Results 1 to 6 of 6

Thread: Give me strength...

  1. #1
    Senior Member Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    Belfast, N. Ireland
    Posts
    5,122
    Blog Entries
    94

    Default Give me strength...

    From The Independent: Antonia Molloy.

    Is there any end to the gibberish we are served up by journalists on the issue of bees.
    It is well-known that bees are an endangered species, but threats to the insects are more comprehensive than you might think – around 30,000 of the creatures were stolen by thieves last year.
    Link

  2. #2

    Default

    It reads like it was written by a two year old.

  3. #3
    Senior Member fatshark's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    Ardnamurchan & Fife
    Posts
    1,693

    Default

    The 30,000 bees were taken during a single theft in Edinburgh last August - colonies can be sold on the black bee market for around £500.

    BIBBA?

    But did you see the map of the work in stereotypes on the same page?? The download of the original is 80+ Mb but it's got some great labelling … here is the UK

    map-2.jpg
    Last edited by fatshark; 27-05-2014 at 09:31 PM. Reason: Stereotypical map

  4. #4
    Senior Member Jon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2010
    Location
    Belfast, N. Ireland
    Posts
    5,122
    Blog Entries
    94

    Default

    Good theory fatshark.
    Bibba could be behind the recent bee thefts - selling on the black ones for £500 per colony and dousing the Buckfast with petrol.
    I saw that stereotype map somewhere else within the past week or two. There is also a world map as seen by UKIP doing the rounds. Most of Africa is Bongo Bongo land and Eastern Europe is dangerously large and over populated.

  5. #5
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Location
    Exiled Scot, North of Stoke on Trent,
    Posts
    483

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by drumgerry View Post
    It reads like it was written by a two year old.
    I have commented on the thread.....:-)

  6. #6

    Default

    Well said Madasafish! I once got so p'd off I registered and commented similarly on an article and associated comments in the Scotsman.

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •