It's a bit outside our usual realm of coverage, but I wanted to point out today's Times piece about coked-up bees because, as you might expect, it's very funny (if not as hilarious as I originally hoped). In short, the scientists doused the bees in liquefied freebase cocaine to study the effects of the drug on humans. The researchers' observation? Drugged bees "danced more frequently and more vigorously for the same quality food" and circled "about 25 percent faster" than their drug-free counterparts. Their data was collected in a lab (in Australia, no less), but it seems a night out at just about any Manhattan club might have led them to the same conclusion.