detect the bee, since it is not metal and the altitude is low. Yes, an affectionate soothing care by mom can surely help you. Love the cute twosome in the last panel.
BE THIS GUY about 1 year ago
Calvin will give a doubloon to the first person to sight that bee.
codycab about 1 year ago
Obviously bees hate you more, Calvin.
SHIVA about 1 year ago
The sting builds character!!!
Bilan about 1 year ago
Put Tracer Bullet on the case to find that culprit.
rekam Premium Member about 1 year ago
He brought it on himself.
PC200X about 1 year ago
Calvin’s ridiculous overexaggerations never fail to elicit a laugh out of me.
BigDaveGlass about 1 year ago
Oh! Bee have. (An oldie but a good ’un……)
orinoco womble about 1 year ago
You started it, Calvin. I notice you don’t tell Mom you rock-bombed the bee’s home.
Erse IS better about 1 year ago
Bees are a critical part of our ecology.
Dr. Quatermass about 1 year ago
Calvin just wants to outrun the bees from My Girl.
Spacehog about 1 year ago
That is a very impressive drawing of the bee, I want to know how Watterson drew that!
minty_Joe about 1 year ago
Folks, don’t kill or mess around with bees. They do so much more good to this world than bad. If you don’t mess with them, they won’t mess with you.
Scorpio Premium Member about 1 year ago
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. No sympathy for Calvin here.
saylorgirl about 1 year ago
There are certain bees you can’t mess with, including the Bubble Bee. They don’t bother you, they just go about their business collecting pollen and fertilizing flowers.
Diamonds&Roses Premium Member about 1 year ago
Probably shouldn’t have done that in the first place, Calvin. If you see a bee’s nest (or a hornet’s nest or a wasp’s nest or anything similar), I would just keep your distance from it.
Archistoteles about 1 year ago
A beautiful drawn bee.
The Pro from Dover about 1 year ago
Hey man, you been messin’ with the bees?
Zebrastripes about 1 year ago
When young, things are closer and bigger than they appear
PoochFan about 1 year ago
Love this comic. Panel 4 perfectly captures pure terror. And the huge bee is how it seems to a child. Yes, Calvin deserved the sting. And be thankful it wasn’t a wasp or hornet- they’re even more painful.
Who, me? about 1 year ago
Now mom can clean up her spilled coffee.
SquidGamerGal about 1 year ago
Lancers, freakin’ Lancers!
jagedlo about 1 year ago
You may still hate them, Calvin; but after this experience, I hope that you have at least a respect for what they can do to you!
[Traveler] Premium Member about 1 year ago
Been there, done that
MRBLUESKY529 about 1 year ago
Bee thankful it wasn’t a yellowjacket.
david_42 about 1 year ago
We have about a dozen kinds of bees in our yard this time of year. They range from tiny blue and green ones up to your basic bumble bee.
tripwire45 about 1 year ago
Yesterday, I zapped a bunch of wasp nests with poison spray. They won’t get Calvin (or my grandchildren) now.
sandpiper about 1 year ago
Great graphic of the panic a kid feels when a foolish gesture backfires. Nobody does it better than Cal.
French Persons Premium Member about 1 year ago
Those aren’t bees… They are hornets.
ladykat about 1 year ago
If it was a bee, Calvin, stinging you will kill it.
The Doctor about 1 year ago
The Unicorn and the Wasp, dang I thought we’d already dealt with this. Back with Agatha Christie and Donna Noble.
Will_Scarlet about 1 year ago
I once knew a kid who was allergic to bee stings -
and he still did the exact same thing.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 1 year ago
Be nice to bees, and not just out of a sense of self-protection but out of appreciation for all they do for us.
mindjob about 1 year ago
Leave them alone, they might be an endangered species
nsr60 about 1 year ago
My best friend walked too close to a nest once. The bees chased him into a cave, and I had to pull three stingers out of his head. He said “I think they can see in the dark.”
Steverino Premium Member about 1 year ago
It’s the bees knees.
frtuck47 about 1 year ago
For those that missed it – Son of a Bee – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w10-y0azT_4
minute_of_decade about 1 year ago
if it was a bee, don’t worry Calvin it die while stinging you, but if their is no sting then watch out for wasps!
mistercatworks about 1 year ago
The bee died protecting the hive. Calvin will have learned a lesson that cost the life of a bee.
PaulAbbott2 about 1 year ago
A lot of people seen Cal’s superbee. It’s created quite the buzz
Teto85 Premium Member about 1 year ago
No, Calvin, after she stings you she dies.
The Wolf In Your Midst about 1 year ago
The only time I’ve ever been stung by a bee is when I accidentally stepped on one while barefoot.
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The bee may also have been barefoot, but I never had time to check.
pixiekitten Premium Member about 1 year ago
Calvin can’t see without his glasses.
chinook12345 about 1 year ago
Calvin is such a jerk! I love bees! Calvin deserves the worst! This comic strip sucks!
Banjo Gordy Premium Member about 1 year ago
Stung by bees, wasps, hornets when I was very young going through fields & woods in Chatham NJ.
shamiehg about 1 year ago
Bees, it should be noted, don’t seem to have any fondness for Calvin, either. ;-)
BiggerNate91 about 1 year ago
Deserved.
wiley207 about 1 year ago
I love Bill Watterson’s realistic bug drawings. And then in the winter when the wasps and bees are in hibernation, static electricity takes their place in stinging you, and it’s often the one you least expect (compared to with wasps and bees where you can try to avoid them). ti “YOWW!”
GumbyDammit223 about 1 year ago
I’m with Calvin regarding wasps and hornets. They’re out to get you with a vengeance and should be incinerated on sight. Honey bees and bumblebees deserve to live a long and fruitful life.
suelou about 1 year ago
Ha everyone ignored the fact that he has a great throwing arm and ability to actually hit a bee in flight?
hagarthehorrible about 1 year ago
I am afraid the national guard radar would not be able to detect the bee, since it is not metal and the altitude is low. Yes, an affectionate soothing care by mom can surely help you. Love the cute twosome in the last panel.
rossevrymn about 1 year ago
probably a hornet, wasp or yellow jacket, not a bee
Redd Panda about 1 year ago
They got wasps in Africa so big, they can bite a guy’s head right off. It’s true! A guy told me at a trump rally, yesterday.
Chris Sherlock about 1 year ago
Maybe bees don’t care all that much for you, Calvin.
HodgeElmwood about 1 year ago
He hates bees? Dumb kid.
minty_Joe about 1 year ago
My favorite species of honeybees are from Japan. They are considered nature’s ultimate revenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNroEwFxh6I&t=217s
xsintricks about 1 year ago
Mom: Which Harpoon version? Air, surface, or subsurface?
I LIKE MONEY about 1 year ago
solid 10/10
awgiedawgie Premium Member about 1 year ago
Calvin… Great aim, terrible judgment.
Kilrwat Premium Member about 1 year ago
FAAFO