From: [log in to unmask] Dear BEE-Liners: Come now! Let's have at least a quantum of reputable scholarship around here. I have it on EXCELLENT authority (the "below- stairs" craftsmen that Liz mentioned was actually an ancestor of mine, although nowadays we prefer to call ourselves "daemons"; now that we have ascended to the middle-class and have found a home slinking around the innards of computer operating systems) that "the bee" in question was not just ANY OLD BEE: it was, of course . . . . a BUMBLE BEE!! Furthermore, we have it on equally excellent authority that those "other sort of bees" were actually invented in the 1930's by a gentle- man named Mr. Henry Ford, who figured that if you could mass-produce them in large enough numbers (albeit at some sacrifice in body size) then you could convince a gullible (farming) public that they could do as good a job as the real McCoy. But we know better, don't we Liz--and (moreover) WE sure as heck ain't gonna be fooled by them optical delusions in Brasil . . . Best regards, Chris Plowright. -- Chris Plowright - via the University of Ottawa Return addresses: via INTERNET: [log in to unmask] via UUCP : ...uunet!mitel!cunews!csi2!uplow!chris