Welcome to June. The halcyon days of May are over. Harsh reality slaps you back in the face. Reality like being listed as a loser on Tweeting too Hard or that you never got the passport. But things are that bad as the tragic lost plane or far less so Boyle might suggest. Shout Huzzah as the British short-haired bumblebee is trying a comeback:
"This international rescue mission has two aims - to restore habitat in England, thereby giving existing bees a boost; and to bring the short-haired bumblebee home where it can be protected." As many as 100 of the bees will initially be collected in New Zealand and a captive breeding plan established, with the aim of eventually releasing them at Dungeness, Kent, where they were last seen. They will be flown back on planes in cool boxes, and will not be disturbed, according to Natural England, as they will be in hibernation during transit.
I was worried about disturbing them. Quite worried. Because, you know, they are bees and they do go on about such things.

Comments
Ben (The Tiger) - June 1, 2009 12:18 PM
Why, that proposal is just the bee's knees...