- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
First I would like to state that I do NOT beleive that the e-mail from ladybee777@msn.com to TheWraith06@msn.com is real.
1. The grammar is too poor for it to be Dana.
2. Dana's e-mail is ladybee777@ hotmail.com , not msn.com.
3. There is a space between "To:" and "TheWraith06@msn.com", but there isn't a space between "From:" and "ladybee777@msn.com"
Here is the e-mail:
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To: TheWraith06@msn.com
From:ladybee777@msn.com
Subject:Thanks for trying,
Hello,
Dana here, thanks for trying to help with the site....its hopeless now....the assault has already begun....Rome will fall on the 24th.....just kidding, we all need to joke around when things go wrong right? thanks for the HTML checkup you did.....those hackers are pretty good i guess.....some little girl i met Joyeuse told me she loved bees too....and that i shouldnt worry, that the "Big 9 is 24" what a weird one...well im out for now.....
-Dana
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But, there is another reason that I believe that Halo 2 will come out on August 24th... it happened once before.
In 1995 Microsoft had announced that Windows 95 would come out during the holiday season, but, we were all deceived. On August 24th, 1995, Windows 95 came out. The surprise release date gained Microsoft tremendous publicity and media attention; their profits from it almost dubbled the estimated amount.
If it worked once before why not try it again with the most anticipated games ever? After I found this out, I figured that it was just too coincidental that there is all this these rumors happened to be that it was coming out on August 24th.
Of all the days in the year, why did people pick August 24th?
Also, it would be the perfect time to release a game; its still summer but its not too early for them to come out with some sort of a deal around Christmas. Plus, if it were released before the other big games it would steal the show and all the Magazines and Press would be focused on Halo 2 instead of other games.
Back to Ilovebees.com, Bungie already announced that ilovebees.com was a mystery for us to solve; meaning that its connected to Bungie. So, I took up the burden and did a little thinking and pondering on the information that I've found thanks to Google and other, hard working Halo 2 fans like me, and heres what I've come up with.
On ilovebees.com, Dana says that she can no longer produce honey due to the fact that her bee hives have been infected with Varrao/Varroa Mites. I did some snooping around and found some info on these mites, I think that their trates seem fimiliar...
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http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef6 08.htm
VARROA MITES INFESTING HONEY BEE COLONIES
by Ric Bessin, Extension Entomologist
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
Varroa mites were first reported in Kentucky in the Bluegrass region of the Commonwealth in 1991. They have spread to and become a major pest of honey bees in many states since their introduction into Florida in the mid 1980's. Varroa mites are external honeybee parasites that attack both the adults and the brood, with a distinct preference for drone brood. They suck the blood from both the adults and the developing brood, weakening and shortening the life span of the ones on which they feed. Emerging brood may be deformed with missing legs or wings. Untreated infestations of varroa mites that are allowed to increase will kill honeybee colonies. Losses due to these parasitic mites are often confused with causes such as winter mortality and queenlessness if the colonies are not examined for mites.
Photo by S. Bauer, ARS/USDA
The adult female mites are reddish-brown in color, flattened, oval, and measure about 1 to 1.5 mm across. They have eight legs. They are large enough to be seen with the unaided eye on the thorax, most commonly, and on the bee's abdomen. Their flattened shape allows them to hide between the bee's abdominal segments. This mite is often confused with the bee louse, but the bee louse has only six legs, is more circular in shape, and is slightly larger.
Mites develop on the bee brood. A female mite will enter the brood cell about one day before capping and be sealed in with the larva. Eggs are laid and mite feed and develop on the maturing bee larva. By the time the adult bee emerges from the cell, several of the mites will have reached adulthood, mated, and are ready to begin searching for other bees or larvae to parasitize. There is a preference for drone brood. Inspection of the drone brood in their capped cells will often indicate whether or not a colony is infested. The dark mites are easily seen on the white pupae when the comb is broken or the pupae are pulled from their cells.
Mites spread from colony to colony by drifting workers and drones within an apiary. Honey bees can also acquire these mites when robbing smaller colonies. It is best to isolate captured swarms, package bees, and other new colonies from other colonies and examine them for mites before placing them in an apiary.
Early detection of low levels of mite infestations is key to its successful management. While they can be spotted during colony inspection if present in high numbers, this tends to only identify larger infestations. There is a product available, Apistan, that will kill the mites and cause the mites to drop from the bees. Two strips should be hung in the brood nest area of the colony for approximately 4 weeks. This is to be used with sticky paper and a fine-mesh screen on the bottom board of a colony to capture any mites that may have been present. A considerable amount of cell cappings and other debris will also collect on the sticky paper, so it is best to inspect the sticky paper carefully for mites after removal. This method is able to detect low level infestations. Apistan strips are available from most of the large beekeeping suppliers and can be used both for detection and treatment of varroa infestations.
If a colony is found to be infested, all colonies at the site should be treated for mites with Apistan strips in the same manner. These strips contain the miticide fluvalinate and are not to be used during honey flow, or when there is surplus honey present in the colony that may be removed for human consumption at a later date. Therefore, late fall, after removal of surplus honey, or early spring, prior to honey flow, are the best times to treat for varroa mites.
Always carefully follow all label instructions with regard to the storage, use and disposal of pesticides.
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If you noticed, these Mites soud alot like the Flood.