From the Mind of Trevor Stone

Via cheetahmaster, a New York Times article about folks who recently published an explanation of colony collapse disorder among honeybees, using homeland security biological weapon analysis systems among other things. The article is a little odd, working in a reference to the atom bomb, but seems to faithfully describe the research. We got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk… It was very complicated. The article, on PLoS ONE: Iridovirus and Microsporidian Linked to Honey Bee Colony Decline

As I've said before, if we lose the bees, we're fucked.

At least ten bees are very interested in the outdoor carpet on my porch which is in the sun. I don't know why. There are some tree seed droppings out there, but the whole point of flinging your seed on the wind is that bees aren't needed.