How big is "half a bee's dick"?........ - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 11:23:50 pm
content: Someone used the expression in another post and it got me thinking how big IS a bee's dick, and what is half of that number? Are we talking length or diameter?Wikipedia to the rescue!!(There may or may not be a picture of a "Bee's DicK" in that link, but I would say this is only not safe for work if you would get in trouble for visiting the wikipedia page for "Drone(bee)" or watching animal planet)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_%28bee%29#Mating_and_the_drone_reproductive_organI on the other hand highly discourage people using google images for the search "Bee's Dick".

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 12:05:01 am
content: Can't say I've heardthatterm before.

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 12:22:43 am
content: I would guess it's about an RCH.Tim

author: DrGeoff
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 12:43:17 am
content: Twice as big as a pufteenth of nothing.

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 01:14:26 am
content: Quotes from the Wikipedia on Bee Sex:"The drone makes first contact from above the queen, his thorax above her abdomen, straddling her. He then grasps her with all six legs, and everts the endophallus into her opened sting chamber."Hot. It's like a bee romance novel..."If the queen’s sting chamber is not fully opened, mating is unsuccessful, so some males that mount the queen do not transfer semen. Once the endophallus has been everted, the drone is paralyzed, flipping backwards as he ejaculates."Maybe the bee just needs to be a bit more romantic, light some candles, throw down some pollinated rose petals, put on some Berry White; you know, set the mood. Then, maybe offer the queen a back rub? Add in a little foreplay and your queen's sting chamber will open like the gates to paradise."The process of ejaculation is explosive—semen is blasted through the queen’s sting chamber and into the oviduct."Ohhh yeah! Giggity!"The process is sometimes audible to the human ear, akin to a "popping" sound. The ejaculation is so powerful that it ruptures the endophallus, disconnecting the drone from the queen."Holy shit! The bee's dick *literally* explodes!"The bulb of the endophallus is broken off inside of the queen during mating—so drones mate only once, and die shortly after. The leftover penis remaining in the queen’s vagina is referred to as the “mating sign”. The plug will not prevent the next drone from mating with the same queen, but may prevent semen from flowing out of the queen."Huh. So a dead bee's dick turns into a sort of diaphragm. That's real nice. Her mate just died and now she can gobeeall slutty.Well. That was educational.

author: ve7xen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 01:32:24 am
content: So I found a paper with some good microscope images (DOI: 10.1007/s13592-011-0094-9).Based on the included 1000um scale bar, I was able to analyze the image and determine that the length of the bee's dick is approximately 4800um. Therefore, half a bee's dick is approximately 2.4mm.This is quite a bit larger than I expected...

author: timb
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 01:54:20 am
content: Quote from: ve7xen on February 26, 2016, 01:32:24 amWeird. I get the *same* thing from the ladies!"Wow timb... A whole 5mm! That's soooo much larger than I thought it wouldbee!"

author: bitseeker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 02:44:29 am
content: It's extraordinary the things one can learn at EEVblog: electronics, new units of length, how to date a queen (bee) or die trying, etc., etc.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 02:56:23 am
content: I picked up on it after watching Dave's videos. I guess this is mostly an Aussie thing? I've never heard anyone in the US use this term, but it was pretty obvious what he meant. It's a bit more polite than the usual US equivalent which I picked up at a relatively tender age working with my neighbor in construction and repairing his fleet of trucks. I don't believe I actually need to post it...

author: Mr.B
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 03:09:04 am
content: five eighths of fuck all?someone had to say it...

author: Lightages
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 03:11:34 am
content: A bee's dick length? I guess it depends if you ask the bee, or his wife.

author: CatalinaWOW
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 03:40:49 am
content: A mate once conducted an experiment relating to the CH series of measurements (red, blond, black etc.) and concluded that the RCH is indeed the highest resolution unit. Still not sufficiently fine for integrated circuit work, but more than adequate for through hole PCBs and associated mechanical fabrication.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 03:42:40 am
content: Quote from: ve7xen on February 26, 2016, 01:32:24 amSo it's like Farads. They just got the scale wrong for actual usage.To keep this going, here is a reference table:1 Bee's Dick = 4.8mm1/2 Bee's Dick = 2.4mm1/4 Bee's Dick = 1.2mm1/8 Bee's Dick = 0.6mm1/16 Bee's Dick = 0.3mm1/32 Bee's Dick = 0.15mm1/64 Bee's Dick = 0.075mmOr for you powers of 10 type people:1 Bee's Dick = 4.8mmmilli-Bee's Dick = 0.048mmmicro-Bee's Dick = 0.000048mmnano-Bee's Dick = 0.000000048mmHalf a nano-Bee's Dick = 0.000000024mm <------ Now we're talking a small number!

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 03:47:41 am
content: I'd heard our esteemed leader use the term a couple of times in his vids and it was a new term of measurement to me.A Gnats cock however is a recognised measurement from my formative years and I highly suspect they are one in the same.By simple maths: 2 Gnat's cocks = 1 Bee's dick and one should link these to Mr.B's also correct unit of measurement of 5/8 of FA.....2 Gnat's cocks = 1 Bee's dick = 5/8 of FA

author: Muttley Snickers
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 04:49:15 am
content: I strongly suspect that a new forum emoticon would be completely out of the question although it might be useful and more polite than just calling somebody a dick.

author: sleemanj
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 06:44:33 am
content: Obligatory

author: Philfreeze
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 10:48:04 am
content: still easier to use than imperial units...

author: AlxDroidDev
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 12:59:18 pm
content: Quote from: timb on February 26, 2016, 01:14:26 amReplace "drones" with "husband", and that will stillbeeaccurate for most men after 10 years of marriage.Exercise: calculate half-a-bee's dick in parsecs!

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 01:15:16 pm
content: Quote from: Muttley Snickers on February 26, 2016, 04:49:15 am, +1 for this!. Back in the old neighborhood, an ass hair was a unit of measurement, as in, that freaking car missed me by an ass hair!

author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 02:57:44 pm
content: Hi,There is a lot of 'evidence' in the electronics that a bee's dick was used as unit of measure.Look at these early op-amps:The pins where place on a 0.2" pitch. 0.2" is the Imperial Bee's Dick, often confused with the European Bee's dick which is a tad shorter at 5mm.When the DIP packaged IC arrived, the pin pitch was chosen as 'half a bee's dick'We now have SOIC (quarter dick spacing)Regards,Jay_Diddy_Bee

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 07:37:04 pm
content: Appropriate name, Philbrick - as it is indeed a brick, filled with potting compound.

author: strangersound
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2016, 07:44:43 pm
content: I like to play a game where when I watch Dave's videos, I wait for the chance to respond with "That's what she said." to his various musings.Half a bee's dick...that's what she said.I could play with this all day....that's what she said.You get the point.

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 27, 2016, 12:01:57 am
content: Quote from: strangersound on February 26, 2016, 07:44:43 pmOr you could combine them..."Half a Bob's your uncle's dick"

author: AlxDroidDev
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 27, 2016, 01:54:09 pm
content: Quote from: Smokey on February 27, 2016, 12:01:57 amHalf a bee's dick and you are like flynn!

author: strangersound
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2016, 11:49:46 pm
content: Quote from: Smokey on February 27, 2016, 12:01:57 am

author: tonyarkles
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2016, 10:40:13 pm
content: Quote from: T3sl4co1l on February 26, 2016, 12:22:43 amThe first time I heard that, and got the guy to expand the abbreviation, I definitely spit my coffee everywhere. Thanks for the reminder!

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 01:21:26 am
content: Quote from: tonyarkles on February 29, 2016, 10:40:13 pmI had to Google that. At least I wasn't drinking coffee. Still funny, though I won't be sharing that with SWMBO.

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 01:27:06 am
content: Quote from: GreyWoolfe on March 01, 2016, 01:21:26 amDefinition #3 on Urban Dictionary - now that one made me spit my water out.Your tax dollars at work!

author: Smokey
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 01:51:11 am
content: Now listen people. This thread is about bee's dicks! Take your alternate unit of measure elsewhere!Actually I'll bring it all home to Bee's Dicks..Thanks again Wikipedia!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair's_breadthAccording to that article, an RCH is about 75um = 0.075mmAnd according to my table that is EXACTLY 1/64th of a Bee's Dick!!!!!!! Amazing!Thus...1 RCH = 1/64 a Bee's Dick.QED!

author: rrinker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 02:55:17 am
content: Quote from: Smokey on March 01, 2016, 01:51:11 amNow what about blonde and brunette?

author: Jay_Diddy_B
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 02:57:03 am
content: How about black bees with yellow stripes or yellow bees with black stripes ??

author: T3sl4co1l
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 05:16:38 am
content: Quote from: GreyWoolfe on March 01, 2016, 01:21:26 amWhy, is she a red head? Do consider the value to science your original research could provide, though.

author: gnavigator1007
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 05:30:14 am
content: I'm going to guess at least twice the size of Donald Trump's brain, but significantly smaller than his mouth. Hmm, wonder how many could fit in there...

author: TinkerFan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 01, 2016, 03:06:39 pm
content: http://www.slang-dictionary.org/Australian-Slang/Bee's_dickmust be something Aussie specificPS: Just busted my plugger in the old Dart

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2021, 11:47:05 pm
content: Quote from: Smokey on February 27, 2016, 12:01:57 amThis roughly translates to "Sixpence for your Uncle's penis!"This brings to mind an old story (which I won't elaborate on) about rogue kids, pocketknives, & small apertures in the outer wall at the football ground.It may be only a Western Australian joke, but more likely has similar counterparts elsewhere.

author: fourtytwo42
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2021, 10:34:15 am
content: I guess a Bee's dick is larger than a Gnat's knacker our normal unit of small measure here and so less precise

author: voltsandjolts
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 09, 2021, 10:55:51 am
content: https://beehour.com/how-do-bees-make-honey/QuoteSo, starting life as an egg, hatching into a grub, fed for a few days then sealed into your chamber to metamorphosise into a bee.Spend your short life making a tiny amount of honey (some human will devour uncaring of your lifelong effort).During this time you might be lucky enough to mate which causes your dick explode just before you die.All the while we spray them with neonicotinoids.Poor little buggers. They deserve a much bigger dick.

author: penfold
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2021, 11:16:33 am
content: QuoteThat sounds awfully like a carpark I know... I dare say they'd be waiting a long time for a virgin thoughI wonder if there's a unit system one could derive from this though, like the furlong–firkin–fortnight system