In the interest of keeping beekeepers up to date on positive (and humorous)
public images of bees, there is a new columnist in the San Francisco Examiner
calling himself Bernie the cockroach. Bernie has a wise sidekick, Buzz the
Bee, and these two characters muckrake and opine and do all the other things
that columnists do. He recently outed CBS for piping in fake birdsong during
a golf tournament. Thought some of the naturalists among you might be amused.

Birdwatching at CBS

The creative broadcasting network is at it again.
CBS has been sweetening its golf coverage
with fake bird sounds.

The TV network was busted by keen-eared birders
who knew instantly that the silky song
of the western canyon wren could not possibly be heard
at the Buick Open in Michigan. As one bird enthusiast
groused, "Why not dub in harp music
and rainbows for certain crucial holes?"

Buzz the bee butted into my reading.
"Bernie," he grumbled, "The network isn't lying
so much as acting out of habit.
Look at some of the other phony birds
at CBS."
The rest of the column is Buzz the bee reciting some less-than-
stellar moments in CBS news history.
Check it out at:
http://examiner.com/000908/0908bernie.html