Gross out? (You Can Do It).Musician Norm Gary sports the latest in risque fashion: a skintight skin·tight adj. Fitting closely or clinging to the skin. skintight Adjective (of garments) fitting tightly over the body; clinging Adj. 1. hooded robe of swarming honeybees. How does he carry a tune without getting stung? "Honeybees become harmless when taken away from their honeycomb [mass of waxy hexagonal cells that hold honey]," says apiculturist (bee expert) Eric Mussen at the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). at Davis. "Homeless bees have nothing to defend." There are two ways to lure a coat of bees onto your body. (Hey, don't try this!) One trick is to wear a cagelike pendant around your neck that holds a queen bee, a fully developed female that rules over smaller worker bees. Once a few workers catch a whiff of the queen, they secrete a powerful pheromone (chemical attractant attractant a material used to attract animals for capture purposes. ) from a gland at the tip of their abdomens, then use their wings to fan the scent into the air. The odor attracts thousands of other worker bees. "You can also paint yourself with a mixture of pheromonelike chemicals called citral cit·ral n. A mobile pale-yellow liquid, C9H15COH, derived from lemon-grass oil and used in perfume and as a flavoring. [citr(us) + -al3.] and geraniol ge·ra·ni·ol n. A fragrant, pale yellow liquid alcohol, C9H17COH, derived chiefly from the oils of geranium and citronella and used in cosmetics and flavorings. ," says Mussen. The smell is sure to create a buzz. |
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