Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Working with nature
Here's a well-told story about smart human farmers who developed a smart technology to take advantage of a dumb bee to pollinate an AMAZINGLY smart plant, leading to a unique agricultural niche product. Yet another brick added to the huge "This Can't Be Random" structure.
The best part is that a human government is actually respecting the hard-won knowledge and experience of the smart farmers!
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Here's a video by a bee expert showing how the alfalfa works. I remember fiddling with this mechanism on sweetpeas and snapdragons when I was young; it was fun but I didn't realize the 'snap' was a fiendish plan to insure that no bee escapes without carrying pollen!
The best part is that a human government is actually respecting the hard-won knowledge and experience of the smart farmers!
= = = = =
Here's a video by a bee expert showing how the alfalfa works. I remember fiddling with this mechanism on sweetpeas and snapdragons when I was young; it was fun but I didn't realize the 'snap' was a fiendish plan to insure that no bee escapes without carrying pollen!
Labels: Grand Blueprint, Smarty-plants
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