I won't drone on about this, but now drones might threaten your drones.

From Kim Flottum's excellent "Catch the Buzz":
http://beeculture.com/category/catch-the-buzz/

In short, the FAA approved the Yamaha RMAX Drone to do crop dusting in the
USA

Video goodness here:
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/51049/20150506/faa-approves-yamaha-rmax-dr
one-to-spray-crops-in-u-s.htm
http://tinyurl.com/m3w75gp

In a related item, Fischer Alchemy and the Estes Model Rocket company have
announced a joint venture to offer surface-to-air missiles with a 200-foot
height limit to protect your beeyard from drones that overfly your airspace
without endangering commercial aircraft (FAA approval pending).  Call for
pricing, and ask about our anti-drone ECM countermeasures package for
apiaries in more populated areas - don't shoot down the drone, own the
drone!

I tried to explain all this to a friend here in the city, and he expressed
amazement that farmers were so tidy.
"I had no idea anyone DUSTED their crops" he said.

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