[Momaw Nadon]

FYI and discussion

[goodwithagun]

The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA)

That’s funny!

[ClearCase_guy]

Professor Francis Ratniek, a bee expert at Sheffield University, said: "If there was to be a bee collapse the effect on Britain would be huge."

"In Britain we haven't had our fair share of bee research funds"

Gee, I wonder what's in it for him?

[catman67]

Bush’s fault!

[Citizen Tom Paine]

WHERE ARE ALL THE DARWINISTS. This is a perfect example for the survival of the fittest. Those bees with no resistance die. Those with resistance live and fill the empty spots.

[al baby]

[Andyman]

Why is it always 10 years?

[cripplecreek]

The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) said that if the crisis continued, honeybees would disappear completely from Britain by 2018, causing "calamitous" economic and environmental problems.

As far as the environmental problems are concerned I'm calling BS. After all, I don't believe that honey bees are native to Great Britain to begin with.

[G8 Diplomat]

Global warming is the root cause, of course.

I just used two over-used buzz words in one sentence. Wow...

[commish]

You knew this was going to appear :

Customer:
In that case, give me a bee license.

Shopkeeper:
A license for your pet bee?

Customer:
Yes.

Shopkeeper:
Called Eric? Eric the Bee?

Customer:
No.

Shopkeeper:
No?

Customer:
No, Eric the Half-Bee. He had an accident.

Shopkeeper:
You're off your chump.

Customer:
Look, if you intend by that utilization of an obscure colloquiallism to imply that my sanity is not up to scratch, or indeed to deny the semi-existence of my little chum Eric the Half-Bee, I shall have to ask you to listen to this! Take it away, Eric the orchestra leader!.......

A one... two.... A one.. two.. three..four...

[piano intro]

Half a bee, philosophically, must, ipso facto, half not be.

But half the bee
has got to be,
vis a vis
its entity - do you see?

But can a bee
be said to be
or not to be
an entire bee
when half the bee
is not a bee
due to some ancient injury?

Singing...

La dee dee, 1 2 3,
Eric the half a bee.
A B C D E F G,
Eric the half a bee.

Is this retched demi-bee,
half asleep upon my knee,
some freak from a menagerie?
No! It's Eric the half a bee.

Fiddle dee dum,
Fiddle dee dee,
Eric the half bee.

Ho ho ho,
Tee hee hee,
Eric the half a bee.

I love this hive employee-ee-ee
[with buzzing in background]
bisected accidentally
one summer afternoon by me
I love him carnally.

He loves him carnally... [together]
...semi-carnally

[spoken]

The end

'Cyril Connelly?'
No! 'Semi-carnally'
Oh!

Cyril Connelly [sung softly and slowly]

[A. Morgan]

Huckabees may be wiped out in 10 years..
Why in the “H” is it going to take TEN YEARS?/sarcasm

[NRA1995]

Soooo, he learned to speak bee for nothing

[inkling]

Honeybees may be wiped out in 10 years

Any time I see the word "May" in a headline, I add "Then Again, Maybe Not" to the end of it.

[knittnmom]

Africanized bees appear to be immune. http://www.themonitor.com/onset?db=monitortx&id=864&template=article.html

[Jessarah]

I had someone tell me the honey bee was disappearing because people like me put chemicals on their lawn so the dandelions can’t grow..Therefore, the bee can’t pollinate etc....

[Squeako]

"You should check your hives...I think you'll find one of your bees is missing."

[piasa]

Well, over ten yeas has passed now, and I still have bees...