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POPSGreen Porno I agree. Thank heavens penises are species specific, so I don't risk getting screwed by a bear. :lol: More "porn" here: http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno/
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POPS Design and Mathematics in Nature The findings of math among nature are endless; the possibilities for future innovations prove to be the same! http://www.abc.net.au/science/photos/mathsinnature/
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POPSAlfalfa Its an acre takes 20,000 bees for pollination of this crop...
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POPSHoney, I Killed the Superbug A message for people who think that local ecologies are not significant in the grand scheme of things. If the tree became extinct, this stuff wouldn't exist (the source doesn't mention whether the bee species is also specific to this type of honey. This makes the decline in the bee population over the last couple of years a matter of even more concern. Undoubtedly, there are people who would, without this information, consider either the trees or the bees not worth saving were they endangered. As they used to say, "Bee healthy; eat your honey!"
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POPSCocaine Turns Honeybees Into Liars There is a vid at the source showing an experiment which illustrates the role and accuracy of the bee waggle or dance on return to the nest. Great communication. Now to decode it.
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POPSBees buzz parked plane in Beverly Wilkins said the windy day may have forced the swarm down as it came across the airport. The queen, who is not used to flying long distances, may have stopped to rest, and the other bees congregated around to protect her. The bees usually have a destination picked out in advance. Wilkins, the past president of the Essex County Bee Association, and his wife, Linda, live on Mill Street in Middleton, and in April their hives were plundered by a black bear. A motion-activated camera captured an image of the bear milling about their backyard. It destroyed about eight hives, costing them hundreds of dollars. "This is replacing the hives (the bear) ate," Wilkins said of the bees he picked up in Danvers.
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POPS A Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse? The loss of honey bees could have an enormous horticultural and economic impact worldwide. Honeybees are important pollinators of crops, fruit and wild flowers and are indispensable for a sustainable and profitable agriculture as well as for the maintenance of the non-agricultural ecosystem. Honeybees are attacked by numerous pathogens including viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites. For most of these diseases, the molecular pathogenesis is poorly understood, hampering the development of new ways to prevent and combat honeybee diseases. So, any progress made in identifying causes and subsequent treatments of honey bee colony collapse is invaluable. "Now that we know one strain of parasite that could be responsible, we can look for signs of infection and treat any infected colonies before the infection spreads" said Dr Higes, principle researcher.
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POPSTeens Talking Sex with Strangers Via Text Messaging
First there was Sexting the practice of sending nude and seminude images via cell phones to classmates and now there is actual sex talking going on. This really should not come as any surprise to the thinking adult who understands the evils of the world. I mean teens talk sex to each other in classrooms and garages and any other place where they feel safe from parental oversight. With the advent of the computer age and INTERNET messaging services, this sex talk took to international levels. Teens looking for someone who will listen and not judge them could not log on to the world and find someone somewhere who will understand them. Now with texting capabilities on cell phones the web has become portable. Where once parents could control their child's access to the Internet by monitoring their on line time now they must monitor their cell phone use. How about parents just cancel the texting function of their child's cell phone? And do they really need a phone with a ca