Saturday, June 02, 2007

Goofin' with the bees ...

... (Harry Nilsson fans, especially those who know The Point!, will catch the reference): Why are the bees disappearing? (Via Instapundit.)

Money quote: "... it's never a good idea to trust what the media are telling you. At least once in the present case the media got something completely wrong and created a huge mess: The story about cell phones was basically a misrepresentation of what one pair of reporters wrote about a study that they misinterpreted. In a nutshell, the original research didn't involve cell phones, and the researchers never said their research was related to honey bee colony die-offs. Even details like the alleged Einstein quote are dubious. No one has yet found proof that Einstein said anything about bees dying off the earliest documented appearance of the 'quote' is 1994 and, yes, Albert was dead at the time."

By the way, I am a longtime Nilsson fan. I even have in my possession a letter from Harry.

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