[ExI] FW: bee free, honey! it's fake

[BillK]

On Sat, 20 Sept 2025 at 21:51, Keith Henson via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/18/hives-honeybee-boom-tuscan-island-italy-aoe
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> Unrelated, the Asian murder hornets eat bees.  Over the past 15 or 20
> years, they have killed most of the bees in France.  When they invade
> the US, no more honey or almonds.
>
> Keith
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Some years ago, I was on holiday on the island of Ibiza (Spain).
One afternoon, I decided to wander up into the nearby pine forest.
Very quiet and peaceful, until I heard a faint droning noise, like a
turbine engine running. The noise became louder as I approached to
investigate who might have an engine running in the forest.
Then I noticed the insects, streaming to and from a large nest.
They were bigger than bees and noisier.
I had never seen anything like that in the UK. I assumed them to be
hornets and retreated much faster than I had approached!
Some things you just don't inspect closely.

BillK