Hello, Everybody!

Chief Lee Crowchild and I’ve been requested to current on the Calgary Science Centre for an upcoming Indigenous Science Night time. Attendance might be as much as about 1700 individuals and the occasion is only a few weeks away, so I assumed that I’d attain out to readers for a bit of assist.

The best way the science program works, a ‘mainstream western scientist’ (me) is teamed up with an Elder (a Information Keeper) from a close-by Nation. Luckily, I used to be capable of choose my very own presentation accomplice, Chief Crowchild, whom I’ve labored with for years – and who’s a beekeeper on Tsuut’ina Nation. (We’ve got taught programs collectively and we hang around each few weeks.)

The organizers have chosen the subject of “Wavelength and Frequency” because the night’s theme. Our a part of the presentation lasts about one hour and offers with bees. The Chief will determine how his portion will overlap with my dialogue of wavelength and frequency, as associated to bees. I’m within the course of of choosing my topic traces.

Right here’s what I keep in mind up to now.

1. The organizers recommended bee vs human eyesight with a dialogue of the sunshine spectrum. Bees see ultraviolet, which seems white to people; people see purple, which seems black to bees.
2. Wing-beat frequency varies with the indignant buzz of disturbed bees to the mild pitch of a buzzing comfortable hive.
3. The velocity of a scout’s dance loop (frequency – loops per minute) because it pertains to distance of flower patch from hive.

I’d love to listen to concepts from readers. We can have loads of time to incorporate greater than these three examples, slides and pictures, and corresponding indigenous observations. Our focus might be on native bees, however educated honey bee keepers might have some concepts that switch to some species of native bee.

Many thanks! ~Ron