Busy Bees: Animals with Jobs

Show us the real bugs life. Animals of any variety doing the mundane, exciting, or otherwise indescribable tasks we apes do.

Prompt for post image:

Rules

  1. Follow the community’s rules above all else

  2. One comment and image per user

  3. Embed image directly in the post (no external link)

  4. Workflow/Prompt sharing encouraged (we’re all here for fun)

  5. At the end of the week each post will be scored according to the following grid

    Prize Points
    Most upvoted +3 points
    Would I hire this animal? (Are they actually doing their job) (new) +2 points
    Second most upvoted +1 point
    Theme is clear +1 point
    OP’s favorite (me, this week) +1 point
    Most original +1 point
    Last entry (to compensate for less time to vote) +1 point
    Prompt and workflow included +1 point

  6. Posts that are ex aequo (tied) will both get the points

  7. Winner gets to pick next theme! Good luck everyone and have fun!

Past entries

  1. Dieselpunk
  2. Goosebump Book
  3. Deep Space Wonders
  4. Fairy Tales
  5. A New Sport
  6. Monsters are Back to School
  7. War and Peace
  8. Distant lands
  9. Unreal Cartoons
  10. Sustainable Ecumenopolis
  11. Masks
  12. Mascots
  13. Old Gods, New Jobs
  14. Winter Festivities
  15. High Tech, Low Life
  16. Character Limit
  17. Gatsby’s Jazz Hands
  18. Reel to Canvas
  19. Cruelly Cute Characters
  20. Retro Sci-Fi
  21. Get Your Bard On!
  • AFK BRB ChocolateEnglish
    6•11 months ago

    Okay, I can get with the anthropomorphic bee being a postal clerk, but in that universe, what are all the little, normal looking bees crawling around the floor?

    • Deceptichum
      4•11 months ago

      They’re a lesser evolved cousin, like the cities with monkeys living alongside people.

      • AFK BRB ChocolateEnglish
        4•11 months ago

        When do the kids start looking anthropomorphic? And why are there kids crawling around the floor at work? Bring your child to work day?

    • @BallShapedManEnglish
      4•11 months ago

      In a disturbing twist of evolution, bees have diverged into two distinct classes: the “Enlightened,” who have developed complex intelligence, taking on societal roles such as builders, governors, and even mailmen, and the “Unchanged,” ordinary bees whose sole purpose has been reduced to menial labor. This unnatural hierarchy within the hive has created a stark divide, with the Enlightened exploiting their lesser kin, manipulating them into servitude through advanced pheromonal control and psychological manipulation. As the Enlightened bees’ society grows increasingly complex, the rift deepens, casting a shadow over the natural world and unsettlingly highlighting the dark potential of unchecked evolution and intellectual disparity.

      Or maybe Chat GPT thought it would be cute to add them, who knows? 😆