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Bees Makes Hive In A Jar
A bell jar was placed on top of a mini hive and bees from the nucleus started to create foundation of a hive in the jar. Once the foundation is laid, the bees work in masses to form the rest of the hive. 14 more pics of bees making hive in a jar after the jump.
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November 19th, 2007 at 10:15 am
lol, that one bee got owned
November 20th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
neat.
November 21st, 2007 at 10:48 am
Did you notice the bees followed the “Magik Natural Numbers”? sequence when making the starting points..13 is one of those numbers, and how did they get the distance between each rib. It is exactly the same and correct distance… also each Cell has 6 sides plus a front and back wall = 8.
The nature numbers are 1,2,3,5,8,13,21….. all things in nature have this sequence as part of the design.
November 21st, 2007 at 12:28 pm
awesome, never seen it from that perspective, so amazing!
November 21st, 2007 at 10:11 pm
That’s pretty neat. Nice perspective and excellent photo’s!
November 22nd, 2007 at 7:51 am
They’re called Fibonacci numbers, plant petals and sepals grow by the same pattern.
November 23rd, 2007 at 1:26 am
That’s not a “hive in a jar”, that’s an EXTENSION of the hive in that jar.
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:52 am
Actually, the Fibonacci sequence is 1, 1, and then every number is the sum of the two proceeding… therefore:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, etc…
UnholyP, you’re absolutly correct… it’s just an incomplete definition. Forgive me for completeness, I’m a math guy.
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:53 am
erm, should have said two PREceeding, not PROceeding.
ANYWAY, regardless of the math, that’s a freaking cool pic.
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:36 am
Fibonaci sequence is a number pattern that appears frequently in nature.
Natural numbers is actually something else.
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:00 pm
umm… oh wow, you found the number 8 and 13 in that picture, that must mean it fits into the fibonacci sequence. the number of ribs and the sides of their hexagonal prisms are completely unrelated.
what you guys are talking about is actually PHI which is mathematically derived from the fibonacci sequence. PHI is a ratio, and the only thing about bees which i remember is that the number of male bees and female bees is in that exact ratio
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:56 pm
I had sex with Fibonacci many years ago. And he had sex by those same numbers! He would thrust his pelvis in that exact same sequence. I have to say it worked, because we both experienced simultaneous howling orgasms! I remember “Fibo” say, “My GOD! I thought my scrotum turned inside out that time!” He was a good lover.
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:24 pm
hence “nature numbers” and not Natural Numbers of convention
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Oh, and by the way, just so you all know, Fibo never made it to 34… he always blew his goo while doing the 21 segment of his formula! I could almost predict the exact number where his yam bag would start pumping! It was such great fun! Too bad he died. I would love to find another scientist to hump.
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Lulabelle ——- I think you only had sex with “Fibo” in your filthy diseased mind. No mathematician with even a sliver of brain would ever go near you. I have heard that you are a fat, sweaty, troll of a sea hag, with only one tooth in your mouth. And you use that one tooth to eat corn on the cob. It takes you seven hours to clean off one cob, but hey, you don’t work, so who cares? Fatso. I hate you.
November 24th, 2007 at 1:49 am
In regard to the numbers, and the spacing between the ribs, I believe I remember seeing an animal planet program about how bee’s use chemical signals to coordinate building efforts.
November 24th, 2007 at 1:50 am
You guys are correct with the Fibonacci Sequence. It is also used in art and music extensively.
November 24th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
The bees do communicate hive-building directions through chemical exchange, which naturally leads to a PHI related pattern. Anyone who has ever taken LSD or Shrooms should know why this happens ;D….
the Fibonacci numbers appearing in nature is because the PHI ratio allows for the most efficient structure, and allows for perfect growth that can be repeated indefinitely. The bees making 13 ribs is just a result of them being highly efficient and working for the common good. It is not at all a coincidence.
Salmon is correct that the male/female ratio of bees approaches PHI, this is because queen bees only mate once in a lifetime and produce eggs alone. Male bees develop from unfertilized eggs made by the queen alone, while female bees develop from fertilized eggs(in other words, had a father), therefore male bees have 1 parent(queen), 2 grandparents(queen’s father/mother), 3 great-grandparents(grandmother had two parents), 5 great-great-grandparents, etc… that’s what Salmon is referring to.
Salmon and Art are both incorrect about the hexagonal cells, however. Art, bee cells have 6 sides and TWO sides for both the bottom cap, and ONE side for the top cap, for a total of 9 sides. But this is irrelevant.
Salmon, the six sides of the cells IS relevant to PHI, if you create an equilateral triangle within a hexagon, and describe a circle around the hexagon, a straight line that bisects two of the triangle’s sides that is extended to the edge of the circle will be divided by one of the triangle’s sides into two lines with the ratio PHI.
Refer to the following link for a visual example of this…
http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/phi2DGeomTrig.html#equilPhi
I hope this explanation has helped some of you appreciate PHI in nature even more
it really is everywhere. And bees are a FANTASTIC example.
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November 25th, 2007 at 3:56 am
That’s called the Fibonacci sequence. It is not in All things, but in MANY things in nature. Even then one would argue that it’s the golden ratio that appears in nature, not the Fibonacci sequence.
November 25th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Staan, it can easily be argued that the golden ratio is in everything in nature. If you break things down enough, eventually PHI will generally emerge. At least at a molecular level, the simple geometry involved has the golden ratio in it, just like in astronomy. I agree that it’s more accurate to say that it’s the golden ratio rather than the fibonacci sequence that appears in nature, but it’s really just nitpicking at that point, the fibonacci sequence is just an integer representation of the ratio. That’s like saying, 3.14159 isn’t in nature, the PI ratio is what’s in nature. Same thing, the fibonacci sequence is the evidence of the PHI ratio being present, so both statements are true.
November 26th, 2007 at 3:19 am
Woah, animal rights groups?
What the fuck do animal rights groups have to do with bees, man? They are insects for crying out loud. We step on them, kill them with bug spray, some people even eat them.
If animal rights groups complain about this beehive they should go fuck themselves and take their anti-human philosophy and shove it up their asses.
November 29th, 2007 at 4:44 am
Abejas que hacen su colmena dentro de una campana de cristal…
Un experimento en el que se deja una campana de cristal con una pequeña abertura encima de una colmena de abejas. No tardan en colonizar el nuevo espacio….
December 1st, 2007 at 2:30 pm
This just shows us the infinite wisdom of GOD.
Just Kidding
December 1st, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Very cool. If I didn’t mind inviting hundreds of bees into my yard, I’d totally try it.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
I only saw one honeybee this year — and it was dead and dried up, on my back porch. I hope these amazing creatures survive whatever is happening to them. I read somewhere that it’s called “colony collapse disorder.”
December 6th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Those pictures are absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 8th, 2007 at 8:36 am
Wow can’t say that I ever thought about what the inside of a beehive looked like, but that is pretty amazing.
December 9th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Wow. Did you see how they spelled “Obama08″ in the middle there? Must be a crazy omen…
December 10th, 2007 at 7:23 am
i wouldnt want to be the one to open that jar
December 11th, 2007 at 3:48 am
Unbelievably COOL! What an awesome set of pics. Thanks very much for posting!
December 12th, 2007 at 10:41 am
This just shows what bees were made for! Who cares about who’s right or wrong about the numbers. Just look at this as something that is just amazing!!! Really cool. I’m just wondering how they got in and out…. was there a hole in the top?
December 12th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
bees are effed.
December 21st, 2007 at 9:08 am
none of you people are cool except the guy who thought this up
why can no one appreciate quietly
December 24th, 2007 at 2:38 am
…And is still screaming:
EWWW ALL THOSE BEES GOT SQUISHED TOGETHER!!!!
The End.
December 24th, 2007 at 2:40 am
P.S. did u know that people in a very different culture actually eat monkey brains?
I will now go into elaborate detail on how they catch, kill, cook, and eat the poor defenseless monkey.
Kay, just kidding.
December 27th, 2007 at 2:40 am
I’m curious about the second-to-last photo. I know next to nothing about bee keeping, but it looks like the comb is now dried and inside. What made the bees leave the jar? And how does one dry out (is that even the right term?) a hive? I’ve watched too much Disney channel because clearly I know nothing. Bees are fascinating though - my mom is trying to get a hive or two on her farm, along with bat houses so she can avoid pesticides.
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December 27th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Buzzzzzzzzz, buzzzz, buzzzz, ……….. buzzzzz.
December 31st, 2007 at 4:10 am
Fibonacci Sequence!
December 31st, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Lulabelle made me cry laughing….as I read it to my friend laying over on the couch, I couln’t catch my breath I was laughing so hard. Thanks…funniest thing today
January 10th, 2008 at 6:12 am
First of all: bees are rad
second of all: that Lulabelle person is vulgar and hilarious. I probably died laughing.
and third of all:….bees are rad.
January 18th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Hey. For all you silly wenches doubting that Lullabelle and I did the deed you’re wrong. We did the deed. The deed was indeed right. You all have no idea what you’re talking about by the way. The whole sequenece was based off of this amazing acid trip. Tootles.
Fibo.
January 25th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
To “Fibonacci”…… You demented SCUM, the real Fibo is dead. I bet you wish you were Fibo, so you would have the true memory of stuffing your love meat all the way inside me. For your information, my baby hole is very muscular, and it takes hold of a stiff hog with vise like force. I remember Fibo would put both of his feet outside my vagina and try to pull his pork pole out, but he couldn’t! Not until I released it. I also remember that during sex, Fibo loved to have me reach around and grab a clump of his anus hair. Just as he orgasmed, I would rip out that smelly snarl of hair by the roots. Fibo would scream, a combination of his orgasm howl, and the agony of having his anus hair yanked out. I still have that hair in a jar at my house. I think I have enough to possibly knit a sweater.
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February 12th, 2008 at 11:35 am
wow. math a side that is totally awesome. but then you add the math and becomes even more cooler.
March 16th, 2008 at 1:44 am
damn..It is very creepy!!
March 20th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Someone asked how the bees got in and out. There is a hole in the top but that’s just a ventilation hole — the bees couldn’t pass through it. They entered through a hole in the jar base jar and the main hive. As the season ended, their numbers declined and at night they would cluster down below in the main body of the hive, so it was an easy job to remove the bell jar, full of honey which provided a friend with a nice centrepiece for his Christmas dinner table. I’ll be experimenting further this season as I’ve acquired another jar. See http://www.propolis.co.uk
April 1st, 2008 at 8:12 am
Very awesome, best pictures I have seen in awhile.
April 8th, 2008 at 3:29 am
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