[Olog-hai]

I doubt that the government would pass up this opportunity to develop mini-drones, this time literally based on drones (the male bee).

[Sacajaweau]

I think they’re talked about something similar before...maybe in regard to.....doing recon in caves in Afghanistan.

[Sacajaweau]

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120627005141/en/ReconRobotics-Awarded-13.9-Million-Contract-U.S.-Army#.U-FC07lARh

[GeronL]

good idea but what about the frogs?

[P.O.E.]

We could sure use some down on the border.

[GraceG]

[ I doubt that the government would pass up this opportunity to develop mini-drones, this time literally based on drones (the male bee). ]

Robot Bee Prime Directives:

1. Uphold the Polination Policy
2. Proect the Honey Hive
3. Do Not sting the Innocent

...

(hidden)
4. Spy for the Adminstration...

[Jeff Chandler]

ROBOBEES

[PGR88]

There area about 100 other species of insects that also do pollination in addition to bees.

[jocon307]

Now this sounds like something right out of the Hunger Games.

What could go wrong?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

"Colony collapse disorder" was another hoax crisis created by the Left:

Science Collapse Disorder -- The Real Story Behind Neonics And Mass Bee Deaths
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonentine/2013/04/11/science-collapse-disorder-the-real-story-behind-neonics-and-mass-bee-deaths/

[Morpheus2009]

Has anyone considered that both invasive bee species and GM flowering plants may have something to do with what is hurting bees?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. About 4,000 species in the United States.

Of these, the only bee used extensively for both honey and pollenization is the European honey bee. Because it is vulnerable to parasites and diseases, an effort was made to cross breed it with the hardier African honey bee, which were introduced in Brazil, escaped, and now are known as “killer bees”.

Interestingly, killer bees *are* healthier and stronger, and their honey is quite delicious, if rare, so the research was going in the right direction. It is believed that with further cross breeding, they can be made less aggressive.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Robot bees produced in some government lab? This sounds like the first scene in a horror or “End of the World” type movie.

[clbiel]

I, for one, welcome our new robot bee overlords.

[bgill]

No, conservative voter, that wasn’t a drone spying on you, that was merely a bee. Please, move along.