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| Comments on Thursday 19 August 2004: |
| Apparently, bees can carry about half their weight. The mass of a bee is about half a gram. So it's implied that a bee can carry about a quarter of a gram, or, and this is the important part, that four bees correctly harnessed can carry one gram, and hence four thousand bees can carry a kilogram. A person weighs about 60kg, which means that it only takes a quarter of a million bees acting in unison to carry a person. Now, 80 million bees plus honey is apparently worth about $10,000, which implies that, in the worst-case scenario of the honey being worthless, a million bees costs only about $125 - that's enough bees to carry four fairly light people, or two fatties. And yet people still buy cars. [04:01] |
| AttackOfTheSpam |
| But what about the weight of the harness? |
| Vladia |
| That's hilarious...but...yes I am devicing a plan to be rid of the new assistant principal...BWAHAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHA! hahaha! ha... heh |
| Draes |
| Assuming that you'd actually trust bees to cary you around... hopefully you have no allergic reaction. |
| Digi |
| Do vegans eat honey? |
| RavenBlack |
| It's a bit borderline, like vegetarians eating things with gelatine in or eating cheese that's made with rennet. |
| Steel Talon |
| You would have to train the bees first, but that's a really good idea. |
| AttackOfTheSpam |
| I have a friend who claims to be vegan, and yet continues to eat shellfish. How long do bees live? One's savings in the short term would not necessarily be worth one's spending in the long term. |
| Elizabeth |
| ooo... very witty! Where does one go about purchasing a bundle of bees? (a gaggle? a pride? a swarm?) And, of course... just to be nice you'd have to get them some comfortable housing. ...Bee stables? And all that lifting must be hard on their backs... full exoskeleton massage at a day spa once a month would be a nice little treat for them, I reckon. ^^ |
| Vee |
| hehe must use this.. and credit you fully ofcourse.. heh bees |