"However the money was given to  Harvard (4 million dollars) to *try* to
build a hive of robotic bees!"
 
Bob,
Love your posts but I guess you didn't watch the whole video on the link that Dick Maron posted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bLTiYkYyVc
 
Otherwise you woud have known it was a 10 mil (over 5n yrs) Expeditions and Computing grant from the NSF.
 
From a pollination(and beekeeping) viewpoint this is pure crap but from a computing,electrical and mechanical engineering viewpoint I see some fantastic potential.
 
Who cares if they're riding the CCD coattails,.   It's still science and the money stays local.
 
Jack

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