That sounds like a far out question: Is it, though?
These amazing little creatures are in dire peril. Our environment, Electro Magnetic Fields, and so many other hazards such as pesticides are threatening these precious creatures everywhere.
So many plants that we eat, and foods and drinks made from them such as coffee, depend on pollination from bees. Check here to see the long list.
There is a very interesting BBC TV show entitled Hive Alive on Netflix. You will enjoy it.
There was another show I came across on Netflix, and that is Black Mirror. It is a very avant-garde show regarding technology in fictional story plots. But, are they really fictional in all cases.
One in particular is entitled Harm ... about bees, drone bees, designed to pollinate plants. This is most interesting, since there is a concern that in the not too distant future bees may tragically be extinct.
This is a proto-type. Interesting, isn't it?
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The Harvard Microrobotics Lab has been working on its Micro Air Vehicles Project since early 2009. Borrowing from the biomechanics and social organization of bees, the team of researchers is undergoing the creation of tiny winged robots to fly from flower to flower, immune to the toxins dripping from petals, to spread pollen. They even believe that they will soon be able to program the robobees to live in an artificial hive, coordinate algorithms and communicate amongst themselves about methods of pollination and location of particular crops.
Of course, published reports from the lab also describe potential military uses—surveillance and mapping—but the dime-sized cyber-bees have yet to be outfitted with neurotoxin tipped stingers.
Mind you this video was made several years ago. Technology has advanced. So what is in store for us now and in the future? That is up to us.
Bees are amazing, wonderful little gifts from God! They take care of us. Let's take care of them NOW.
Blessings,
Stephen
P.S. Besides robotic bees, there are, also, robotic natural-looking hummingbirds and other birds. Quoting this article in 2011, "DARPA's head of the Nano Air Vehicles (NAV) program. Dr Todd Hylton, said the successful flight tests pave the way for new vehicles that resemble small birds and match their agility."
What's next? That was 6 years ago. It is getting very interesting!
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2011-02-robot-hummingbird-flight-video.html#jCp
