Posted on 08/05/2014 1:43:03 PM PDT by Olog-hai
With honeybees on the decline because of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and Varroa mites, a virus-transmitting parasite, Harvard engineering and applied sciences professor, Robert Wood invented Robobees, bee-size robots inspired by the biology of a bee and the insects hive behavior. [ ]
Despite the hype surrounding these amazing robobees, before farmers go out and try to buy them, they should note that researchers anticipate robobees wont be functional for at least another 20 years.
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Robot bees produced in some government lab? This sounds like the first scene in a horror or “End of the World” type movie.
A bee-roll.
You took the words right out of my fingers.
I, for one, welcome our new robot bee overlords.
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
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doing the job American bees won’t?
No, conservative voter, that wasn’t a drone spying on you, that was merely a bee. Please, move along.
Honeybees disappearing?
I find that hard to believe where I am - bees swarm around my purple Mexican sage so much that the entire plant vibrates. I had to move my car to another location b/c I am allergic to bee stings and there are so many of them buzzing around.
When the three eucalyptus in my front yard bloom in the fall, the buzzing from bees is so loud around the trees that I can hear it inside with the doors shut.
Not sure eucalyptus makes such great honey...
Always wondered where their hives are and shouldn’t I get a cut of the honey for providing the pollen from my eucalyptus, citrus trees and sage bushes??
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