Steer Slear of Swarms (An Aggressive Strain of Bees Has Infiltrated...)

NewTimes ^ | April 21st, 2010 | ALYCIA KILEY

[shibumi]

Just in case you missed the "Api"-sode:

Opening narration - "Human life strives ceaselessly to perfect itself, to gain ascendancy. But what of the lower forms of life? Is it not possible that they, too, are conducting experiments and are at this moment on the threshold of deadly success?"

Plot - " Ben Fields, married to Francesca Fields, is an entomologist seeking a lab assistant. Regina, a giant mutant queen bee in human form who is searching for a human mate to evolve her species, takes the job."

Closing narration - "When the yearning to gain ascendancy takes the form of a soulless, loveless struggle, the contest must end in unlovely defeat. For without love, drones can never be men, and men can only be drones."

[Salamander]

The dose was too low.

We’re just going to have bee-t him senseless.

[Vendome]

Please take him out! He’s turned! Turned I tell ya!

He’s, he’s... a zombie!

Use the BFG! Use the BFG!

[TheWriterTX]

LOL! Now that’s FUNNY!

[Salamander]

Yeah...and that ended *really* well.

[shibumi]

As I was saying - OW!

That Stung!

(damn little darts!)

As I................. was .... sayinghhhhhhhhjvhn

[rickomatic]

She rules the hive... and produces hybrids? The hive becomes more docile?

Yes, she does rule over a soon to be docile hive. There is no hybridization involved at all. The Africanized queen is killed and replaced with an already mated European queen. A queen mates once in life with several drones and is then fertile for life. She lays eggs for several years until she is replaced. The normal honey bee only lives for a few weeks, so within a few weeks of the new queens introduction all the Africanized bees have died off, and been replaced with the docile European ones from the eggs layed by the new queen, who has zero Africanized genes in her.

[Salamander]

That *was* my BFG!

Screw it...I’m just to turn it on myself and enjoy the buzz.

[shibumi]

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[djf]

Me too.

FReepers are probably just about the most diverse (hobby and expertise wise) group on the planet!

I’ve always found if I have ANY kind of question and can’t find an answer with Google or whatever that I can post the question here and have the best answer literally within five minutes or so!

[Salamander]

He’s playing possum!

Don’t bee-lieve him!

[Vendome]

I hate you! I wish that dork on this other thread would give up and come over here

[Salamander]

“and been replaced with the docile European ones from the eggs layed by the new queen, who has zero Africanized genes in her.”

That’s racist!

[Salamander]

You hate all of us?

That’s a bit venomous of you.

[Vendome]

Alright. Time out. I have to think up something to punish you two. I’ll beee back. I hive an idea and suddenly feel swarm all over.

Tah duh!!!

[Vendome]

No the dork I included on our dork list.

he angry and bee-reft of intellect but thought he could use a break.

[Slings and Arrows]

I dunno - he doesn’t look too happy about the idea.

[shibumi]

MbLphbf????

Dork?

Where?!?

What other thread?

OWWW! (who did that?)

[Salamander]

Shibumi...do you have the hive smoker or do I?

[and he can’t punish me....I’m a masochist]

:)

[nickcarraway]

You can’t shoot your way out. You have to wait for colony collapse disorder.