Red River water wars: four states battle over water access

Guardian (UK) ^ | Thursday 9 May 2013 12.27 EDT

[Lurker]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoridae

[Rodamala]

“In January 2012, a researcher discovered larvae in the test tube of a dead honey bee believed to have been affected by colony collapse disorder (CCD).[10] The larvae had not been there the night before. The larvae were Apocephalus borealis, a parasitic fly known to prey on bumblebees and wasps. The phorid fly lays eggs on the bee’s abdomen, which hatch and feed on the bee. Infected bees will act oddly, foraging at night and gathering around lights like moths. Eventually, the bee leaves the colony to die. The phorid fly larvae will then emerge from the neck of the bee.”

PASS.

[DeaconBenjamin]

cut off sending the water down south to the rice farmers. About durn time. I'm sorry, but plant a crop that doesn't require so much water at the expense of others.

Agreed. The world may have to live without Texmati rice.

[RedHeeler]

Whiskey is for drinkin’, and water is for fightin’. Age old, never changes.

[crusty old prospector]

The sad thing is that about half of the residential water is used to water the suburbanite 30’ X 60’ yard for five months. Half of it running off into the street.