and she's shouldering a shovel to unearth the thing they seek

[frith_in_thorns]

One exam down. I am very wiped out, but I answered questions, which is a good thing. Send pictures of baby animals and Neal Caffrey.

Because I wouldn't be me if I wasn't geeking out about random bits of biological experiments, this was my favourite question:

"In older experiments aimed at testing the hypothesis that bees estimate distance from energy consumption, worker bees were made to carry small weights. The bees struggled even to gain height when loaded, and overestimated the distance that they had travelled. It was concluded that the bees were using their energy consumption to estimate distance. Provide an alternative explanation of these results."

They put little weights on bees and made them fly around, you guys!! :D Sadly the paper doesn't reference it, so I don't know what the weights were made of...

I don't have an exam tomorrow, and I'm really tired, so I shall now drink wine and pretend that there isn't at least one person I badly want to murder.

Comments

[schneefink]

Congratulations!



The bees couldn't think straight because they were tired? *g*

Enjoy your well-earned rest, sleep well, and find a good hiding place for the body.

[frith_in_thorns]

Bees got their visual perspective screwed up - they expect to fly at a constant height :)

Heh, I think a lot of people would help me with this body. (Running for president of an LGBTQ society while advocating for kicking out all the trans people... NO.)

[schneefink]

...um, what?
You could use a chainsaw and hide each body part separately. Just saying. Ahem.

Stupid people are everywhere, have some more chocolate.

[hoosierbitch.livejournal.com]

Congrats on today's exam, and good luck for tomorrow's! Enjoy your wine. :-)

Cuteness:

[frith_in_thorns]

Aww, puppies :D Thank you!

[micheleeeex.livejournal.com]

good luck with your exam tomorrow!!

[frith_in_thorns]

It's actually tomorrow that I don't have an exam, but I have more the other three days of the week. I shall save your luck for them, thank you! :)

[hukbillgoomba.livejournal.com]

It probably looked like this;

[frith_in_thorns]

I really, really hope so :D

[leesa_perrie]

Poor bees! Glad that you've got one exam down - feast your eyes on these...

[frith_in_thorns]

Aww, thank you for all the pics! :D :D

[mentalfirewall.livejournal.com]

One down! You can do this!
Also... cute lizard (https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-_G-7P2QxcKtLOUmEXWa1Y7bCauX_DGk_eVT89Dp0Evq91rJ2)

*hugs*

[frith_in_thorns]

That is an adorable lizard :D

[proskynesis]

omg, small bb weights for the bees! ;___; Poor bees.

ENJOY THE WINE, and the news on facebook :) <3 You are very restrained

[frith_in_thorns]

I have been so mature and restrained. Totally.

[proskynesis]

omfg why this gif

I cannot stop watching it

[frith_in_thorns]

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

Well done! Have some fennec foxes (http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8640000/newsid_8649500/8649547.stm). (They are local to me! And triplets, of which I am one!)

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

(I meant to say, poor bees. I hope they were adequately rewarded.)

[frith_in_thorns]

I read your comment and was, "...she lives in a desert?" until I clicked the link :P They are adorable!

Also, I bet the bees got no reward. There are no ethical concerns about experiments on insects :P

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

I do not live in a desert! Thank goodness.

POOR BEES.