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Telling the Bees

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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
4
submitters
4
observed span
2020–2023
peak thread · 254 comments
375 pts
latest 20+ return · 2023-07-12
375 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

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I know it’s only tangential related to the topic, but reading this article just overflows me with this feeling I’m describing below. I didn’t voice this out somewhere before, it somehow just started very recently and it’s so difficult for me to let go of it. I can’t get over the fact that we all must die. Everybody you ever knew and could be able to know will. You who are reading this message, I, all the other significant people…

My wife told me about this custom when we moved into a new house and found a small bee hive in a hollow of an olive tree. We made it a habit to give them updates about various events that occurred and it became an important bonding event. She is now critically ill and I am not looking forward to sharing her death with our bees, but I'll do it as what I hope will be an important part of…

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
630

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Total comments
312

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2020-05-20Telling the BeesEndXA10
2020-11-18Telling the BeesDyslexicAtheist10
2021-09-27Telling the BeesFirst breakoutdrdee25358
2023-07-12Telling the BeesBest thread · Latest 20+ point returnpenguin_booze375254