Comments on: Bees on a Plane! 10,000 Bees Swarm an Airplane Wing in Massachusetts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:21:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: For Honey Bee Awareness Day, Music Video Asks, “Where My Bees At?” | Discoblog | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-25614 For Honey Bee Awareness Day, Music Video Asks, “Where My Bees At?” | Discoblog | Discover Magazine Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:14:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/#comment-25614 [...] Honeybee Murder Mystery: “We Found the Bullet Hole,” Not the “Smoking Gun” Discoblog: Bees on a Plane! 10,000 Bees Swarm an Airplane Wing in Massachusetts Discoblog: You Can Dance if You Want to, You Can Learn from Different [...] [...] Honeybee Murder Mystery: “We Found the Bullet Hole,” Not the “Smoking Gun” Discoblog: Bees on a Plane! 10,000 Bees Swarm an Airplane Wing in Massachusetts Discoblog: You Can Dance if You Want to, You Can Learn from Different [...]

]]> By: Band of Turtles Takes Over JFK Tarmac, Delays Flights | Discoblog | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-24431 Band of Turtles Takes Over JFK Tarmac, Delays Flights | Discoblog | Discover Magazine Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:16:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/#comment-24431 [...] the latest massive swarm of animals to appear in odd places: Don’t forget about the bees on the plane and the ant colony that spans the globe. Maybe they’re all becoming zombies [...] [...] the latest massive swarm of animals to appear in odd places: Don’t forget about the bees on the plane and the ant colony that spans the globe. Maybe they’re all becoming zombies [...]

]]> By: Multibillion Ant “Megacolony” Set to Take Over the Globe | Discoblog | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-24283 Multibillion Ant “Megacolony” Set to Take Over the Globe | Discoblog | Discover Magazine Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:01:38 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/#comment-24283 [...] Content: Discoblog: Bees on a Plane! 10,000 Bees Swarm an Airplane Wing in Massachusetts Discoblog: Townspeople Thwart Cricket Invasion by Blasting Led Zeppelin Discoblog: U.S. Military [...] [...] Content: Discoblog: Bees on a Plane! 10,000 Bees Swarm an Airplane Wing in Massachusetts Discoblog: Townspeople Thwart Cricket Invasion by Blasting Led Zeppelin Discoblog: U.S. Military [...]

]]> By: MareBear http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-24247 MareBear Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:00:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/#comment-24247 Just a correction: Honeybees are dying off -- here's an early article in Scientiifc American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bees-ccd-virus and a more recent one at Stanford's website: http://www.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2007/AgriVetParasites/Background.html a discussion of colony collapse disorder on wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee#Colony_Collapse Just a correction: Honeybees are dying off — here’s an early article in Scientiifc American:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bees-ccd-virus

and a more recent one at Stanford’s website:

http://www.stanford.edu/group/parasites/ParaSites2007/AgriVetParasites/Background.html

a discussion of colony collapse disorder on wikipedia.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee#Colony_Collapse

]]> By: How Curious! « ThinkingShift http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/comment-page-1/#comment-23945 How Curious! « ThinkingShift Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:03:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/03/bees-on-a-plane-10000-bees-swarm-an-airplane-wing-in-massachusetts/#comment-23945 [...] No doubt the pilot of a plane at a flight school in Massachusetts wondered if he was appearing in a sequel to Snakes on a Plane, this time starring bees. 10,000 honeybees swarmed the left wing of an airplane at the school (weren’t honeybees said to be inexplicably dying off in the US?). The owner of the flight school called the cops (not sure cops are known for their bee removal abilities). The cops called a bee removal expert who sucked the bees off the wing by using a vacuuming tool and then shipped the bees off to hives (hope they survived the huge vacuum cleaner!).  Experts are saying that the Queen bee most likely was on the left wing and the honeybees swarmed to protect her (that or they all thought they’d hitch a ride). Source: Discover Magazine. [...] [...] No doubt the pilot of a plane at a flight school in Massachusetts wondered if he was appearing in a sequel to Snakes on a Plane, this time starring bees. 10,000 honeybees swarmed the left wing of an airplane at the school (weren’t honeybees said to be inexplicably dying off in the US?). The owner of the flight school called the cops (not sure cops are known for their bee removal abilities). The cops called a bee removal expert who sucked the bees off the wing by using a vacuuming tool and then shipped the bees off to hives (hope they survived the huge vacuum cleaner!).  Experts are saying that the Queen bee most likely was on the left wing and the honeybees swarmed to protect her (that or they all thought they’d hitch a ride). Source: Discover Magazine. [...]

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