Comments on: The Hive Mind Reader: My Smithsonian profile of Thomas Seeley http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/02/22/the-hive-mind-reader-my-smithsonian-profile-of-thomas-seeley/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Hive mind. | Thus knowledge flows like water http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/02/22/the-hive-mind-reader-my-smithsonian-profile-of-thomas-seeley/#comment-17682 Hive mind. | Thus knowledge flows like water Fri, 23 Mar 2012 05:58:24 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5578#comment-17682 [...] Posted on 22 March, 2012 by Dr. Tom http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/02/22/the-hive-mind-reader-my-smithsonian-profile-of-tho... Share this:EmailDiggPrintFacebookRedditStumbleUponTwitterLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...] [...] Posted on 22 March, 2012 by Dr. Tom http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/02/22/the-hive-mind-reader-my-smithsonian-profile-of-tho… Share this:EmailDiggPrintFacebookRedditStumbleUponTwitterLike this:LikeBe the first to like this [...]

]]> By: Susannah Wagner http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/02/22/the-hive-mind-reader-my-smithsonian-profile-of-thomas-seeley/#comment-17681 Susannah Wagner Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:24:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5578#comment-17681 This research is so vital to our time. thank you all , esp. Thomas Seeley for all those years and dedication to help us understand the magnificence of the bee mind. Kudos! This research is so vital to our time. thank you all , esp. Thomas Seeley for all those years and dedication to help us understand the magnificence of the bee mind. Kudos!

]]> By: GoShoals Summer 2012 » The Hive Mind Reader http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/02/22/the-hive-mind-reader-my-smithsonian-profile-of-thomas-seeley/#comment-17680 GoShoals Summer 2012 » The Hive Mind Reader Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:35:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5578#comment-17680 [...] Carl Zimmer reporting: On the front porch of an old Coast Guard station on Appledore Island, seven miles off the southern coast of Maine, Thomas Seeley and I sat next to 6,000 quietly buzzing bees. Seeley wore a giant pair of silver headphones over a beige baseball cap, a wild fringe of hair blowing out the back; next to him was a video camera mounted on a tripod. In his right hand, Seeley held a branch with a lapel microphone taped to the end. He was recording the honeybee swarm huddling inches away on a board nailed to the top of a post.… Read More! [...] [...] Carl Zimmer reporting: On the front porch of an old Coast Guard station on Appledore Island, seven miles off the southern coast of Maine, Thomas Seeley and I sat next to 6,000 quietly buzzing bees. Seeley wore a giant pair of silver headphones over a beige baseball cap, a wild fringe of hair blowing out the back; next to him was a video camera mounted on a tripod. In his right hand, Seeley held a branch with a lapel microphone taped to the end. He was recording the honeybee swarm huddling inches away on a board nailed to the top of a post.… Read More! [...]

]]> By: The Hive Mind Reader: My Smithsonian profile of Thomas Seeley | My Blog http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/02/22/the-hive-mind-reader-my-smithsonian-profile-of-thomas-seeley/#comment-17679 The Hive Mind Reader: My Smithsonian profile of Thomas Seeley | My Blog Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:28:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5578#comment-17679 [...] 22nd, 2012 2:52 PM by Carl Zimmer in Brains, Writing Elsewhere | 1 comments | RSS feed | Trackback This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged walkie talkie by . Bookmark the [...] [...] 22nd, 2012 2:52 PM by Carl Zimmer in Brains, Writing Elsewhere | 1 comments | RSS feed | Trackback This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged walkie talkie by . Bookmark the [...]

]]> By: Kerstin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/02/22/the-hive-mind-reader-my-smithsonian-profile-of-thomas-seeley/#comment-17678 Kerstin Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:20:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5578#comment-17678 Hi Carl, this is a beautiful piece! I can totally relate to your sense of bewilderment and wonder. Over the past two years, I have spent a lot of time with beekeepers and researchers for a documentary film, and quite a few hours on a pancake flat field with rotating radar dishes behind us and a tube of sugar water in front of us, waiting for "Red 36" to arrive and start feeding... They are fascinating creatures and I keep being humbled that even of this best studied insect of all we know so little. Hi Carl,

this is a beautiful piece!

I can totally relate to your sense of bewilderment and wonder. Over the past two years, I have spent a lot of time with beekeepers and researchers for a documentary film, and quite a few hours on a pancake flat field with rotating radar dishes behind us and a tube of sugar water in front of us, waiting for “Red 36″ to arrive and start feeding…

They are fascinating creatures and I keep being humbled that even of this best studied insect of all we know so little.

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