Podcasts about honeybee democracy

In this replay from the Beekeeping Today Podcast Archive Super, we talk with Dr. Tom D. Seeley. We originally talked with Tom in 2019. Dr. Seeley is a Horace White Professor in Biology at Cornell University where he teaches courses on animal behavior, specializing in understanding the social life of honey bees. His scientific research focuses on the phenomenon of swarm intelligence, which is defined as the solving of cognitive problems by a group of individuals who pool their knowledge and process it through social interactions. Tom joins Jeff and Kim in this episode to discuss bee hunting (aka: bee lining). He also delves deeper into the topic of his article in the January 2019 Bee Culture on Darwinian Beekeeping.  Tom is a author of several books related to honey bee biology and behavior, including: The Wisdom of the Hive, 1996 Honeybee Democracy, 2010 Following The Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting, 2016 The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild, 2019 In the podcast, Tom references his video on the topic of Bee Hunting. You can find it On YouTube. We hope you enjoy the episode. Leave comments and questions in the Comments Section of the episode's website. Thank you for listening! Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:  Bee Hunting: Finding A Wild Colony of Honey Bees - https://youtu.be/-fCwoZwPilo Honey Bee Obscura Podcast - https://www.honeybeeobscura.com ______________ We welcome Betterbee as sponsor of today's episode. Betterbee's mission is to support every beekeeper with excellent customer service, continued education and quality equipment. From their colorful and informative catalog to their support of beekeeper educational activities, including this podcast series, Betterbee truly is Beekeepers Serving Beekeepers. See for yourself at www.betterbee.com This episode is brought to you by Global Patties! Global Patties is a family business that manufactures protein supplement patties for honey bees. Feeding your hives protein supplement patties will help ensure that they produce strong and health colonies by increasing brood production and overall honey flow. Global offers a variety of standard patties, as well as custom patties to meet your specific needs. Visit them today at http://globalpatties.com and let them know you appreciate them sponsoring this episode!  Thanks for Northern Bee Books for their sponsorship of Bee Books: Old & New with Kim Flottum. Northern Bee Books is the publisher of bee books available worldwide from their website or from Amazon and bookstores everywhere. They are also the publishers of The Beekeepers Quarterly and Natural Bee Husbandry. Check them out today! Thanks to Strong Microbials for their support of Beekeeping Today Podcast. Find out more about heir line of probiotics in our Season 3, Episode 12 episode and from their website: https://www.strongmicrobials.com We want to also thank 2 Million Blossoms as a sponsor of the podcast. 2 Million Blossoms is a regular podcast featuring interviews with leading bee and insect researchers in the world of pollination, hosted by Dr. Kirsten Traynor. _______________ We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments in the show notes of this episode or: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com Thank you for listening!  Podcast music: Be Strong by Young Presidents; Epilogue by Musicalman; Walking in Paris by Studio Le Bus; Original guitar background instrumental by Jeff Ott Beekeeping Today Podcast is an audio production of Growing Planet Media, LLC

Our special guest will be Thomas Dyer Seeley.  He is the Horace White Professor in Biology in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University. He is the author of several books on honeybee behavior, including Honeybee Democracy and The Wisdom of the Hive.  He was the recipient of the Humboldt Prize in Biology in 2001. Tom is the most well known and most respected scientists researching free living bee colonies. We look back over his long career. Podcast Reference: Darwinian black box selection for resistance to settled invasive Varroa destructor parasites in honey bees - Tjeerd Blacquière https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-019-02001-0    

Kevin and Kyle's discussion is buzzing with great bee talk. Kevin takes the lead and interviews Kyle about his beekeeping hobby and learns that honeybees are not only hard workers but resilient with many roles. It's Kyle's way of saving the planet - one bee at a time. Enjoy!

Hello hello! This week, I finish up my book review of 'Honeybee Democracy' by Thomas Seeley with chapter 10 and the epilogue. Chapter 10 is all about how we can apply the 'swarm smarts' of honeybee swarms to our human forms of governing and decision-making. The Epilogue is a succinct summary of everything covered in the book.  I hope you enjoy it! A few handy-dandy links: My website for a rundown of everything discussed, as well as photos from my homestead.  And the queen marking disc I mention.  Thanks for listening!

Hello hello! This week, we move on to Chapter 9 of Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley. This chapter looks at how the decision making process of honey bee swarms is comparable to the decision making process of primate brains. Yes, really! Quick correction: at the end, I say my next episode will cover chapter 10 and the Prologue. I meant chapter 10 and the epilogue. Whoops!  Please see my website for a rundown of everything discussed today, including some handy-dandy graphics from the book, and pictures from around my homestead.  I hope you'll join me again in 2 weeks to finish the book! 

Hello hello! This week, I push on with my book review of Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley, and cover Chapter 8. This chapter is all about the dynamics of swarm flight. How do the bees make their way to their chosen nest site? Which bees lead the way? How many bees of the 10k+ within a swarm have visited the nest before? These questions and more will be answered! Please see my website for a rundown of everything discussed as well as some useful graphics from the book.  I also recommend checking out this beautiful bee themed tarot deck and the supporting oracle deck. As well as the charity, The Bee Conservancy.  Thanks for listening, and stay safe out there!

Hello hello! This week, I am covering Chapter 7 of Honeybee Democracy, which is all about the swarm's final flight home. Have you ever wondered how a honeybee swarm manages to take flight all at once, as one great cloud of bees? What allows 10 thousand plus bees to take off as one cohesive unit? What signals to them to prepare for flight? You're about to find out! Please see my website for a rundown of everything discussed, as well as some nifty photos. And please check out Mid-Ohio Waterfowl Rescue; a wonderful organisation that saves domestic and wild waterfowl in Ohio, and who took in the two abandoned ducklings that I found by a canal last week.  Thanks for listening!

This week, I cover chapter 6 of Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley. This chapter is all about how the scout bees of a swarm come to a consensus on their new nest site. We will learn about how nest site quality relates to waggle dance enthusiasm; how the discoverer scouts recruit other bees to support their site; and whether scout bees compare various nest sites to assess quality, or whether they have an innate knowledge of what makes a nest site good or bad.  Visit my website for a full rundown of everything discussed plus some nifty photos.  And if you're interested in helping the folks of Texas as they come through their recent freeze, you can donate via The Red Cross, or support a pet charity that is helping Texans and their pets during this difficult time.  Thanks for listening, and stay safe out there!

Hello from snowy Ohio! This episode, we are tackling Chapter 5 of Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley. This chapter focuses on the studies Seeley created to ascertain what sort of nest cavity is considered acceptable but not ideal by honeybees, in an attempt to deepen his understanding of how scout bees make decisions when assessing nest site options. I also talk about a sick hen who is cozy and warm in the house during her treatment period, a naughty whippet who is eating gross things, the loss of some of my bee colonies, and the fun that is Chip Drop.  Head on over to my website for photos and a rundown of everything discussed in this episode. Stay warm and cozy out there! 

Hello hello! On to Chapter 4 of Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley today. This chapter answers such questions as: how does a forager know when to start looking for potential nest sites? How is a nest site chosen if multiple options are found by scout bees? Is there a genetic component to which foragers become scouts when the need arises? Listen in and learn all about the fascinating dance-off of the scout bees! Learn more about Brood X cicadas, set to emerge this spring at this website. Check out the treats and layer feed available at Grubbly Farms. Or head on over to my website for all links, photos, and a run down of everything covered in this episode.  Thanks for listening!

Hello lovelies! The book review continues with Chapter 3: Dream Home for Honeybees.  Please see my website for diagrams, photos from the book, and a full rundown of all the information covered.   CORRECTION CORNER: during the 'location, location, location' section of this episode/chapter, I realised too late that I had written down some dimensions incorrectly (and somehow missed them during my read-through). So here is the corrected information: To test entrance preference, if any, Seeley offered a swarm a pair of boxes; 1 box had a typical nest entrance area of 12.5 sq-cm/2.5 sq-in, and the other had an atypical entrance area of 75 sq-cm/25 sq-in. Sorry about that! Talk to y'all in 2 weeks where I will cover Chapter 4. Take care & stay safe!

This Next Normal Leadership series podcast features Elevate'sElevate's Chairman and CEO, Liam Brown, talking with Jason Boehmig, CEO of Ironclad, a digital contracting platform for legal teams. During this episode, we learn why the Ironclad solution is not just another CLM and how Jason and his team are leading the transition from start-up to a thriving law company.Episode highlights include: 1. [01:44] – Ironclad traces back to Jason's early career on Wall Street2. [02:38] – Legal professionals making better decisions through software and code3. [05:14] – The adaptation of contracts to the digital world4. [08:35] – Hype cycle hiring5. [11:25] – A contract management system people enjoy using6. [16:10] – Curiosity and a growth mindset7. [19:25] – Fewer fires, but they burn hotter8. [22:05] – The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh9. [23:13] – Honeybee Democracy – how bees make decisions10. [24:36] - Leadership in tough times requires …

Happy new year, my lovelies! I hope you had a safe and relaxing holiday away from the hustle and bustle.  This week, I continue with my review of 'Honeybee Democracy'. Chapter 2 covers information that is very familiar to many of us: the societal structure of the honeybee colony, how queen bees are reared, the process of swarming, etc. I hope it's not too dull for you to hear it all again but I'd like to think it never hurts to rehash this kind of information.  For some really wonderful diagrams from the book, please see my website. As always, I have provided a list of everything discussed today for those who want to refer back or who like to read along.  Thank you for listening! I wish you all a safe and prosperous 2021!

In this episode, regenerative beekeeper Ang Roell talks with us about how bees teach us about consensus, planning to thrive and the parallels between bee health + human health within our current agricultural system. We discuss / *Their lineage + family history of beekeeping*The complexity of collaborating directly with the natural world to earn a living*White folk's cultural displacement of heritage + assimilation of whiteness*The role of bees in ecosystems + why they are necessary*How bees were brought to the US and became part of our agricultural system*The parallels between the health of bees + the health of humans in our current moment*Why bees don't need saving*How we confuse consumerism with a solution*The connection between identity, resilience + place*The importance of meeting basic needs + collaborating to survive + thrive*How bees model consensus + planning to do better*Their proposal for a regenerative beekeeping school to re-skill folks for their own bee practicesIf you enjoyed the episode, also check out://Bees hold Sacred Time w/ Alysia Mazzella Self-Care as Social Justice w/ Anana Harris Parris Sovereignty + Responsibility w/ MaryGrace AllerdiceLINKS / Get FREE prompts for December's astrologyGet your free guided meditation for strength + resilienceJoin our FREE online community/Support the Podcast on Patreon + get more astro transits + video forecastsBook a 1:1 sessionPurchase a gift certificate//Ang's website --> Get Ang's FREE e-book “Radicalize the Hive”Ang's IGWatch Ang's Ted talk Shop TheyKeepBees Donate to TheyKeepBees Indiegogo + get a t-shirt!Honeybee Democracy by Thomas SeeleyJoin us for a free class on Taking Care : Pillars for Creation, Circularity + Support — tools to help you design your life with more support and care built in, especially during difficult times. This free class is Friday, March 18 at Noon ET/ 9:00a PT. Sign up here to attend and/or get the replay. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/mgallerdice)

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Welcome to our first full-length episode! The guest for our inaugural interview is Dr. Andrew Barron, a neuroethologist at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. (In case you’re wondering what a neuroethologist is, don’t’ worry, we get to that.) Andrew specializes in honey bees. He studies their minute brains, their natural behaviors, and their remarkable cognitive abilities. We probably don’t have to tell you that bees are cool. Humans have been fascinated with them for centuries. But one thing that makes Andrews’s work especially cool is how it sheds light on questions that are bigger than bees—questions about how minds work, about how brains support conscious experience, about learning and memory, and a lot else. As you may have heard, bees have seen better days—like so much else in our natural world, they’re starting to show signs of stress. We talk about that, too. Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoy the conversation.   A transcript of this interview can be found here.   Notes and links  7:30 – A very brief introduction to honey bee dance communication. A more in-depth introduction. 11:15 – A paper by Andrew Barron and Colin Klein on consciousness in the animal kingdom, including which species have it and which don’t. See also this popular write-up. 12:11 – A paper by Bjorn Merker about the role of the midbrain in supporting conscious awareness. 26:30 – A connectome is a map of neural connections.  32:00 – A popular article about new 3d maps of the insect brain. A new pre-print that includes some of the latest maps of the Drosophila brain. 33:55 – Thomas Nagel’s classic paper, ‘What is it like to be a bat?’ 38:30 – Bees are able to navigate using polarized light. 41:00 – A popular article by Andrew Barron on bees’ ability to discriminate between art styles. Barron’s demonstration builds on the earlier studies by Judith Reinhard and colleagues. 54:05 – A recent paper that summarizes our understanding of cephalopod brains. 54:40 – The word “sessile” means fixed in one place, like a barnacle. 56:35 – A paper by Andrew Barron and colleagues on bees and environmental stress. See also this popular article covering similar issues.   Dr. Barron’s end-of-show recommendations: Honeybee Democracy (2010), by Thomas D. Seeley The Wisdom of the Hive (1996), by Thomas D. Seeley The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul (2019), by Simona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka Other minds (2017), by Peter Godfrey-Smith   The best way to keep up with Dr. Barron’s research: http://andrewbarron.org/   Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) (https://www.diverseintelligencessummer.com/), which is made possible by a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to UCLA. It is hosted by Kensy Cooperrider, with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster, and Associate Director Hilda Loury. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd (https://www.mayhilldesigns.co.uk/). Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala (https://sarahdopierala.wordpress.com/). You can subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, Overcast—or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com. For updates about the show, follow us on Twitter: @ManyMindsPod.

Mandy has been sitting on this recording since September 2018. She was worried about the quality of the audio, so she locked it away in the vault… Until now. This was the 3rd interview that she ever recorded for the show and needless to say it was (and still is) a very very big deal. Mandy had the opportunity to spend some time with our guest in her backyard apiary so you’ll hear cars and crows and airplanes in the background. But more importantly, you’ll get to hear a candid conversation with the author of Honeybee Ecology, Wisdom of the Hive, Following the Wild Bees, Honeybee Democracy, and his latest book The Lives of Bees. It is an absolute privilege to share highlights of her conversation with Dr. Thomas Seeley! For More on Dr. Seeley’s and notes from today’s show, visit Mandy's blog at waggleworkspdx.com   Become a patron! Visit Mandy's patron page!   Follow Beekeeper Confidential on Facebook and Instagram and YouTube   Cover Art by Meggyn Pomerleau

Dr. Tom D. Seeley is a Horace White Professor in Biology at Cornell University where he teaches courses on animal behavior, specializing in understanding the social life of honey bees. His scientific research focuses on the phenomenon of swarm intelligence, which is defined as the solving of cognitive problems by a group of individuals who pool their knowledge and process it through social interactions. Tom joins Jeff and Kim in this episode to discuss bee hunting (aka: bee lining). He also delves deeper into the topic of his article in the January 2019 Bee Culture on Darwinian Beekeeping.  Tom is a author of several books related to honey bee biology and behavior, including: The Wisdom of the Hive, 1996 Honeybee Democracy, 2010 Following The Wild Bees: The Craft and Science of Bee Hunting, 2016 The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild, 2019 In the podcast, Tom references his video on the topic of Bee Hunting. You can find it On YouTube. ____________________ We hope you enjoy this podcast and welcome your questions and comments: questions@beekeepingtodaypodcast.com Thanks to Bee Culture, the Magazine of American Beekeeping, for their support of The Beekeeping Today Podcast. Available in print and digital at www.beeculture.com  Thank you for listening!  Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"    

The arrival of the climate crisis, sharply deepening inequality, the rise of the extreme right, and massively accelerating technological development make the next 25 years among the most pivotal in human history to date. If we don’t change direction dramatically, we face a future that is nasty, brutish and short. We have a very brief window to turn this around and create a society that can not only survive but thrive. Ecology teaches us that everything is connected, and that everything and everyone is better when we have connected diversity. A truly ecological politics will connect us to each other, to and within nature, and to democracy – to our own agency. It will see us all as the protagonists in our own lives, but within supportive, enabling, diverse and connected communities. Find out more at www.greeninstitute.org.au/ Edited by Behind the Lines. Some questions were not audible, and have been skipped. As a result the QnA sections may appear a bit disjointed. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. To give attribution for this work, include this URL: www.greeninstitute.org.au/

Kathryn McGill is a PHD student at Cornell University and currently doing research in Condensed Matter (a liquid or solid) vs Particle Physic. She has been focusing on graphene which is a 1 atom thick conductive material. Depending on the phase of the research she will either be working in a clean room wearing a bunny suit, building up the experimental apparatus and taking data, or writing the results in a research paper. She is really excited about teaching and nano-submarines which can be deployed in your bloodstream – still a work in progress. Her best piece of advice is to get a good night sleep, that is so important and also to be self aware/mindfulness. A phone app to help gamify your task list and goals is Habitica. Book recommendation is Honeybee Democracy by Thomas D. Seeley Don’t forget to get a free audio book of your choosing from Audible at www.stemonfirebook.com Free Audio Book from Audible

Our monogamous knitting continues, but the wool fleece auction, bees, and planning for upcoming fiber events has kept life interesting! Project Updates Marsha continues to work on Frank's Spirt Yarn Afghan using the pattern from Stephen West called Garter Squish. She loves how the afghan keeps changing with each additional color. The afghan currently is about six feet wide and about 36" long. The afghan is no longer very portable, so Marsha is back working on the Havasu Falls shawl by Alison LoCicero. It's pretty good social knitting right now. Marsha also washed the black Wensleydale-Cormo-Merino cross fleece she bought at The Black Sheep Gathering. Kelly continues for work on her Funky Grandpa cardigan that she is calling Handspun Charlotte Cardigan because she is using handspun from a sheep named Charlotte. She reports on her experience of redoing one of the sleeves. Kelly also discusses dyeing yarn for the her next project, Opus the Octopus by Cate Carter-Evans. She is motivated by the need to have a project for to work on while attending a conference. (Since recording Kelly has been on work conference travel and has made some good progress on the octopus!) "Advent-ewes" Kelly attended the Monterey County Fair and the wool auction. She sat in on the fleece judging, volunteer with set up, and attended the auction. She exercised extreme self-control and purchased only one fleece, but it is a beauty...a Santa Cruz Island fleece from Blue Oak Canyon Ranch! Here is a link to an article about these sheep to understand why we are so intrigued. Marsha will be attending some events this fall and wanted to remind people about the terrific website called Knitter's Review that lists world wide fiber events. Nice to read about the events and dream. :-) Bees Kelly is so happy to report that she had a bee swarm in her garden! Check out her Instagram account at 1hundredprojects to see videos of the swarm and how Kelly got the swarm into the hive. So interesting. Kelly highly recommends the book Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley and you can see a discussion of the book here. If you want to see a presentation of the research that was in the book, here is a really interesting video.    

Today's Earthworms guest is one of the planet's most respected honeybee behaviorists, certainly a researcher and author whose bee-buzz is FUN (and useful!) to read. Dr. Thomas Dyer Seeley is Cornell University's Horace White Professor in Biology, in this biology powerhouse institution's Department of Neurology and Behavior. In more common terms, Tom Seeley is a scientist who loves honeybees and has learned deeply from bee colonies, domestic and wild.  What is honeybee society? Is it "Democracy," really? What enables a Queen Bee to support the entire colony that she alone mothers? And what-all goes on with bees that, in turn, keep the colony going around the year, when nectar is flowing and when plants, water and earth are frozen . . .  What's different about wild and domestic bee colonies? And what can today's avid amateur beekeepers (hundreds in St. Louis alone!) learn from wild honeybee populations, and potentially adapt to help domestic bee survival? BeeSpeakSTL, our regional beekeeping speaker series, will host Tom Seeley here on Saturday February 27, 11 am - 3 pm at the Missouri Botanical Garden. May this Earthworms conversation pique your interest in hearing this Super Bee Guy's talks. Maybe you'll even step out and try the Apis melifera - Homo sapiens dance. Our species share "Democracy" - yes, at least more or less - and Dancing, and for sure a taste for Sweetness.  Thanks to Isabee's and BeeSpeakSTL.com for coordinating this interview.Thanks to Haley and Andy for engineering. Music: Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 by J.S. Bach (a notable "B") performed by Kevin MacLeod.

In this episode Kelly and Marsha give updates on finished knitting projects, ongoing knitting projects, and other fiber projects that are in the the planning stages. They also talk about Marsha's spinning class, crochet, Kelly's new beekeeping adventure, and her upcoming fellowship in Washington DC. Kelly has one sleeve done and the other moving along on the purple sweater she is making.  The project uses the Cherry Vanilla pattern by Thea Colman.  She battled the sleeve slog by starting a new project!  The Ava Tunic by Jade Fletcher is a chevron striped dress or top for a little girl, size 18 mos. to toddler.  She is knitting it in Spud and Chloe Sweater in teal and yellow.  Marsha finished her Neskowin Shell by Kay Hopkins that she made as part of our Warmth of Summer KAL.  She finished the body of her Juno Cardigan by yellowcosmo and started the first sleeve. Marsha is concerned the sweater may not have as much positive ease as she had hoped, but she was limited by the amount of yarn she had. Blocking will probably relax fabric the the sweater may be perfect. The continuing mystery of fit! Marsha is thinking of next knitting the Wispy Willow Cardigan by Cheryl Beckerich using the coned blue yarn she picked up at the NoCKRs Retreat. "middleagepearl" made this darling cardigan for our Warmth of Summer KAL. Or she is thinking of making Lanata, a pretty lace cardigan by Amy Christoffers using Limbo that a friend gave her.   Marsha reports on the first half of an introductory spinning classes she is taking.   And then we talk about bees!  It is swarm season and Kelly talks about the public perception of a swarm vs. the reality of a swarm.  Here are a couples websites that provides more information about swarms.  Habitat for Honeybees and the Seattle Urban Bee Project.  If you want to get even more scientific, check out Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley of the Cornell department of neurobiology and behavior or read this shorter article on the topic (the article has a great picture of a swarm).  Fascinating!  If everyone had this information, no bee swarms would ever face extermination!  The documentary about bees that Marsha mentions is More Than Honey (2012) by Markus Imhoof. Here are some others that Marsha has not watched but sound interesting. Queen of the Sun: What are the bees telling us? (2010) by Tagger Siegel Vanishing of the Bees (2009) by George Langworthy and Maryam Henein Who Killed the Honey Bees? (2009) by James Erskine The Last Beekeeper (2008) by Jeremy Simmons If you are interested in bees and pollinators other than honeybees and some information on "bee-positive" plants and gardening, check out the UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab. And finally, if you're wondering why Marsha was at Steven's Pass for six hours, click here to see why. For obvious reasons she will only watch his videos when he is home safe.  Don't watch if you don't want to hear a teenage boy swear. ;-)