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Re: A possible way to get cheaper sets?
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Tue, 2 May 2000 10:09:54 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, David Low writes:
In lugnet.loc.au, Peter White writes:
Someone should to a thesis on Lego, if McD... can have hamburger degrees,
why can't we have block doc's. ;^)

I'm sort of looking towards a PhD myself, in social organisation. It would be
looking at bees (or wasps or ants, but probably bees), playing around with
them, and probably some (computer) modelling.

"Lego, can you please sponsor my project with 50 Mindstorms kits? And any
unsold insectoids sets? Thankyou"

A bee question...
Dave Australian native bees don't sting, correct ?
Do they counsel their attackers or are threats to them limited ?
What do they think of all the Europeans in the country ?

pete.w



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  Re: bees (was Re: A possible way to get cheaper sets?)
 
(...) Note: this is totally non-Lego. That's right Pete, Aus native bees are stingless. There are two types: solitary bees (that look sort of like bumble bees), and social bees. The social stingless bees are related to the northern hemisphere (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
  Re: A possible way to get cheaper sets?
 
note: TOTALLY off topic. :) (...) Unlike humans, 'cease and desist' letters from high-priced lawyers work remarkably well in the bee world, probably due to the highly structed nature of their societies. If hostilities do commence, AVO's have proved (...) (25 years ago, 3-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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  Re: A possible way to get cheaper sets?
 
(...) I'm sort of looking towards a PhD myself, in social organisation. It would be looking at bees (or wasps or ants, but probably bees), playing around with them, and probably some (computer) modelling. "Lego, can you please sponsor my project (...) (25 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.loc.au)

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