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Beekeeping => Bee News => Topic started by: Nugget Shooter on February 14, 2017, 06:01:38 pm

Title: Whooping it up....
Post by: Nugget Shooter on February 14, 2017, 06:01:38 pm
https://www.rt.com/viral/377344-honeybees-whooping-signal-surprise/ (https://www.rt.com/viral/377344-honeybees-whooping-signal-surprise/)
Title: Re: Whooping it up....
Post by: Wandering Man on February 14, 2017, 06:37:21 pm
Cute!
Title: Re: Whooping it up....
Post by: Green bee on February 14, 2017, 07:30:55 pm
You gotta wonder what there saying. I just don't think we will ever completely understand these critters. What amazes me is man has been keeping bees for hundreds of years and their still learning something new all the time.
Title: Re: Whooping it up....
Post by: Perry on February 14, 2017, 08:08:25 pm
Quote from: Green bee on February 14, 2017, 07:30:55 pm
You gotta wonder what there saying. I just don't think we will ever completely understand these critters. What amazes me is man has been keeping bees for hundreds of years and their still learning something new all the time.

 We never will. Think about it, that's half the beauty of keeping bees. If we ever figured it out we would quickly get bored and quit. :)
Title: Re: Whooping it up....
Post by: Green bee on February 14, 2017, 08:39:46 pm
Quote from: Perry on February 14, 2017, 08:08:25 pm
Quote from: Green bee on February 14, 2017, 07:30:55 pm
You gotta wonder what there saying. I just don't think we will ever completely understand these critters. What amazes me is man has been keeping bees for hundreds of years and their still learning something new all the time.

 We never will. Think about it, that's half the beauty of keeping bees. If we ever figured it out we would quickly get bored and quit. :)
very true Perry  :yes:
Title: Re: Whooping it up....
Post by: Nugget Shooter on February 14, 2017, 08:47:10 pm
Totally agree, and I got this after a year.... well.....  :o
Title: Re: Whooping it up....
Post by: riverbee on February 14, 2017, 09:10:22 pm
that's pretty cool!
Title: Re: Whooping it up....
Post by: Bakersdozen on February 15, 2017, 08:10:26 am
I heard Tom Seeley talk about this during a presentation several years ago.  For the life of me, I can't remember what the message was that they were communicating.  He played a video tape of this sound coming from the hive.  Maybe Seeley didn't know either.  Seeley also said that a returning forager will ram others working inside the colony to communicate "Wake up! There's work to do."  According to him, if there is a good nectar opportunity, a forager will recruit receiving bees to join them in gathering nectar.  If there are more foragers than receivers and the flow gets out of balance, bees will return to their role of receiving and storing.
Title: Re: Whooping it up....
Post by: Zweefer on February 15, 2017, 02:10:42 pm
Another source.  Nugget beat me to posting!
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2121275-honeybees-let-out-a-whoop-when-they-bump-into-each-other/