It took a while for the linguistic penny to drop, but I finally realised that the bee’s knees were covered in pollen, because that’s where they collect it when they are out and about being bees.
Those really are the bee’s knees!
And I have just learnt that nectar is carbs and pollen is protein, that the honey is made from the nectar but the protein pollen is fed to the baby [or inchoate!] bees, and that the way you travel with bees is at night, because they always return to the hive in the evenings, and the hive is where the home is, when they wake up. Some rather alarming information about mites too and the loss of the feral population, and as it was getting too exciting, I thought I should share without finishing, as I trust the inimitable Russ Roberts, and the guest was a font of information about bees, not just biology but also their role in the agricultural economy. So here Professor Roberts is, saving you from reading yet another fascinating book:
Wally Thurman on Bees, Beekeeping, and Coase
A good listen on a frosty Montag, and I hope there is a little pot in your honey, er, I mean honey in your pot today.
More bee’s knees
Be(e) back soon
Sorry-too quick on the trigger
Be(e) back soon
Sundown at the Permabear Alamo
And…Good Morning!
Hey ho! I just finally read all of the comments – I have been wayward – and boy what a shit storm I must have missed! But I don’t want to go and look. I think I will unsubscribe to that irritating weekly email finally though.
EO – you are clearly an idiot to have not lost even more money on principle, and are a spineless worm for investing in a paper ponzi scheme for the betterment of your family, and for sharing your accurate insights. I just wanted to get that out of the way.
And Dude, those are very nice knees.
Oh, and I tested the same as EO, if I remember correctly, down to the closer categories.
And I didn’t know c**t was a nickname for a cat.
another Hymenopteran (w/Dipteran)
Yes I do remember Hymenoptera from fall of 1964 10th grade Biology (maybe” hymen” had something to do with it). That’s when I was still serious about school and received 197 out of a possible 200 points on my bug (o.k. Mr Mullin, ) INSECT collection. That spring however, that same teacher would comment on my report card that “Jerry has become a real eightball”. Hey, I was bored, o.k.? Just lookin’ for some fun.
no! not that one Xty!
my Dad raised honeybees when i was a kid. i had my own hive one year, and it kicked ass! it had the most “supers” by the end of the season. i’m not sure if my hive received any better treatment than the others, so i chalked it up to good genetics and luck. speaking of chalk…
Thanks Xty B,
A sunny summer Bee related article, perfect ‘medicine’ for making it through another winter day. Understand, i’m not a wimp for hating even Georgia winters, it’s just that I have some genetic condition causing me to only be completely happy when it’s sunny and about 110 degrees. (wonder if Obamacare would cover sending me to the islands for winter? for my ‘condition’… guess we’ll never know!! lol)
I’d rather stick to being distracted from it by this ‘good medicine’ anyway!
(last night at about 11 p.m., i’m at the gym lifting weights, headphones on.. walking from the machines back to the dumbbell rack when, out of the blue- “no no no” and the dog nipping the heels of somebody who dared go to the bathroom popped into my head… LOL I really need to learn how to focus on what i’m doing.. . . . someday..
a very kind
found his way here and insisted that i play this tune; he is quite selfish. 
jonsin for some jackson.
random-select.
old bruce for ol EO,..yep.
another times forgotten space..and woodpeckers are not happenstance.
really glad to see you 44. this video compliments and who knows, it may even supplement. all of you are awesome. thank you all for everything you do. OK… maybe i smoked a little on a Monday. back off.
no maybes about it. it’s without a doubt now. and if your eyes don’t get a bit wet, you have no heart… 😎
and good morning!
Stellar pick there, peckerwood! 😥
Hey, how about dem Lions last night, eh! Packers control their own destiny now, and Rodgers comes back on Sunday, you read it here first. It will come down to Packers/Bears at Chicago, for all the marbles on Dec. 29.
And…Good Morning!
Thx Pete.
I miss Clarence. 🙁
Mornin’ Xty, Pete and EO. Wake up DP!
that’s right, DP. If you are going to hoot with the night owls, you gotta soar with eagles!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_It_Easy
It is very cold.
is only allowed outside and it is cold enough to make your teeth hurt.
I switched my degrees to Fahrenheit and now it is only -9. Much better.
We are having a heat wave here. It might pop above freezing in the next couple of days.
Oops, gotta run. Jenny just threw up, though she is already helping with the clean up. 🙄
Today Ritholtz linked one of his gems from three years ago. I was going to get razzy about the relative performance of various asset classes since then, but then decided that would just be rude.
The PermaBear to English Translation Guide
The Science Behind Stuffing Your Face at Christmas
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/iraq-violence_n_4420843.html?ir=Politics&ref=topbar
EO sez: Ok, so you’ve got a completely ineffectual government, standing aside and letting private capital do it’s thing. You know, Lezzy Fair, or whatever. No taxes, no regs, unfettered business formation, the invisible hand, blah, blah, blah. Plus, the social side is controlled by solid religious fundamentals. Sounds like a Tea Party Utopia, right?
Tea Party sez: Yeah, but those people aren’t White Christians.
EO sez: Oh… 🙄
Xty- hope the wind isn’t blowing there.
um, i’m not banned? wasn’t i a bad enough boy last night?
yes, a heat wave for sure. i’m going to be lazy and not shovel the snow we weren’t supposed to get last evening.
yes EO, anarchy is awesome isn’t it? left to their own devices, people naturally will do what is in the best interest of their community. same behavior is demonstrated by larger groups, and it has been proven again and again. it would be obvious, but the stupid pundits keep giving these ideas new names, like efficient market hypothesis, supply side economics, rational expectations, and so on. sheesh, 30 some years of deregulation and regressive taxes have created an economy in the USA that is the envy of the world. the only reason there are still some people left behind is because they are too lazy to create a job for themselves, and also that the God damned liberals have not allowed the neocons (called Teabaggers now) to go all the way with their reforms.
man, i started out in such a great mood this morning, what happened? 🙂
Sorry Buddy. Here, this will cheer you up. Two words.
Anarcho….Capitalism
No really, this will cheer you up. Nuthin’ like a little “hair of the dog”.
Hair of the Dog
My neighbour, the one in the newish infill, throws his snow from his driveway over the fence into my garden. Throw it back over? Put up a sign? Build a bigger fence? And don’t suggest asking him not to, that was my first idea, and it seems to have failed. He is furtive, so we know he knows it is wrong, but of course, then there is this snow pile on our side of the fence to explain. It is not only bad form, it is bad for my lilacs. He dodges all human contact, and is, rumour has it, a doctor. Yikes. A fifty something professional and he behaves like an angry three year old.
Oh, and anarchy and thank god for the constitution! The oxymoronic cry!
C’mon xty, cut the guy some slack. He’s just pursuing his own rational self-interest. If we all were free to do that, the world would be totally bitchin’ awesome, plus we’d be justified in capping all those damn socialists right in the fuckin head.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism_(Ayn_Rand)
Well, it’s been fun guys, but I actually have to go to work this afternoon.
Wage Slavery
What would the Dude do, Xty? Actually nothing, Walter would intercede w/o even asking.
Those CCR lyrics containing “Illinois” puts me in mind of this (I knew Jody)
edit- shoot, I left 4 spaces and it still wouldn’t separate out.
the pretty Bier Mädchen was working until you had to bring up Ayn Rand. i find her revolting, in philosophy, and in appearance. she just plain looks evil. i doubt too many people would really be calling themselves “Randian” if they understood the philosophy, rather than basing their opinion on a B movie, or on the rhetoric of hatebags such as Limbaugh. (vomit wells up in throat) interesting in that i live in Paul Ryan’s hometown, and that idiot really stepped in it here. he had to do some serious back pedaling in the smoldering economic crater of a once thriving mid-western city. but i actually indirectly know the guy. he’s like 99% of the politicians in the USA now – he doesn’t really believe in anything at all. he believes in getting reelected. it’s an ego trip, and that is all. fuck you Paul Ryan. oops. 😀
now before anyone dares call me partisan, let me clear something up. there has to be more than one choice offered to allow for partisanship. what has happened to a large degree in the USA is that the center has not only moved to the right, but both parties in practice are all neoconservative, and that has allowed the far right to go even more wingnut. so the last liberal president obviously was Jimmy Carter. yes, there are some liberal senators and congressman left, but mostly in rhetoric only. anyway, those who think Obama is a liberal are stupid. even his health care plan isn’t liberal – it is a massive wealth transfer to big pharma, and big insurance. but i could go on all day. it is refreshing to be allowed to speak my mind.
Xty – here is what i would do. ask him once more to stop. if he doesn’t, take some pictures, and start posting them around the neighborhood with a little note, including a few where he can see them. sometimes shame is the only way to get these Randian assholes to stop. (i had to get one last dig in.)
and after that nearly incoherent ramble, i do really feel better!
Songwriters: J. C. FOGERTY
IT CAME OUT OF THE SKY
Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little South of Moline.
Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn’t b’lieve what he seen.
Laid on the ground and shook fearin’ for his life.
Then he ran all the way to town screamin’ it came out of the sky.
Well, a crowd gathered round and a scientish said it was marsh gas.
Spiro came and made a speed about raising the Mars tax.
The Vatican said, woe, the Lord has come, Hollywood rushed out an epic film
And Ronnie the Popular said it was a communist plot.
Oh, the newspapers came and made Jody a national hero.
Walter and Eric said they’d put him on a network TV show.
The White House said, put the thing in the Blue Room, the Vatican said,
No, it belongs to Rome
And Jody said, it’s mine and you can have it for seventeen million.
Oh, it came out of the sky, landed just a little South of Moline.
Jody fell out of his tractor, couldn’t b lieve what he seen.
Laid on the ground a shakin’, fearin’ for his life.
Oh, then he ran all the way to town screamin’ it came out of the sky.
– John C. Fogerty
well, i guess i failed to get you riled up Dude.
i bet you like this song too…