# Free Stuff on eBay

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-on-ebay/765901>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-on-ebay/765901 "2016-09-14T01:07:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-on-ebay/765901/1 "2016-09-14T01:07:22Z")

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Wonder if they’re the old fashioned kind, or the ones from Africa…

[http://sarasota.craigslist.org/zip/5771795748.html](http://sarasota.craigslist.org/zip/5771795748.html)

:smack: Craigslist, not eBay…can a mod change the title please?

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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-on-ebay/765901/2 "2016-09-14T01:38:25Z")

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Is the shipping cheaper if the bees fly while they’re in the box? It’d weigh less, right?

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**Author:** ![that\_darn\_cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/59ef9b/32.png) [@that\_darn\_cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that_darn_cat)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-stuff-on-ebay/765901/3 "2016-09-15T21:14:36Z")

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Someone on our neighborhood bulletin board posted a photo of a swarm that had taken residence in one of her trees. A beekeeper was there in a matter of hours to relocate them, presumably to his hives.