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A conversation with a honeybee (Part 2)

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Sarah I.K.M. King, Eng., PhD
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Technology
Aug 16, 2018
Yesterday, in part 1 of “A conversation with a honeybee,” we began imagining what a honeybee might say if it had the chance to chat with a human.* The story continues below. I went inside to get an essential oil diffuser, to gently repel the mosquitos. As I was about to return to my tree to rest and start reading again, I heard some buzzing next to my flower bush. There was the bee, and she was counting, “Nine-hundred ninety nine flowers, one thousand flowers, one thousand and one flowers…” “I
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A conversation with a honeybee (Part 1)

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Sarah I.K.M. King, Eng., PhD
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Technology
Aug 15, 2018
In honour of World Honeybee Day on August 18, let’s imagine what a honeybee might say if it had the chance to chat with a human*. On a hot summer day, after working long hours in my garden — taking care of my flowers and vegetables — I decided to rest in the shade of my apple tree and read a few pages. No sooner had I sat down when a little bee fell onto my book. I heard her crying for help, “Please, somebody help me. Help!” I answered, “I’m here, are you OK?” She was breathing heavily and
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Decoding the Dance of the Honey Bee, in Real-Time

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Lauren DiVito
Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation
Oct 12, 2017
Since the deciphering of the honey bee ‘waggle’ in the 1920’s by Karl von Frisch, researchers have been measuring the dance-like form of communication that allows bees to convey direction and distance to a food source. While this observation process was initially manual and time-consuming – requiring humans, protractors, and stopwatches – techniques have evolved with technology. Recently, a team from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Free University of Berlin, Germany

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