Lest subscribers think of me as too serious, they should know that romantic treatments are fine with me. Consider for example one of my favorite childrens' books: 1984 (paper) NED KELLY & THE CITY OF THE BEES by Thomas Keneally (author of SCHINDLER'S LIST). David R. Godine, Publisher; Box 9103 Lincoln, MA 01773 ISBN 1-56792-022-5 Ned slipped into a coma --- but actually (for the sake of the story) he spent a summer in a bee hive in the company of a 120-year-old girl called Nancy Clancy. To do so, of course, he had to become miniaturized to her size. A young child can learn much about life in a bee colony by reading the book. No, I am sure it was not peer reviewed. Adrian Adrian M. Wenner (805) 963-8508 (home phone) 967 Garcia Road (805) 893-8062 (UCSB FAX) Santa Barbara, CA 93106 ***************************************************************************** * * "...it is lamentable how each man draws his own different conclusions * from the very same fact" * * Charles Darwin, in a letter to Alfred Russel Wallace on 1 May 1857 * *****************************************************************************