The late E.F.Woods was the inventor of the Apidictor. “Sound engineers are familiar with a phenomenon known as the ‘cocktail party effect’. This is the ability of the human brain, in a room full of chattering people, to pick out and concentrate on one conversation, not necessarily the loudest. Eddie was blessed with this ability [...]
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Bee Vibrations: The Apidictor
Posted in Bee Law, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Bee Vibrations: Vanishing Bees and Mobile Phone Masts
Posted in Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 2, 2010 | 6 Comments »
It is a mystery that has had scientists stumped. But now experts in Scotland believe they have discovered why bees have been abandoning their hives and vanishing. Scientists at the Roslin-based firm Global Bioenergetics think disturbance to bees from mobile phones, radio signals, wi-fi and microwaves is disrupting them with devastating results. They think increased [...]
Bee Vibrations
Posted in Bee Law, Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on January 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whenever I visit my hives I come away feeling much calmer. Non-beekeepers are often amazed when I say this. They assume that I would become more stressed with the “threat of the sting”. But the inverse is true. After my seasonal dosage of stings which occur naturally when beekeeping, any stings after them become little [...]
Honey Sales in Kuwait up 20%!
Posted in Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beetwixt & Beetween on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Honey sales in Kuwait rose 20 percent last month as people concerned about the spread of swine flu attempted to boost their immune system naturally. Traditional medicine expert Youssef Al-Faresi told KUNA news agency that people were taking honey to ward off the H1N1 virus because of a lack of official vaccines. “Honey is commonly [...]
Bee Social
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Friday 4 September 2009 to Sunday 6 September 2009 from 12noon – close, there is a”Bee Social” going on as part of the Pestival weekend on the Southbank in London – to celebrate with the bees as the summer draws to an end. For one weekend only, Pestival is going to transform The Front [...]
Rhythmic Life
Posted in Bee Law, Bee Lore, Bee-ology, Beetwixt & Beetween on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The very inception of life is rhythm. Life is rhythm and Rhythm is life. The rising of the SUN is rhythm. The shimmering of the RAYS is rhythm. The BLOOMMING of a BUD is rhythm. The Feel of the BREEZE is rhythm. The ROAR of the WAVES is rhythm. The Chirping of the BIRDS is [...]
Circadian Clocks and the Bee’s Daily Diary
Posted in Bee Law, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Flowers of a given species all produce nectar at about the same time each day, as this increases the chances of cross-pollination. The trick works because pollinators, which in most cases means the honeybee, concentrate foraging on a particular species into a narrow time-window. In effect the honeybee has a daily diary that can include [...]
Two Years On!
Posted in Bee Law, Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween, Bylaugh on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Two years ago last month this blog started. I continue to be amazed at how many people visit the site. This year has also been quite extraordinary – having caught about 8 swarms of bees. We now have a total of nine colonies. Quite an increase from single old Faith at the start of 2008! [...]
Bees and Drums
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology on August 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What do bees have with do with drums? In the case of the kundu (pictured below), which is a traditional drum from Melanesia, bees play an important role in the construction of the drum. Here is a close-up picture of the head of the drum: The head of the drum is made from lizard skin. [...]
New Designs for Bee Hives (2)
Posted in Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is another interesting design – which has the same frame size for both the brood chamber AND the supers – the Rose Hive OSB (one-size box). As well as having the same sized boxes for brood chamber and super, it also has no queen excluder! The other advantage is that the roof and floors [...]
