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...builders of the legendary Tower of Babel had hired a work crew from Utah, the massive structure might actually have been completed instead of collapsing in the confusion of the workers' diverse languages. The linguistically savvy Utahans could have worked like bees in a hive. Or at least that is the boast among modern-day locals, who are using their language skills to build the economy of their home state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Language The State of Many Tongues | 4/13/1992 | See Source »

Denying men access to The Bee hive (or whatever they are going to call it), just because they are men, is sexist by definition. And it legitimizes the final clubs themselves, which for decades have denied women access to a network of job connections and subjugated women to second-class status...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Buzz Off | 12/17/1991 | See Source »

Most honeybee workers live no more than 40 days. They spend it collecting pollen and nectar, repairing the hive and acting as the slaves of their mother, the queen...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: The Bee Lie | 12/14/1991 | See Source »

Never in her life will a honeybee worker have sex. She can't. She's basically a neutered number, kept down by the dictator of the hive. (And thousands of years of male-dominated evolution. All the drones ever do is eat. At least the queen bee has to lay eggs. Hundreds each day. Now that's work...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: The Bee Lie | 12/14/1991 | See Source »

Even the bees who usually act as guards take a break. Usually the most trigger-happy of the hive, they too slack off when swarming. Hell, there's no hive to defend, so why be paranoid? Just sit back and wait for the scouts to return...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: The Bee Lie | 12/14/1991 | See Source »

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