They’re powered by sound from other sources but don’t create sound themselves…no?

That’s far too forgiving. A blunt spoon should be used.

I think there’s an element of media click bait and finger pointing to funding cuts to sell an otherwise mediocre story.

Something I picked up on at uni re commercial beeking practices is that the cell size is dictated by the farmer by providing a framework for the bees to build around and lay their eggs in (as well as store honey). This cell size is larger than the natural mean size. This results in larger adults that can then forage more and produce more honey. Great! Except that the bees spend longer as larvae and if there’s varroa mite present in the hive the adults come out weakened as the mites feed on the larvae for longer.

For me colony collapse disorder hinges around this, but I haven’t read about this subject in some years so don’t know if it has been discounted.

Very much so an economic problem, commercial honey production is a very intensive type of animal husbandry.

It should be noted that honey bees are not native to the US so are a wholly farmed animal.

The method of fully replacing colonies is one of the issues in commercial beekeeping as the genetic diversity is very poor because there aren’t enough different suppliers.

Edit - just seen someone else has said much the same

At least a decade. I did a small module at uni about a decade ago on colony collapse disorder and varroa mites were a prime culprit, alongside various viruses. Plenty of research already done then, but no concrete answer at that time.

This is hardly news per se, rather a typical attention grabbing media headline saying that they came to a conclusion what the cause was last year after 6 months, whilst blaming cutbacks.

A single finger for a wooden club, beaten by rock that breaks it & a cupped hand for water, that rock sinks in (looses) and wooden club flosts on (wins). Sorted.

If my understanding of physics is correct, they’d have to be slap bang in the centre of the reflected image (assuming a perfect sphere), so somewhere on the framework of the corner of the building.

They don’t exist without them though, and it is sometimes necessary to make a point to all companies and their sentient rulers by e.g. boycotting them, forever.

I did chuckle inside when I read the post, so maybe.

Though I think he’s been laughing for some time now so he could be hysterical with how things have panned out.

Nailed on. And that quote, spread it far and wide.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-panama-canal-military-us-troops-b2714558.html

Edit, beaten to it by someone more thorough!

Yup, same, I didn’t even look for hints, just tried those lyrics…and groaned! Just like loosing the game, once you’ve been sucked into the vortex you’ll never get out!

And yes, I just lost the game.

I was so hoping that was toasty the toaster! Waffles? How about a bagel?

Pot kettle black. Also a monstrous gobshite. He was bad enough just as an annoying business owner, now we have to put up with so much more.

Welcome to politics, there’s all sorts going on that we know nothing about that will influence who says what about whom, when and why. Hypocrisy is irrelevant to these people. He’s just influencing.

Damn you Kropotkin!

Yeah, my first thought was, isn’t Hungarian far more complex/different. Also, Icelandic is meant to be very difficult to learn too!

Alas I can’t find any news reports in the UK stating hundreds of thousands, that’s a really significant number of people for the UK, rather tens of thousands. Last year saw 300,000 pro Palestine protesters head to London, but it appears to be an over-‘estimation’ for this protest. Great to see people still going out in the UK though.

Makes sense, use the prey’s weight and momentum to do the hard work, rather than the relativly feable arm of a much smaller creature!