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2013-05-14 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Fred 2013-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 "Insect farming" > OTOH, isn't this why the Bees + other are in trouble, ala POOR GENETIC SECURITY, BREEDING due to defective mass production methods + oversight???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-05-14 01:36|| 2013-05-14 01:36|| Front Page Top

#2 isn't this why the Bees + other are in trouble, ala POOR GENETIC SECURITY, BREEDING due to defective mass production methods + oversight???

JosephM, an argument recently has been made that taking all the honey from the hive and feeding the overwintering bees with a corn syrup substitute is weakening them enough that ever-present health threats become overwhelming. At any rate, in the past week or so several large feral hives have been found around the country, and they were thriving -- unaffected by the problems plaguing domesticated hives. This is not, of course, proof, but it certainly is suggestive.

Posted by trailing wife 2013-05-14 02:49|| 2013-05-14 02:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Nanny Bloomberg should run with this. No meat or seafood foe you!

Posted by PBMcL 2013-05-14 03:44|| 2013-05-14 03:44|| Front Page Top

#4 U.N. Says: Let them eat bugs!

..and then retired for lunch at a five star restaurant.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-05-14 08:26|| 2013-05-14 08:26|| Front Page Top

#5 P2K, exactly. I'll listen to the UN when they lead by example.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2013-05-14 10:13|| 2013-05-14 10:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Man Dies After Winning Bug Eating Contest

Need we say more ?

Posted by Jeremiah Black5948 2013-05-14 11:25|| 2013-05-14 11:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, John the Baptist and locusts and wild honey.

And then there's this:

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-05-14 12:07|| 2013-05-14 12:07|| Front Page Top

#8 Programmers are willing to provide an endless supply of them.

Posted by JFM 2013-05-14 12:40|| 2013-05-14 12:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Let me get this straight. According to the UN there are big sections of the third world already eating bugs. And the developed world really doesn't have a starvation problem. So what is the point? Gads the UN is useless.

Posted by rjschwarz 2013-05-14 15:14|| 2013-05-14 15:14|| Front Page Top

#10 When I was in the land of Oz, low these many years ago, I was served an incredibly tasty bug in a fancy restaurant. Anyone familiar with Balmaine bugs?

Posted by AlanC 2013-05-14 15:43|| 2013-05-14 15:43|| Front Page Top

#11 Anyone familiar with Balmaine bugs?

No. But I like lobster.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2013-05-14 15:55|| 2013-05-14 15:55|| Front Page Top

#12 No blood for Klendathu!

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-05-14 16:47|| 2013-05-14 16:47|| Front Page Top

#13 EU,

Ibacus peronii, the Balmain bug or butterfly fan lobster, is a species of slipper lobster. It lives in shallow waters around Australia

They look like a small horse-shoe crab with a lobster's tail. Quite tasty when prepared with butter, garlic and herbs.

Posted by AlanC 2013-05-14 17:55|| 2013-05-14 17:55|| Front Page Top

#14 I intend to eat more marine insects, like shrimp & lobster.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-05-14 18:50|| 2013-05-14 18:50|| Front Page Top

#15 I think the UN cafeteria would be a great place to implement this.

Posted by tu3031 2013-05-14 21:17|| 2013-05-14 21:17|| Front Page Top

#16 Tastes like chicken

Posted by European Conservative 2013-05-14 21:41|| 2013-05-14 21:41|| Front Page Top

#17 I see that EC has been assimilated to American Humor :-)

Posted by Frank G 2013-05-14 21:54|| 2013-05-14 21:54|| Front Page Top

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Posted by European Conservative 2013-05-14 22:54|| 2013-05-14 22:54|| Front Page Top

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