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Bees
Continued from Page 1
honey, John Pick, Texas A&M
assistant chief apiary inspector
(bee colony inspector) said their
main importance is pollination.
♦- It is untrue that fewer bees
simply result in less honey and
fewer bee stings. Pick said.
“You’d be surprised how
much produce wouldn’t be in su
permarkets without bee pollina
tion, like cantaloupe, squash,
cucumbers and watermelons,”
he said. “Somehow the cost will
be passed on to the consumer.”
Pick said the parasite even
affects the cattle business.
"A lot of cattle feeds on alfal
fa, which is produced by pollina
tion,” he said.
Pick said the Varroa mite
presents a serious problem for
consumers and many other busi
nesses besides beekeepers.
“If you’re not a good, con
scious beekeeper, this parasite
can put you out of the business,”
Pick said.
Morris Weaver, a Navasota
beekeeper, said the bee para
sites are killing off his bee
colonies and hurting his busi
ness. Weaver said the problem
has recently grown because of
the widespread development of
the mites.
"It's hurting my business be
cause I’m losing bee colonies,
and that hurts honey produc
tion,” Weaver said. “It’s expen-
. sive to treat this problem, and
there is only one known kind of
treatment.”
Pick said beekeepers can op
erate up to 8,000 bee colonies, so
the treatment — which costs $5
a colony — can be expensive.
He said if used correctly, how
ever, the treatment is effective.
Weaver said the bee parasite
was spread to the United States
nearly eight years ago from an
Asian bee brought into the coun
try illegally and first discovered
in Texas.
Weaver said honeybees play a
major role in the production and
sale of fruits and vegetables all
the way from farm fields to su
permarket stands.
“A lot of people are saying
‘We need bees to pollinate,’” Pick
said. “For example, a gentlemen
called and said the bees weren’t
pollinating his gardens. He was
wondering where he could get
bees. We even have beekeepers
going all the way out to Califor
nia to pollinate almond crops.”
Deborah Gotten, a senior
wildlife and fisheries major, said
her grandfather’s East Texas
bee farm has faced problems be
cause of this summer’s drought.
Gotten said her grandfather is
also concerned with the possibili
ty of killer bees inhabiting his
colonies, and the Varroa mite
could be an additional problem to
her grandfather’s bee farm.
Pick said A&M students
should not worry about catching
the parasite. Although the mite
eventually affects the producers'
and consumers’ pocketbooks, it is
of no physical harm to humans
and cannot be passed on through
honey, fruits or vegetables.
“Strictly the only danger (of the
mite) is to honeybees,” he said.
Combs widow left
with $500,000 debts
Technology
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Kelly Hester, associate dean
for academic affairs in the College
of Medicine, agreed with Poole.
“We (physicians) can ex
change and utilize expertise not
available in one part of the
world that is available in this
part of the world,” Hester said.
“I could get a quick referral if I
don’t have the expertise to iden
tify a treatment. It makes infor
mation easily accessible.”
On a larger scale, Poole said,
videoconferencing is one of the
many technological advance
ments that will change the world.
“A lot of people are arguing
that over the last 20 and next 30
years there will be more change
than there ever has been in the
history of all humankind.”
Mauren said the technology will
help A&M continue its growth.
“Texas A&M has had a con
tinued mission to be an interna
tional university,” Mauren said.
“This technology has provided
wide implications in that area.”
John-John falls back on
Monroe’s birthday serenade
CINCINNATI (AP) — TV game
show host Ray Combs left his family
with at least $500,000 in debts, his
widow said.
"I don't have anything," Debbie
Combs told The Cincinnati Enquirer
in a story published Monday.
Between 1988 and 1994, Combs
was the host of The New Family
Feud. The 40-year-old hanged him
self June 2 in a suburban Los Ange
les hospital, where he was under ob
servation for mental problems.
Lawyers found an $82,000 debt
from Combs' Cincinnati comedy
club that closed 18 months ago, as
sorted credit card and telephone
bills, Debbie Combs said.
Their house has been foreclosed
on and the family is relying on a food
pantry for meals, she said.
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — John F.
Kennedy Jr. doesn't get the fuss over
his using Marilyn
Monroe to sell his
magazine.
On the cover
of the September
issue of George
magazine, Drew
Barrymore ap
pears dressed and
coiffed to look
like Monroe in
her famous "Hap
py Birthday, Mr.
President," sere
nade to John-
John's father.
Various books have alleged the pres
ident had an affair with Monroe, who
serenaded the president during a party
at Madison Square Garden.
"Just because people have clucked
for decades, why does this make it
strange we would use that bit of iconog
raphy?" JFK Jr. said. "I don't see what
possible taste questions could be in
volved. If I don't find it tasteless, I don't
know why anyone would."
is like a fish out of water in the Unit
ed States.
"We're having to reshoot because we
messed it up a bit," Cleese said Monday.
Fierce Creatures brings Cleese back
together with Michael Palin, Kevin Kline
and Jamie Lee Curtis in a comedy set at
a zoo.
Some of the black humor of the film
— including the death of one of four
characters played by Kline — was accept
able to British audiences, but didn't go
over well at previews in the United States.
Cleese said the cast would regroup
in two weeks to reshoot scenes and he
hoped for a Christmas release.
Country crooner gives
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vocal chords a break
It's a girl for Brooks,
Allie Colleen makes #3
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The
man who wished "May the Bird of
Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" is taking
a breather.
A manager for country star Little
Jimmy Dickens said Monday the
singer is resting his voice for two
months.
The 75-year-old is under doc
tor's orders to rest his vocal chords
completely.
Dickens, a member of the Coun
try Music Hall of Fame, has per
formed on the Opry almost continu
ously since 1948.
Downey, 31, pleaded innocent lo
felony charges of cocaine and heroin
possession and misdemeanor
charges of carrying a concealed
weapon, dri
ving under the
influence and
being under
the influence
of drugs.
The Oscar-
nominated star
of Chaplin was
arrested June
23 after
deputies al
legedly found
crack cocaine,
heroin and an
unloaded .357
Magnum revolver in his truck during
a Malibu traffic stop.
Hours before he was to be ar
raigned on those charges, sheriff's
deputies arrested him July 17 for al
legedly breaking into a neighbor's
home, where he was found sleeping
in a child's bed.
Downey had been in jail since
July 20, when he walked out of a
court-ordered rehabilitation center.
Deputy District Attorney Ellen
Aragon had argued to keep Downey
behind bars. "The people still feel
the more Mr. Downey stays in jail
the less likely he is to want to visit us
again."
Famed bird watcher
Peterson dies at 87
Fish foliow-up paddles
to Christmas release
LONDON (AP) — The follow-up
film to A Fish Called Wanda has flopped
with American audiences.
John Cleese's 1988 movie was a
smash, but the new Fierce Creatures
NASHVILLE,
Tenn. (AP) —
Garth Brooks is
singing for three.
The country
music star and his
wife, Sandy, had
their third child
Sunday at a
Nashville hospital.
Allie Colleen
Brooks weighed 8
pounds and was
21 1/2 inches
long at birth.
Downey ordered to
rehab — again
BROOKS
The baby is named for Sandy's pa
ternal grandfather, Allie, and Garth's
mother, Colleen.
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Actor
Robert Downey Jr., arrested three
times in the past month, pleaded
innocent to drug and weapons
charges Monday and was ordered
held under supervision in a drug
rehabilitation center.
Municipal Court Judge Lawrence
Mira warned Downey that he will be
jailed without bail if he leaves the
rehab center before an Aug. 23 hear
ing. Bail was set at $25,000.
Downey "is pleased and very,
very happy that the court felt that the
program that we presented to the
court is acceptable," said defense
lawyer Charles English.
OLD LYME, Conn. (AP) — Roger
Tory Peterson, the man Audubon
magazine credits with turning mil
lions of us into bird watchers, mainly
through his easy-to-use field guide?
and striking illustrations, died Sun
day. He was 87.
Peterson wrote, illustrated and
edited 15 books that sold millions of
copies and were translated into al
least 12 languages. He also helped
create more than 40 guides covering
a wide range of natural subjects.
In 1934 he produced a guide fea
turing the birds of the Eastern United
States. Peterson used a unique iden
tification system with arrows high
lighting distinctive markings and
characteristics.
"I consider myself to have been
the bridge between the shotgun and
the binoculars in bird watching," Pe
terson said. "Before I came along,
the primary way to observe birds
was to shoot them and stuff them."
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halt the project and conduct fur
ther research.
Harris also said the plausibility
of the project was in question.
“They wanted to step back and
look at the feasibility of the project,”
Harris said. “They decided to dis
continue it until they could do a
comprehensive study.”
The project, estimated at $120
million, included two phases.
Phase I was completed before ne
gotiations were stopped.
Harris said the project would
have been a huge undertaking.
“This was going to be the
largest capital construction project
the A&M System had ever under
taken,” Harris said. “Because of
the size of the project and ques
tions about whether Phase II was
necessary, the Board started to
step back.”
The settlement process with
Tenneco will begin on October 1.
Harris said that when she asked
Deputy Chancellor Dick Lindsay
about the settlement, Lindsay said
he could not discuss any terms of the
settlement right now.
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