This is how it starts.

The Japanese bank, which bought the European business of Lehman Brothers in 2008, said it was installing two beehives on the roof of its European headquarters in London. About 80,000 bees are to start producing honey there next month. Nomura plans to brand the honey with the bank logo and serve it at client breakfast meetings and other events, a spokeswoman said.

In related news, you get three guesses as to which chief executive is foaming at the mouth with jealousy but you’ll only need one.

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Comments (52)

  1. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    cocksuckers don’t deserve this.

    -JT

  2. Posted by Sleepy the dwarf | June 23, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    The real question is how long before DB posts a story someone gives 2 shits about.

  3. Posted by CoveredLong | June 23, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Ohhhh, I think I may have made a mistake – I mean, I did think it was strange that Nomura wanted us to “beeversify” our portfolio when they saw how much concentration risk we had.
     
    -Former Lehman Quant / Nomura Risk

  4. Posted by Ooooooh Yeah! | June 23, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    Anytime I hear something about bees, all I can think of is that Oprah video where she is giving away free bees to everybody in the audience.

    BEEES!!!!

  5. Posted by Homer | June 23, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    They’re training their guard dog, Bella-San, to shoot bees from her mouth everytime she barks.

  6. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    You obviously missed the big picture here.  Yeah first they start with bees on the roof. But then its bees working in the cafeteria, then bee’s on the 5th floor doing trading.  Bees are organized, work harder and don’t complain about their fucking bonuses.

  7. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:10 PM

    speak for yourself!

    -Queen Bee

  8. Posted by A. Gary Shilling | June 23, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    All of us bearish economists make our own honey.

  9. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    I wonder if we can get bees to live in Stamford?

    -UBS

  10. Posted by Lord Humongous | June 23, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    Hey!

    - Lil Kim

  11. Posted by Lord Humongous | June 23, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    Bernie banished all those little honey jars from his client breakfast meetings and other events.

  12. Posted by guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    thought this was about bess, not bees.

  13. Posted by Kurt Loder | June 23, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    It is.  It’s about Bess in a bee costume like the chick in the Blind Melon video.  

  14. Posted by PasteSpecialFormats | June 23, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    Who’d want a bee as a gift?

    -L Bluth

  15. Posted by Anonymous | June 23, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    Excellent!

    -J. Montgomery Burns

  16. Posted by Tabitha Soren | June 23, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    Liked purely for the Kurt Loder handle

  17. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    Lehman Brothers?  More like Beeman Brothers!

  18. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    step off beotch!
    -Nikki M

  19. Posted by 25th Hour Trader | June 23, 2011 at 6:41 PM

    “If all the bees move out of stamford I’m finished” – stamdford honey pot jar maker next to  honda dealer 

  20. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:41 PM

    This makes me masturbate furiously; beat my dick like it owes me money.

    -Not confused commentor but a fan of his/her work.

  21. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    let’s see, john paulson? ever heard of him? or does your breadth of knowledge not reach that far.

  22. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    kill yourself.

  23. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:49 PM

    let’s see, it’s the summer which, if you actually work on wall street, know is dead as fuck. so perhaps it’s a slow news day. and perhaps, instead of leaving a comment that reveals you to be the worthless douche you are, you should get out there and make something interesting happen and then DB can post about it? oh. wait. you said you wanted a story about someone people give to shits about. guess that’s out then.

  24. Posted by Oh Bother | June 23, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    Overweight NMR.

    - Winnie the Pooh, MD UBS Large Cap Saccharine Equities

  25. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    why don’t you ask for your money back?

  26. Posted by Bumbler Bee | June 23, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    That’s none of your beeswax!

  27. Posted by You-Know-What Karl | June 23, 2011 at 6:55 PM

    What’s the difference between jam and jelly?  I can’t “jelly” my johnson into your ass.

    -Federal Prison Inmate
    White Collar Crime Block
    Anywhere, USA

  28. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    Psst: UBS employee, recently fired. Be nice!!

  29. Posted by Imbestbartender | June 23, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Bess, any relation?

  30. Posted by CT | June 23, 2011 at 7:18 PM

    People who have been posted about today included but not limited to a little known hedge fund manager named john paulson and this bald guy who works at this place called the federal reserve. but yeah. no one gives a shit about those guys.

  31. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Wilbur, is that you? You are definetely geeting to obsessed with celebrity status..fucking pig.

  32. Posted by NotLenny | June 23, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    Then the bees will form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment they deserve! Then they’ll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!

  33. Posted by Gob | June 23, 2011 at 7:56 PM

    BEES???

    -Guy who really thought it was Job but imdb’ed it just to be sure.

  34. Posted by L Tilton | June 23, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    If a bee and a bluejay had offspring would they be called “beejays”?

  35. Posted by CurrencyTrader | June 23, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    You know Bess, I buy A LOT of Banonbo pants. I mean a lot. So as a huge financial contributor to this site I except a story more newsworthy, i.e. like how women are switching their yoga pants this summer to yoga shorts.

    Thanks in advance!

  36. Posted by Guest | June 23, 2011 at 9:19 PM

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesspool_emptier

    You’re sure it’s honey they’re serving their clients?

  37. Posted by Mr. Burns | June 24, 2011 at 12:19 AM

    The Japanese!?  Those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders?

  38. Posted by Mr. Burns | June 24, 2011 at 12:19 AM

    The Japanese!?  Those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders?

  39. Posted by Mr. Burns | June 24, 2011 at 12:19 AM

    The Japanese!?  Those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders?

  40. Posted by Anonymous | June 24, 2011 at 3:59 AM

    How many bee stings does it take to kill, say, a small horse-like animal?  Hello?  Oh, well…

    -Eeyore

  41. Posted by Anonymous | June 24, 2011 at 3:59 AM

    How many bee stings does it take to kill, say, a small horse-like animal?  Hello?  Oh, well…

    -Eeyore

  42. Posted by Anonymous | June 24, 2011 at 3:59 AM

    How many bee stings does it take to kill, say, a small horse-like animal?  Hello?  Oh, well…

    -Eeyore

  43. Posted by The Owl @ DB | June 24, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    U Jelly?

  44. Posted by NotLenny | June 24, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Release the robotic Richard Simmons!

  45. Posted by BROKING | June 24, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    Anyhow interested in honey-nut cheerio equity securities hit me up. I am in the business of making monies.

    -BuzzBee

  46. Posted by BROKING | June 24, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    Anyhow interested in honey-nut cheerio equity securities hit me up. I am in the business of making monies.

    -BuzzBee

  47. Posted by BROKING | June 24, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    Anyhow interested in honey-nut cheerio equity securities hit me up. I am in the business of making monies.

    -BuzzBee

  48. Posted by BROKING | June 24, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    Anyhow interested in honey-nut cheerio equity securities hit me up. I am in the business of making monies.

    -BuzzBee

  49. Posted by B Lister | June 24, 2011 at 3:27 PM

    Nomura Sales Guy: The honey your eating was produced by bees living on the roof of this building.

    Do you think they hand the prospect a pen and contract at the same time?

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    There are many kinds of home base jobs or business these days. The poltebisisiis are never-ending but the difficulty of most people today, is how to keep up with some of the advance competitors. You could also try something new and experiment with things. If you already feel that you like what you’re doing and you are actually enjoying it, that’s the first sign that you are getting closer to your success.

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