{"id":3212,"date":"2011-05-01T11:35:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T16:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3212"},"modified":"2011-05-01T11:35:59","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T16:35:59","slug":"spring-swarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3212","title":{"rendered":"Spring Swarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An Animal Behavior Challenge!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Jim, a previous neighbor of mine, called to inform me\u00a0of an interesting &#8220;natural event&#8221; that was taking place in a shrub next to his driveway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8722.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3226\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8722.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8722-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video\u00a0of that event up close.\u00a0 He had been out performing yard work\u00a0in the past days\u00a0and was sure that these bees had shown up over a short period of time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_87111.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bee Swarm\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QYTP-DPtdS0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I an effort to find out what exactly was happening and what he could do, Jim called his mother, who called her neighbor (who happened to be a master gardener), who then contacted Jarrett Mullenbruch (pictured below) who happens to be a sculpter with an interest in ecology, and who\u00a0is currently working on an installation that integrates live bees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Slideshow.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8720.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8720-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once\u00a0Jarrett arrived, he proceeded to talk to us about his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.deepecologyproject.com\" target=\"_blank\">Deep Ecology Project<\/a>\u00a0and then collected the bees for his installation.\u00a0 \u00a0To view a pdf slideshow of the images that\u00a0I took, click on the image above.\u00a0 You can view a collection of videos documenting the collection of the bees below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Preparing to Collect a Bee Swarm\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jP26H8TWLAQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Collected a Bee Swarm\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P_tAZLG6V3w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bee Swarm Once Collected\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bA0JQHXFDAk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for letting me in on the experience Jarrett and Jim!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8747.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8747.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_8747-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now for the Behavioral Challenge&#8230;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>How many bees would you estimate are in this swarm?<\/li>\n<li>Can you explain why the bees are engaged in this behavior in the first place?\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Why is a bee hanging around the container full of bees in the third video?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I imagine that students\u00a0could generate numerous questions that would stimulate\u00a0quality discussions of this interesting animal behavior&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Providing some interesting links to resources or websites\u00a0that could help students uncover the details of this natural event would be welcome as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Animal Behavior Challenge! 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