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2007-09-13 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2007-09-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Africanized honeybees

Apis mellifera scutella (Africanized Bee). A dangerous hybrid, that passes down the trait of defensiveness and ~~entitlement~~ to each offspring. They are bad tempered and can stay angry for ~~a lifetime~~ days, fly very slow, produce about one fifth of the honey of a European bee, do not like cold climates.

They'll feel right at home in New Orleans.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-09-13 00:40|| 2007-09-13 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 Perhaps they produce less honey in colder climates, Besoeker, but it's my understanding that in warm weather areas they are far more productive than Asian or Italian honeybees.

This is one of the reasons beekeepers have tried to use them, and hybridize with them, for many decades now - not always with good effect, obviously.

Posted by no mo uro 2007-09-13 05:27|| 2007-09-13 05:27|| Front Page Top

#3 How much chocolate can they produce?

Posted by Ray Nagin 2007-09-13 07:42|| 2007-09-13 07:42|| Front Page Top

#4 This was a move about 30 years ago.

Posted by Gary and the Samoyeds">Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-09-13 08:59|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-09-13 08:59|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, sir. Your plan to nuke them was stymied. What next?
Do we still have Rove's pet killer bees in storage?
I believe we do sir.
You know what to do...

Posted by tu3031 2007-09-13 09:19|| 2007-09-13 09:19|| Front Page Top

#6 I blame Bush.

Posted by jds 2007-09-13 09:22|| 2007-09-13 09:22|| Front Page Top

#7 I've seen Killer Beez. He's very funny and he's on John Boy and Billy a lot.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2007-09-13 11:37|| 2007-09-13 11:37|| Front Page Top

#8 All your previous weak-ass bees are belong to us!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-09-13 11:54|| 2007-09-13 11:54|| Front Page Top

#9 I wanna see Gloria Vanderbilt's boy cover this New Orleans story. He will look like the aftermath of collagen injection day at the Park Avenue free clinic.

Posted by ed 2007-09-13 12:03|| 2007-09-13 12:03|| Front Page Top

#10 We are the Killer Bees. Bring us your pollen. And a daiquiri too.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-09-13 14:34|| 2007-09-13 14:34|| Front Page Top

#11 I'm disappointed--I thought for sure a John Belushi picture would accompany this story.

Posted by Crusader 2007-09-13 19:06|| 2007-09-13 19:06|| Front Page Top

#12 Why has no one yet welcomed our new apiam overlords?

Posted by Gary and the Samoyeds">Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-09-13 21:55|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-09-13 21:55|| Front Page Top

#13 In a cloud that blocks out the sun?

Is Barbara Stanwyck involved?

Posted by Gomez Criter3762 2007-09-13 23:47|| 2007-09-13 23:47|| Front Page Top

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