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CourtneyGQuinn
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posted 11 September 2005 11:19 PM      Profile for CourtneyGQuinn     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
there's a grocery store flyer in front of me advertising 10 kg of sugar for $5.88...

how many bees would it take to convert that amount of sugar into how much wax and how much honey honey? (assuming the bees ain't GMed)...wicked wax and fermented honey both might bee potential fuel sources

imagine an automated machine whereby you dump in a 22 pound bag of sugar once a week and recieve a few pounds of wax to heat your home/water , and a few pounds of fermented honey to fuel your vehicle

so i can think of three outputs coming from BEE + SUGAR machine...1)heat from the hive....2)wax for wick and warmth...3)honey for alcohol fermentation and fuel


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posted 11 September 2005 11:22 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Okay, this HAS to be a prank.
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'lance
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posted 11 September 2005 11:30 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Don't bee so negative, Michelle!
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posted 11 September 2005 11:32 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Oh heck, I'm not being negative! I'm probably Courtney's biggest fan on babble. These threads always make me giggle, especially since I KNOW what reaction they're going to get.
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'lance
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posted 11 September 2005 11:35 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
They'll create a certain buzz, you mean?
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posted 11 September 2005 11:39 PM      Profile for mersh     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Can the bees wear webcams? If so, I'm out of work.
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posted 11 September 2005 11:47 PM      Profile for HeywoodFloyd     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Could we use the wax energy to power a peanut churner? I'd love to be able to turn 22 lbs of sugar into a peanut-butter and honey sandwich.

One thing that concerns me is the noise. Lets face it, bees aint quiet. Perhaps we could get Edelbrock Performance Products to develop mufflers we could mount on the bees to cut down on the noise.


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'lance
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posted 11 September 2005 11:49 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Could we use the wax energy to power a peanut churner? I'd love to be able to turn 22 lbs of sugar into a peanut-butter and honey sandwich.

Dude man, 22 lbs, in one sandwich? Way too sweet. I'd break out in hives.


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posted 11 September 2005 11:50 PM      Profile for HeywoodFloyd     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
oh beehave.
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'lance
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posted 11 September 2005 11:52 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Something tells me this thread will drone on for some time.
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posted 11 September 2005 11:53 PM      Profile for HeywoodFloyd     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I expect it will generate a buzz.
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'lance
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posted 11 September 2005 11:55 PM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Foul! No repetitions!

HF's out. Michelle? Your serve.


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posted 11 September 2005 11:57 PM      Profile for HeywoodFloyd     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
aargh. Mulligan.

What I meant to say was:

And when this thread is done we will all wax polemic over its splendor.


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Mr. Magoo
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posted 11 September 2005 11:57 PM      Profile for Mr. Magoo   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Sugar can ferment into burnable, driveable alcohol all on its own. Tricking bees into eating it so they can poop out A little bit o' honey which we can then ferment into alcohol is like some kind of biological Rube Goldberg device. It's as retarded as throwing a bucket of ice on your roof so you can put the bucket under the drainpipe an hour later and collect a half a bucket of water and say "Look! Water, which we can drink, or bathe with! It's a friggin' miracle!"

On the bright side though, I think I'm onto Courtney now. Courtney IS A BEE. It explains the bee-centric ideas, and it certainly explains the whole "C'mon, let's feed bees sugar. Feed them LOTS OF SUGAR! C'MON!!! SUGARSUGARSUGAR!!!"


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posted 12 September 2005 12:00 AM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Feed them LOTS OF SUGAR! C'MON!!! SUGARSUGARSUGAR!!!"

Alternatively, Courtney is the last surviving member of the Archies.

But Magoo, my dear chap. Manners, please. You're interrupting a perfectly good pun cascade, here.

HF? Mulligan accepted. You may play through.


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posted 12 September 2005 12:12 AM      Profile for HeywoodFloyd     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Thank Jebus you said "through" and not **. It would bring down an angry swarm of P*********e A*****s.
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posted 12 September 2005 12:17 AM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
'lance, honey, I really am above all these ridiculous puns.

But since we're on the subject of bees...if I were a bee...and you were a gay bee...not that there's anything wrong with that...but if you were a gay bee...would you find me attractive?

(I have no idea where that quote comes from - I just remember it was some comedy skit or routine from when I was a teenager. I'm not even sure I have gotten it straight. Er, gay. Whatever.)


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'lance
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posted 12 September 2005 12:36 AM      Profile for 'lance     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Maybe SNL, Michelle? John Belushi in a bee costume, and all that?

Meanwhile, if I were a carpenter, and you were a queen... ah, lady... ah, skip it...

[ 12 September 2005: Message edited by: 'lance ]


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posted 12 September 2005 12:54 AM      Profile for Mr. Magoo   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
But Magoo, my dear chap. Manners, please. You're interrupting a perfectly good pun cascade, here.

In my defense, it happened as I was posting, otherwise I'd have let you hive your fun.


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posted 12 September 2005 01:20 AM      Profile for CourtneyGQuinn     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
industrializing yeast lifeforms for the environment is one thing....industrializing bees is another
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posted 12 September 2005 01:51 AM      Profile for blacklisted     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
and, of course, what thread would be complete without ..a recipe
Bakutig traditional recipe from Nepal
Brood combs from traditional honey hunts in Nepal are placed into coarse woven fabric or bags and squeezed. The resulting juice is collected and heated over a fire while stirring. The result is described as having a texture similar to that of scrambled eggs but the flavour should be richer.

http://www.fao.org/docrep/w0076e/w0076e19.htm


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posted 12 September 2005 11:56 AM      Profile for TemporalHominid   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by CourtneyGQuinn:
there's a grocery store flyer in front of me advertising 10 kg of sugar for $5.88...

how many bees would it take to convert that amount of sugar into how much wax and how much honey honey?



38, because that is the number of days it would take 400 ants to shingle a dog house with pancakes. Coincidentaly this is the number of bananas that would fit into an Indian elephant's ear.


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posted 12 September 2005 12:15 PM      Profile for Mr. Magoo   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
so i can think of three outputs coming from BEE + SUGAR machine...1)heat from the hive....2)wax for wick and warmth...3)honey for alcohol fermentation and fuel

4) a swarm of angry, stinging bees if you ever open the little door marked "Warning: fucking pissed off bees inside!"


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Well, Magoo, in collaboration with your dear associate Courtney, you've hit upon a great idea. Why not every vending machine double as a bee-hive ?! It is efficient, making use of all that otherwise wasted space inside, a perfect tamper-proof security against those who try to bust into the cash box, and the bees would patrol the entire area, scooping up discarded bits of soft-drink, chocolate bar, etc., efficiently converting them to honey, and to beeswax that could be used to lubricate the inner works of the vending machine, and ......
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posted 12 September 2005 12:36 PM      Profile for Tommy Shanks     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Not with the frigging bees again. Courtney, I just can't beelieve you.
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posted 12 September 2005 12:41 PM      Profile for chubbybear        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Half a bee, philosophically,
Must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee has got to be
Vis a vis, its entity. D'you see?

But can a bee be said to be
Or not to be an entire bee
When half the bee is not a bee
Due to some ancient injury?


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posted 12 September 2005 01:11 PM      Profile for HeywoodFloyd     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Mr. Magoo:

4) a swarm of angry, stinging bees if you ever open the little door marked "Warning: fucking pissed off bees inside!"


I'm laughing so hard right now I'm crying. Funniest post of the day.


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posted 12 September 2005 01:19 PM      Profile for Crippled_Newsie     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by CourtneyGQuinn:
industrializing yeast lifeforms for the environment is one thing....industrializing bees is another


Honey for the bees! Alcohol for the yeast!
Down with bee and yeast exploitation!

[ 12 September 2005: Message edited by: Tape_342 ]


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Michelle
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posted 12 September 2005 03:37 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Courtney, Magoo's associate! HA!

I'm sorry, I get way too much enjoyment out of these threads, don't I?


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miles
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posted 12 September 2005 03:40 PM      Profile for miles     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by CourtneyGQuinn:
industrializing yeast lifeforms for the environment is one thing....industrializing bees is another

Oh the humanity....I am seeing a SNL skit with the sugarmatic 3000 it slices, it dices, it makes honey and sugar


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posted 12 September 2005 11:03 PM      Profile for Mr. Anonymous     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
In a similar vein, there is a lady in Martha's Vinyard who makes 6 figures during the warmer months with an organic greenhouse largely fed and warmed (fertilizer and body heat) by chickens.

http://www.solviva.com/
The website seems interesting, though her book didn't do too well on amazon.com in terms of reviews.

"My experience has provided powerful evidence that indicates that we do indeed, today, have technologies and methods available that are capable of heating and cooling our buildings, generating electricity, providing food and transportation, and managing wastewater and solid wastes, in ways that reduce pollution and depletion of resources by 80% or more. Furthermore, it proves that this can be done in ways that reduce the cost of living, and improve security, health and comfort."

Certain chapters of the book can be found here: http://www.solviva.com/solviva_book.htm

Some interesting quotes here as well:
http://www.solviva.com/important_quotes.htm

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posted 12 September 2005 11:05 PM      Profile for Michelle   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Permaculture!
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posted 13 September 2005 01:54 AM      Profile for Rufus Polson     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
More of Courtney's bumbling ideas? This one seems particularly a-pollen.
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posted 13 September 2005 02:45 PM      Profile for maestro     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Hmmmmm...

To bee, or not to bee, that is the question...

This quote is from Shakespeare's famous play, 'Humlet'.


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quote:
Originally posted by CourtneyGQuinn:
there's a grocery store flyer in front of me advertising 10 kg of sugar for $5.88...

how many bees would it take to convert that amount of sugar into how much wax and how much honey honey? (assuming the bees ain't GMed)...wicked wax and fermented honey both might bee potential fuel sources

imagine an automated machine whereby you dump in a 22 pound bag of sugar once a week and recieve a few pounds of wax to heat your home/water , and a few pounds of fermented honey to fuel your vehicle

so i can think of three outputs coming from BEE + SUGAR machine...1)heat from the hive....2)wax for wick and warmth...3)honey for alcohol fermentation and fuel


Sorry to bee pedantic, but they can't turn straight sugar into wax.


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One day 4 bees were returning to their hive with their little pollen carriers filled to capacity when one of them said, "I'm really tired. Can we take 5?"

"Good idea," said another. "See that Shell station down there? Let's rest on top of the sign for a few minutes." So they all headed for the top of the Shell sign except one bee. He went across the street and rested on top of an Esso sign.

"What's with him?" enquired one of the bees.

His friend replied, "I guess it's true - there's an Esso bee in every crowd!"


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posted 29 September 2005 11:29 AM      Profile for Lard Tunderin' Jeezus   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
22 pounds of sugar....$5.88....and how much human misery?
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Bee-cause it's Big Sugar I hope you will excuse me.

A worthwhile program. Across the board we need to make the connections with what we are consuming. The suffering of the workers on the plantation in the Dominican Republic is unbelieveable.


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posted 29 September 2005 10:37 PM      Profile for Farmageddon     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
10 pounds of sugar, will make 3 pounds of honey.
It takes 6 pounds of honey to make one pound of wax.
Bees do not "poop" out honey, they vomit it up after the honey stomach has added an enzyme that isolates the sugar molecules.

Bee-lieve it, it's true.

F


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