The Resume

Expert on bees
Appeared on the 'Jay Leno' show
Appears in a commercial for State Farm Insurance
Professor of Entomology (study of insects) and Apiculture (bee keeping) at the University of California
Wrote 100 scientific papers about honey bees including a chapter in 'The Bee Keepers' Handbook'

Why he might be annoying:

Although his face being covered by bees is a major part of State Farm Insurance's commercial, State Farm will not cover new policy bee keepers.
Wherever he goes you hear buzzing.

Why he might not be annoying:

He plays clarinet while 100,000 live honey bees cling to his body.
He is considered one of the foremost experts on the thinking process of the bee.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Beekeepers
• City Namesakes
• I Earned a Doctorate
• Profiles 3501-3750 (Ranked: 3526)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 27 Votes: 59.26% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 35 Votes: 65.71% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 57 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 92 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 170 Votes: 68.24% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 232 Votes: 59.91% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 507 Votes: 56.02% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1331 Votes: 63.71% Annoying