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Posted July 19th, 2008 by Steve Levenstein Tokyo is plagued by crows. Not crowds (well, that's debatable) and definitely not cows, but crows. Noisy, aggressive flocks of crows have become such a huge problem that Tokyo city authorities have turned to nature in a desperate effort to combat the ravenous ravens – thousands of stinging bees! When all else fails, fight flyer with flyer – and that's just what's happening in the skies over Tokyo. Yessiree folks, it's bees vs crows in a honey of a battle. Forget everything you learned about the birds & the bees... well, let's not get carried away, but in this interspecies sequel to The Sting there's no sweetness to be had. Unless, of course, we include the 660 pounds of honey sold by the nonprofit Ginza Bee Project. Let's backtrack a little. According to my lovely and charming wife... [read full story]

