I love reading about government and university research, because it often seems useless. This is one of those that, on the surface, is just hilarious.
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Researchers in Ohio have been feeding alcohol to bees to determine what effect it has on them. My question would be, "Who cares?" Are the bees having difficult finding water? Are college students at Ohio State University leaving puddles of beer around that subsequently gets the bees drunk?
In bipartisan fairness in this political season, someone apparently determined that the honeybee's reaction to alcohol is very similar to that of humans, so they can be used to study problems that might affect humans. Hmmm. Where are the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals now? LOL
Low alcohol consumption produced mild changes in the bee's behavior, but bees that drank too much alcohol did just what humans do, passing out flat on their backs.
Oh, if only the video were available online. LOL
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