African Bees Devastated by Mutant Clone Bees

a7244270 writes "Seems that the South African honey industry, as well as the plant life there that depends on bees for pollination, is under threat of destuction by some mutated, self cloning bees. This article in The Economist has the story."

Comments

Make new ones?

[Shade1001]

We can always make new ones, genetic engineering works! (ya right...)

Will the African-honeybee species go extinct?

[robolemon]

Two bees, or not two bees?
That is the question.

are you gonna release the dogs?

[explosionhead]

...or the bees?
...or the dogs with bees in their mouth and when they bark they shoot bees at you?

Well, it appears that it won't be African bees then.

America needs these

[Xenkar]

If these mutant bees are released in the US, we won't have to worry about africanized honey bee hives, or even worse, Hollywood making more movies about africanized honey bee attacks.

What Chance Do The Native Bees Have?

[funkhauser]

What chance do those poor, peaceful, native honey bees have against these mutants?!? I mean, the admantium exoskeleton, the laser beam eyes. And one of the mutants has the strength of TWENTY normal bees. And I don't even want to get started on the bee that can control magnetic fields. Sheesh!

Re:What Chance Do The Native Bees Have?

[dprust]

It's time to start a bee lobby in Washington and fight for these noble creatures. Let's give the bees minority status, and get them some special treatment. The cloning aristocracy must NOT keep the proleteriat bee down by exploting their resources. The time to act is NOW!

OK it has to bee said.......

[isotope23]

Imagine a

BEEOWOLF cluster of these!!!

Yes yes, I will beear the stings and
arrows of outrageous punning.....