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enismirdalQuinine doesn't harm the bees in any way, but it tastes unpleasant so when you are training them to do X but not Y, giving them quinine each time they do Y quickly teaches them not to do it (a bit like stamping your feet or saying "No!" to a naughty puppy).
This was really cool as we used it to train a bee to tell apart pink and purple objects. Bee Blue Thorax (Leslie) got pretty good at this. Unfortunately she cheated a bit. Since the "punishment" came from drinking from the wrong object, not from landing on it, she realised that when it was hard to tell them apart, the easiest method was to land on it anyway and dibble her antennae in the blob of clear liquid to see how it smelled. Cunning bee...
I hear there's a flasher on Burrell's Walk now. Lovely... *grumbles* Would all the weirdos PLEASE go somewhere else. This is meant to be a nice city full of nice people!
Also, I realised I was chocolate deficient, so bought lots of chocolate. This made me happy :) Also, Alabama Fudge Cake Crunch Corner. Woohoo!
Today, I WILL do lots of work. Yes, yes indeed.
This was really cool as we used it to train a bee to tell apart pink and purple objects. Bee Blue Thorax (Leslie) got pretty good at this. Unfortunately she cheated a bit. Since the "punishment" came from drinking from the wrong object, not from landing on it, she realised that when it was hard to tell them apart, the easiest method was to land on it anyway and dibble her antennae in the blob of clear liquid to see how it smelled. Cunning bee...
I hear there's a flasher on Burrell's Walk now. Lovely... *grumbles* Would all the weirdos PLEASE go somewhere else. This is meant to be a nice city full of nice people!
Also, I realised I was chocolate deficient, so bought lots of chocolate. This made me happy :) Also, Alabama Fudge Cake Crunch Corner. Woohoo!
Today, I WILL do lots of work. Yes, yes indeed.
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Date: 24 Nov 2005 18:58 (UTC)Sounds like it's time for the LJ 'Bring a fire extinguisher' Meme on Burrell's walk. CO2 or water...
You know you can open up a gas-powered water extinguisher and add stuff to the water, don't you? Like Tiger Balm, for example. I mention this purely for information. Because it's illegal to use lacquer-based hairsprays as a pepper spray, what with them being far nastier than pepper spray. And let's just not go there with spray-on spectacle cleaners.
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Date: 24 Nov 2005 21:27 (UTC)no subject
Date: 24 Nov 2005 20:59 (UTC)Abner
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Date: 25 Nov 2005 20:48 (UTC)Abner
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Date: 25 Nov 2005 09:36 (UTC)Aww... do we have to go?
I think it would be more accurate to say "Would all of the boring normal insane people PLEASE go somewhere else. This meant to be a nice city full of nice weirdos!"
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