[ExI] Honey fraud

[Keith Henson]

Spike, I am not sure you grok the problem.

Best wishes,

Keith


On Wed, Aug 19, 2026 at 2:01 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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