Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner

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The Quinby Smoker

February 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments

Behind every mass-market product is an invention that made its creation cost-effective. In the case of honey, that technological marvel is the humble bellows smoker, which produces a non-toxic haze with the power to chill out agitated bees. It does so by messing with a colony’s communications system: Sentries are supposed to alert warriors to […]

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