Totty wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote:
Sacha wrote:
On 17/7/05 17:33, in article
, "Jaques
d'Alltrades"
wrote:
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
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I have also heard that bees get "drunk" on nectar.
Apparently,
whilst they are on the backs kicking their legs around, ,
you
can tickle their tummys!
I often wonder if it is just an overload of pollen in their
leg
sacs preventing take-off!
Oh, I always thought those were buoyancy bags for young bees,
in
case they fell in the water butt...
Now you're pollen my leg!
I'll have to try harder to wax eloquent.
Oh no - that'll polish us off.
You'll all go on taking the pistil you run out of ideas.
OT (Huh!) Yesterday's Guardian had a recipe which demanded "bee
pollen".
Available in jars in most Spanish supermarkets and corner
shops...seems to be a profitable side-line of the local honey
producers' symbiotic relationship between apiarists and fruit
growers. A relationship that is now breaking down because of the
general public's wish for pipless citrus fruit. Apiarists can no
longer site their hives in certain areas.
And, of course, in Spain some seem to think that Pepsi-Cola
encourages digestion "because it contains pepsin". I'd love to see
somebody swallow a glass of soft-drink delicately flavoured with
somebody else's digestive juices, that's all I can say.
I'd also like to see the digestive tract which could break down
pollen (actually, I take that back: I wouldn't).
My unexpressed mockery, however, was mainly aimed at the idea that
there could be such a thing as bee pollen.
--
Mike.