Bees and frequencies | Unhealthy Beekeeping Weblog


Hello, Everybody!

Leader Lee Crowchild and I’ve been requested to offer on the Calgary Science Centre for an upcoming Indigenous Science Evening. Attendance will probably be as much as about 1700 folks and the development is only a few weeks away, so I believed that I might succeed in out to readers for a bit of assist.

The way in which the science program works, a ‘mainstream western scientist’ (me) is teamed up with an Elder (a Wisdom Keeper) from a close-by Country. Thankfully, I used to be ready to choose my very own presentation spouse, Leader Crowchild, whom I’ve labored with for years – and who’s a beekeeper on Tsuut’ina Country. (Now we have taught lessons in combination and we hang around each few weeks.)

The organizers have selected the subject of “Wavelength and Frequency” because the night time’s theme. Our a part of the presentation lasts about one hour and offers with bees. The Leader will come to a decision how his portion will overlap with my dialogue of wavelength and frequency, as associated with bees. I’m within the technique of deciding on my matter strains.

Right here’s what I take into account thus far.

  1. The organizers instructed bee vs human eyesight with a dialogue of the sunshine spectrum. Bees see ultraviolet, which seems white to people; people see crimson, which seems black to bees.
  2. Wing-beat frequency varies with the offended buzz of disturbed bees to the mild pitch of a buzzing satisfied hive.
  3. The rate of a scout’s dance loop (frequency – loops in line with minute) because it pertains to distance of flower patch from hive.

I would really like to listen to concepts from readers. We can have a variety of time to incorporate greater than those 3 examples, slides and photographs, and corresponding indigenous observations. Our center of attention will probably be on local bees, however an expert honey bee keepers could have some concepts that switch to a couple species of local bee.

Many thank you! ~Ron

About Ron Miksha

Ron Miksha is a bee ecologist operating on the College of Calgary. He’s additionally a geophysicist and does a little bit of science writing and running a blog. Ron has labored as a radio broadcaster, a beekeeper, and Earth scientist. (Ask him about seismic waves.) He is primarily based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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