Some were wondering why the US government and universities were 'squandering' money on a robotic bee projectwhen we already have perfectly fine, inexpensive fully-functioning bees. http://robobees.seas.harvard.edu/ http://gigaom.com/2012/10/01/researchers-using-ai-to-build-robotic-bees/ We can quit worrying now. Seems that they may not have had pollination in mind after all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VwKWJLC6BwU *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm