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African Bees Devastated by Mutant Clone Bees

Posted by michael on from the nuttin-honey dept.

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."

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  1. Will the African-honeybee species go extinct? by robolemon · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  2. are you gonna release the dogs? by explosionhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...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.

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  3. What Chance Do The Native Bees Have? by funkhauser · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

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