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

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> 

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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.
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> Keith
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> Keith, your last sentence sounds far too defeatist and implausible, considering the value loss for not fighting back.

>...The French did not try to stop them.  The Brits are trying...

Kieth considering the history of the 20th century...

Eh... I might just stop writing there, for you kinda know I am thinking.  {8^D

>...  Japanese honeybees have evolved a way of killing hornets by forming a ball around them and overheating the hornet...

That comment brightened my day.  How cool is it to see evolution of a behavior in a human lifetime?  We could get embedded cameras, make real time video of the battles, cheer em on, make bets, that kinda thing.   

>...Ten years ago (or more) I proposed that the French modify a laser insect killer Jordan Kare was involved with to protect hives...

Oh think of the possibilities.  If we could somehow rig those things to be user controlled, double gimble on the laser, have real-time feedback.  Users on another continent pay to battle actual murder hornets with steerable lasers, such fun.  It's the next dimension in video gaming, this time with real-world consequences.  

Consider the famous quote by the badass airman who was on the radio when he was jumped by a squadron of krauts: Can't talk, gotta shoot.  

Kieth just think of all the unpleasant discussions that line could get you outta, when battling actual predators real time.  People would pay to play.

>...Nothing came of it.  Keith

Ja, damn.  The laser hornet blaster game might not pencil out either, and it would be expensive to set up.

But a pulsed voltage strip doesn't actually complete a circuit until the predator steps on it, so it wouldn't take much power.  A battery with a small solar array 10 cm on a side might be enough to keep it charged.

spike