[ExI] Honey fraud

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Keith Henson via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Honey fraud

 

>…Bees in France have a really hard time with the murder hornets. Last time I looked, the hornets had spread as far as Spain. European bees have no defense, and a hornet nest can clean out a hive in a few hours.

 

>…When this first happened, I tried to connect them with Jordan Kare's company, which had a laser bug zapper that figured out what it was about to blast. Installed on bee hives, it could have burned the hornets out of the air and protected the bees. But I had no luck in connecting them.

 

>…The UK gets a few of these hornets that are blown or fly over the channel every year, but so far, they have kept them under control. 


Keith

 

 

 

Keith, I failed to carry out my idea last time this came up in this medium.  The entrance to a commercial beehive is a narrow slot.  Bees can fly thru it, but murder hornets must walk thru.  So place two electrified copper strips across the entrance, far enough apart the bees can’t span it but the hornets are murdered.

 

I like the idea of a laser bug zapper as much as anyone but that electrified copper strip idea is cheaper and easy to install: a strip of tape with copper strips on either side and wires soldered on.  Won’t those murderous hornets be surprised: they have successfully eaten dozens of beehives, then one sunny day when some Jacobin murder hornet least expects it, le hive suddenly explodes, ending his reign of terror, turning him into a french fry.

 

spike  

 

 

 

 

 

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