{"id":3311,"date":"2011-05-24T20:26:54","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T01:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2011-05-24T20:26:54","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T01:26:54","slug":"more-on-spring-swarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/?p=3311","title":{"rendered":"More on &#8220;Spring Swarm&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, I heard a wonderful NPR story by Robert Krulwich that provides a more extended and experimental discussion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/2011\/05\/01\/spring-swarm\/\" target=\"_blank\">bee swarming behavior <\/a>that I blogged on a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/beedancesteps11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/beedancesteps11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/beedancesteps11.jpg 462w, https:\/\/www.kabt.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/beedancesteps11-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His story is called &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/krulwich\/2011\/05\/24\/136391522\/natures-secret-why-honey-bees-are-better-politicians-than-humans\" target=\"_blank\">Nature&#8217;s Secret: Why Honey Bees are Better Politicians than Humans<\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0 It&#8217;s only 7 minutes in length and really provides interesting insight on this beehavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier today, I heard a wonderful NPR story by Robert Krulwich that provides a more extended and experimental discussion of bee swarming behavior that I blogged on a few weeks ago. 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