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Title: My Bees Have Rhythm!
Post by: LET-CA on June 09, 2007, 07:39:19 PM
Was working out in the yard this morning and heard something unusual coming from one of the hives.  Upon closer inspection I found a full-fledged party going on!  Now I understand what a bee dance is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wB7gxGDpns (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wB7gxGDpns)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMuloKD_2y4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMuloKD_2y4)
Title: Re: My Bees Have Rhythm!
Post by: beekeeperookie on June 11, 2007, 05:09:38 AM
those were cool, what did you do set up a video recorder in front of the hive or some sort of web cam
Title: Re: My Bees Have Rhythm!
Post by: Cindi on June 11, 2007, 10:20:04 AM
LET-CA, very nice video.  I love to see the bees when they bring in this pollen, I also think it is cool when they rub their back legs together, so cute.  Have a wonderful day, great life, love this life.  Cindi
Title: Re: My Bees Have Rhythm!
Post by: annette on June 12, 2007, 12:21:26 AM
I just loved watching these videos. It really made me laugh so hard, and it was very educational for me. You can really see how the bees interact with each other as they land. A lot of the time, they land on top of each other. I love the ones that are taking off.

Thank you for this little bit of pleasure!!!

Annette
Title: Re: My Bees Have Rhythm!
Post by: Apiarist3000 on June 12, 2007, 11:16:23 AM
Really good videos there. I've been meaning to do that my hives and have a few ideas for a good set up but my bees seem to hate my slr and video camera with a passion  :evil:
Title: Re: My Bees Have Rhythm!
Post by: LET-CA on June 12, 2007, 01:10:41 PM
I put my camcorder on the tripod about two feet in front of the hive and zoomed in.  The bees really don't like having someone right in front of their entrance so I set up the camera and walked away.  The thing that suprised me was the background music made a rather dry video kind of fun.  The soundtracks are available for free on YouTube.  I just sorted through until I found one that seemed to fit.  Here's one more that I changed.  The fiddle music really seems to capture the intensity of the action.  The bees were doing an orientation flight at the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTIP4g4e8ak (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTIP4g4e8ak)

All the best - Lenny
Title: Re: My Bees Have Rhythm!
Post by: Cindi on June 13, 2007, 10:17:06 AM
Lenny, cool video and you're right, the violin music makes it all happen.  Great work and thanks.  Have a wonderful day, great life.  Cindi
Title: Re: My Bees Have Rhythm!
Post by: DayValleyDahlias on June 13, 2007, 10:39:11 AM
HAHAHAHA  What a happy way to start the day!