# Just in time for the holidays! New Zealand bee semen. YAY! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 12, 2004, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363 "2004-11-12T10:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/1 "2004-11-12T10:36:01Z")
Apparently we have been deprived of authentic bee spunk from NZ for many years, but this wrong has been righted, [effective November 22nd.](http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_rural_story_skin/457779%3fformat=html) My head is filled with questions all of which start, “How do you…” and “Why do you…” _Aren’t us American bees good enough for ya? Sure, lay around the hive all day. When the time comes for bee booty, you fall for the guy with an accent._ Jeez. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/2 "2004-11-12T11:23:22Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > _When the time comes for bee booty, you fall for the guy with an accent._ Jeez. 😉 Thanks for the laugh! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/3 "2004-11-12T12:31:04Z")
Bee Porn is up 22% on the Nasdaq. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/4 "2004-11-12T15:39:22Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > Some steps still need to be finalised before trade can commence, he said. Dinner and a movie? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/5 "2004-11-12T18:59:54Z")
It’s a seminal event. Assuming they procure a little seed capital to stimulate growth, I could see interest in the NZ product swelling rapidly, with the Kiwi export hitting a real growth spurt, their share swelling rapidly and eventually making a big splash in the world bee semen market, before their market share plateaus and shrinks… > [@](#): > > Bee Porn is up 22% on the Nasdaq. Lots of market buzz about this one. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/6 "2004-11-12T19:07:34Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > …I could see interest in the NZ product swelling rapidly, with the Kiwi export hitting a real growth spurt, their share swelling rapidly and… :smack: Apparently, in my fevered excitement to post, I became a bit, uh, bee-fuddled… I’m a bit bee-wildered about how I could have allowed that to slip through. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/7 "2004-11-12T23:17:56Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > My head is filled with questions…“How do you…” Little tiny dixie cups. “Buzzz buzzzz! I’m masturbating like a motherfuck!” ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/8 "2004-11-13T00:36:14Z")
> [@The Scrivener](#): > > :smack: Apparently, in my fevered excitement to post, I became a bit, uh, bee-fuddled… I’m a bit bee-wildered about how I could have allowed that to slip through. It happens. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/9 "2004-11-13T00:40:30Z")
“Johnny’s buzzing off! Johnny’s buzzing off!” ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/10 "2004-11-13T07:16:15Z")
How do they “milk” these bees. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/11 "2004-11-13T07:24:24Z")
Thankgod it’s legal now. I have a couple of New Zealand bees and it was a bitch putting those little condoms on them whenever they went out at night. Psst…I have some great bee porn if anyone is interested. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/12 "2004-11-13T08:46:21Z")
Well, I guess there’s no accounting for taste. Some people will ingest anything! Hyuk hyuk hyuk 😃 Heck, I think a movie that just shows _how_ people would gather bee semen would count as “bee porn.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/13 "2004-11-13T08:52:48Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > “Johnny’s buzzing off! Johnny’s buzzing off!” pull your stinger somewhere else! ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2004, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/14 "2004-11-13T10:46:32Z")
Bee semen?! Bee Semen?! All these years about griping to the WTO to lower the US lamb and beef tarrifs and all we get to export bee semen?! At least our bees are happy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2004, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-in-time-for-the-holidays-new-zealand-bee-semen-yay/274363/15 "2004-11-14T10:29:21Z")
> [@Rabid\_Squirrel](#): > > Bee semen?! Bee Semen?! All these years about griping to the WTO to lower the US lamb and beef tarrifs and all we get to export bee semen?! > > At least our bees are happy. 😉 Well, _some_ of them are–the queens and the drones who get to “nail them,” to quote Dick Martin. 😃