Trinity College Students Are Losing It Over A Weird Bee-Naming Competition

Let the Beyonce puns begin. In one of the weirdest competitions to ever be held by a college, students at TCD have been asked to name the Queen bee, after installing a honey hive on campus.

We need YOU to name our newly resident Queen Bee! Tweet us your suggestions using #TrinityQueen and read more at: https://t.co/4HLvdono8a pic.twitter.com/EFEcc9UISW

— Trinity College Dublin (@tcddublin) April 11, 2017

The 'Name Our Queen Bee' competition was launched yesterday, and is running on Twitter and on Facebook. All the efforts of students in naming the queen is all to win, 'a jar of the first harvested honey and a copy of The Bee Book.' Although the competition is a bit bizarre, it's all in conjunction with Trinity’s Campus Pollinator Plan.

Student's have been quick to come up with names for the Queen, so we decided to round up some of our favourites so far;

#TrinityQueen She should be called Queen BAE 🐝 #tcd #CampusPollinatorPlan

— Hannah Nic Cárthaigh (@hannah_jumelle) April 11, 2017

Ríonach-Blaithín🌸 for an Irish name... or Poppy the Pollinator🐝 @tcddublin #TrinityQueen

— Ciara Quinn (@CiaraQuinner) April 12, 2017

@tcddublin #TrinityQueen 'Name Our Queen Bee' Comp
1; Queen Beatrix )Queen Bee for short)
2: Busy Lizzie (after founder Queen Elizabeth 1)

— Declan Cahill (@picturedesk) April 12, 2017

There's only one name for the #trinityqueen and that's Bee-yonce. I will accept nothing less, @tcddublin! https://t.co/2LJLU7ugIw

— Shawna - Sex Siopa’s Smut Peddler in Chief 🏳️‍⚧️ (@SexSiopa) April 11, 2017

@tcddublin lil buzzer #trinityqueen

— barbara ghouls (@orinocohoe) April 11, 2017

And here she is, Ziggy Stardust era #beelikebowie #TrinityQueen

(I'm getting a bit carried away here...) pic.twitter.com/R9vw0ggRff

— Hannah Beth Hamilton (@theRiverField) April 11, 2017

As much as we may laugh at the competition, it's all for a great cause, as Trinity aim to restore urban sites that are an important part for many bee species in Dublin. According to The Irish Examiner, some of the cool things TCD will be doing for bees include; planting suitable plants for pollination, protecting bee-nesting sites and actually making 'bee-hotels' for solitary bees.

Well fair play lads, we're buzzing to hear the winner. (sorry)