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China’s Human Bees

There’s a new book about honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder, the unexplained disappearance of worker bees leading to the destruction of bee colonies throughout the world. A recent interview with the author of Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey... ...full story at Mutant Palm

from Mutant Palm on Sun, Nov 09 2008

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26 Oct 07 visit Doming Lam 林樂培: Insert World 昆蟲世界 - I The Busy Bees 勤蜂嗡嗡  »  YouTube video"小蜜蜂,嗡嗡嗡,飛到西 ,飛到東; 採花粉兒 蜜糖,一生一世勤做工。" "Little bees, buzzing by, Fly to the east & fly to the west, Making honey and never rest" Yan Hui-chang 閻惠昌 conducting the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestr...
28 Sep 08 visit China contemplates America’s potential collapse and what it means to them  »  Peking Duck This is an intriguing article from China Daily, written by a government researcher. It sheds some light on the question the whole world has been wondering about lately, i.e., how will China react to the collapse of America’s leading financial...
26 Apr 09 visit The greatness of Chiang Kai Shek  »  Peking Duck Rehabilitating one of the world’s most reviled tyrants. It’s no small task but the author’s heart is definitely in it. It’s a fascinating book review, whether you agree with it or not. Loved the last sentence: Perhaps Chiang has...
02 Apr 09 visit Even (alleged) state-sponsored kidnappers should hire PR consultants, sometimes.  »  Shanghai Scrap Over the last six months, countless media outlets have run stories on China’s role as the world’s biggest recycler, and thus its role in the Fall 2008 collapse of the international scrap recycling markets. Of those stories, a very high...
06 Jan 09 visit ‘To Collapse or Not To Collapse’ Is Not The Question  »  Mutant Palm Rebecca Mackinnon has started a public wiki for predictions about China in ‘09. The first entry is a post by Daniel Drezner whose blog just migrated to Foreign Policy. Drezner cites the recent Charter ‘08 manifesto signed by hundreds of...
14 Jan 09 visit Scrap Radio - Dublin Edition  »  Shanghai Scrap Briefly: I’ll be a guest on RTÉ Radio 1’s Today with Pat Kenny, broadcast from Dublin, on Thursday, January 15, during the 11 AM hour, Dublin time (7:00 PM in Shanghai, and 5:00 AM in Minnesota). We’re going to discuss the collapse o...

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