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To: NicknamedBob
Caution should be exercised, as it is also the Aviary.

And the apiary is down in the meadow near the orchards.

The two should not be confused.

(Anyone have an ice cube?)

1,035 posted on 10/12/2008 7:47:27 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Just say No to Lawyers! Palin '08! (oh and McWhatshisname too. I guess))
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

The honeybees have adapted well to the unusual circumstances. Most of the daylight comes from the ostensibly correct direction, so they navigate okay. The areas where they work are relatively free of confusing obstructions as well.

It’s hard to determine how the reduced gravity affects them. They fly perfectly well, and seem to be additionally productive, so I guess they are flying with less fatigue.

I must confess that their cousins in Habitats A and B must labor under less ideal conditions, as the lighting is mostly artificial in the stacked factory orchards that they use there. The bees don’t seem to mind, as the orchards are laid out in quite regular arrays. For a honeybee, such mechanical repetitiveness is not even a factor, because they live for that sort of thing.


1,036 posted on 10/12/2008 8:07:38 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (I won't be voting for Obama. But not because he's black. ... If he were White I wouldn't be able to.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Here are some shaped like Legos


1,037 posted on 10/12/2008 8:08:46 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Disclaimer: Opinions posted by the poster are those of the individual poster and do not necessarily)
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