The report had a weird take that the caffeine must be tricking the bees, to their detriment. More likely is that the bees recognize that caffeine is good and healthy. The body of research on caffeine's vitamin like health benefits is enormous. It's simply not to be consider a vice or something to avoid.
copsarebastards|10 years ago
Vague not-really-scientific claims like this make me immediately suspicious. People who make claims like this usually fall into one of two categories:
1. They're trying to sell something.
2. They're crazy.
I looked back through your post history and found this:
> Cannabis is de facto legal throughout the USA. I repeat: marijuana is in practice legal in America, and all these people talking about drug charges ruining lives don't know what they're talking about.
Yep, you're crazy.
herbig|10 years ago
Marijuana is, in practice, legal in America.
Yes, this person is misinformed as to the number of ridiculous petty drug charges in America. Still not crazy.
And while I wouldn't say caffeine has "vitamin like" health benefits, since you know, the research on vitamins shows their health benefits are questionable, I would say the body of research on caffeine's health benefits is enormous.