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"It\u2019s a bit outside our usual realm of coverage, but I wanted to point out today\u2019s Times piece about coked-up bees because, as you might expect, it\u2019s very funny (if not as hilarious as I originally hoped). In short, the scientists doused the bees in liquefied freebase cocaine to study the effects of the drug on humans. The researchers\u2019 observation? Drugged bees &amp;quot;danced more frequently and more vigorously for the same quality food&amp;quot; and circled &amp;quot;about 25 percent faster&amp;quot; than their drug-free counterparts. Their data was collected in a lab (in Australia, no less), but it seems a night out at just about any Manhattan club might have led them to the same conclusion.\n\n PAUL L. UNDERWOOD Photo: Tim Wimborne/Reuters"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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