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Are bees man's best friend ?

By T.K. Randall
November 8, 2010 · Comment icon 14 comments

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Throughout the ages bees have proven time and again their potential to assist humanity.
The ancient Mayans were some of the first people to harnass the bee, so great was their appreciation of the American honey bee that their shamans revered them and believed them all to have souls.
Bees have been around for 110 million years or so, but it was only a couple of thousand years ago that we started to grasp their potential for helping humanity.


Source: Telegraph | Comments (14)




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Comment icon #5 Posted by Automaton 14 years ago
Too bad chemtrails are killing them.... they'll bounce back though, I hope....
Comment icon #6 Posted by deadleprechuan 14 years ago
Go bees, go!
Comment icon #7 Posted by The Silver Thong 14 years ago
I have always wanted a pet bee... I use to pet bee's I love the bee's
Comment icon #8 Posted by schizoidwoman 14 years ago
Great that people are helping to save the bees. If i had a garden, i wouldnt mind setting up a bee hive either, but i just have a small balcony instead, not a good place for a bee hive i think, lol My father in law has a few beehives, it's lovely to watch the bees going about their business. I'd like a hive too but I'm not sure we have the space in our tiny little garden.
Comment icon #9 Posted by rashore 14 years ago
Depends on how tiny and were at... I've read stories and seen pics of hives from beeks with some pretty lil yards in fairly populated places. I can't have bees where I am now.. But I am looking forward to the day I get to have a few hives of my own
Comment icon #10 Posted by the L 14 years ago
In my country we teach them to find the land mines. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6701517.stm Bees are so intellegent. They can even count. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/26/2401396.htm And on cocaine they act like human. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/dec/23/cocaine-bees-australia-drug-research
Comment icon #11 Posted by theGhost_and_theDarkness 14 years ago
I've wanted to try my hand at beekeeping. I can't where I live now though. . .my neighbors complain about how I park my car. . . I can only imagine the complaints that would come in if I were keeping bees.
Comment icon #12 Posted by dmotwani 14 years ago
Fascinating stuff L.
Comment icon #13 Posted by Simbi Laveau 12 years ago
Monsanto has been killing the bess all along,and covering it up. The cover up continues. http://www.care2.com/causes/research-firm-blames-monsanto-for-bee-deaths-so-monsanto-buys-it.html Th
Comment icon #14 Posted by FurthurBB 12 years ago
Monsanto has been killing the bess all along,and covering it up. The cover up continues. http://www.care2.com...to-buys-it.html Th This article is just horrible. For one thing, it came almost a year after Monsanto bought this company. Beelogics is not the leading research firm into the bee issue, and they bait and switch with the causes. First they say it is pesticides and high fructose corn syrup and then switch to GMO. Also, they completely gloss over the fact that Beelogics just filed for a patent not long before Monsanto bought them that has a lot of money making potential and then ask if ... [More]


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