Clairvoyant Bees!!!

[dpearce4]

As I was leaving work today I was asked by my boss if I knew anything about a storm forcast to hit us over the xmas period, she couldn't remember where she saw it but it was in a paper.

I said no to which I was asked had my bees been behaving weirdly due to the fact they knew there was a storm coming, I said not that I was aware of and what did she mean, to which I was asked "you know are they clairvoyant, can they see into the future"......

I collapsed in a heap laughing. what other daft questions have people be asked if their bees can do?

Should I lend them to the met office to see if they are better than the super computer they used for producing weather forcasts.

 

[pargyle]

Should I lend them to the met office to see if they are better than the super computer they used for producing weather forcasts.

Can't be any worse ... I'll nip out and ask mine what numbers I should pick for the Euromillions on Friday as well !

 

[VEG]

In fairness bees do seem to be able to tell when a storm is on the way have you tried an inspection before one is due? not fun

 

[Norfolk]

I have often wondered what is the truth of animals foretelling earthquakes and the like. I wouldn't dismiss it completely out of hand.

 

[REDWOOD]

A dog howling unexpectedly is a good indication of death

 

[Gilberdyke John]

I have ofter wondered what is the truth of animals foretelling earthquakes and the like. I wouldn't dismiss it completely out of hand.

Just don't annoy any butterflies with fractal patterns on their wings or the weather could go really crazy!

 

[REDWOOD]

Don't eat yellow snow

 

[Hivemaker.]

A dog howling unexpectedly is a good indication of death

Especially if they start doing it around 3am.

 

[user 6228]

Clairvoyant no ... But quicker on the weather uptake than us? Probably.
Bees can see the polarisation of light. Inclement weather changes the polarisation of light on the horizon. Perhaps bees use this?

 

[Hivemaker.]

Clairvoyant no ... But quicker on the weather uptake than us? Probably.
Bees can see the polarisation of light. Inclement weather changes the polarisation of light on the horizon. Perhaps bees use this?

Have you seen the bees piling back into their hives, just before an eclipse of the sun.

 

[SteeveeTee]

Birds falling out of the sky also good indicators of death...

 

[clv101]

As I was leaving work today I was asked by my boss if I knew anything about a storm forcast to hit us over the xmas period, she couldn't remember where she saw it but it was in a paper.

Probably something like this:
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/lat...er-Britain-foresees-worst-Christmas-on-record

It's absolute junk and dammed irresponsible in my opinion.

 

[user 6228]

Have you seen the bees piling back into their hives, just before an eclipse of the sun.

and just how does that happen or is this just a poke?

bees can detect polarisation of light
and water droplets do change light polarisation at the horizon ...
and bees do pile into the hive just before the rain
google it yourself to find the papers

 

[TryingToLetThemBee]

I am personally convinced they saw this incredible autumn coming; so many reports of light hives and late brooding, which was absolutely the right thing. What pollen foraging in mid-December is telling us, I have no idea.

 

[Hivemaker.]

and just how does that happen or is this just a poke?

They pile back in their droves, quite a spectacular sight in a large apairy, and then all goes completely quiet, just like visiting an apairy at night time.

Why do you think it is a poke, whatever you mean by that.

 

[Erichalfbee]

Must be a sight.
I've seen two total eclipses but neither near any bees
It does take a while to get dark though the last minute or two is spectacular.... I suppose there must be a threshold at which they realise night is coming.....

Birds falling out of the sky also good indicators of death...

And a bird hitting the windscreen of your car means a death in the family

 

[Tom Bick]

I have stood and watched bees returning back to the hives as though their lives depended on it from the same direction of a big black angry thunderstorm about to hit the apiary with me counting them all in before I run for the shelter of the van.

 

[Hivemaker.]

I suppose there must be a threshold at which they realise night is coming.....

And a bird hitting the windscreen of your car means a death in the family

A very fast threshold before an eclipse, with normal night approaching or even a rain storm the bees are returning much more slowly, plus there are bees still going out, even in the rain, with the eclipse none are going out.
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The Effects of a Solar Eclipse on Animals Behavior

Orhan ÖZBEY, M. Hanifi AYSÖNDÜ, Hatice ÖZER, Ü. Gülcihan ŞİMŞEK
Fırat Üniversitesi, Veteriner Fakültesi, Zootekni Anabilim Dalı. Elazığ - TÜRKİYE

Abstract: This study was conducted to determine the effects of the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, on the behavior of birds (chickens, Pekin ducks, gulls, crows and sparrows), cattle, bees and horses. The animals were observed for 6, from 11 am to 5 pm. Abnormal and extreme behaviors were determined at the observation times. Birds, cattle, bees and horses felt the solar eclipse about 45, 20, 65 and 35 minutes before it occurred, respectively. They showed this via their behaviors. When the total solar eclipse occurred between 2:37 and 2:39 pm, laying hens and broilers crowded together. They were very quiet and restless. Gulls stopped flying and were quiet and restless. Sparrows and crows were careful and afraid and they did not fly or sing. They crowded together in the trees and they were very nervous and afraid. All horses and cattle become very quiet, they did not move and they sniffed the air. They were very restless, shaking their tails and heads. A slight buzzing sound come from the bee hives. In conclusion, birds, cattle, bees and horses exhibited abnormal and extreme behaviors during the solar eclipse.

Key Words: Solar Eclipse, birds, cattle, honeybees, horses, animal behavior .
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What kind of timeline do you associate with a death in the family when a bird hits the windscreen, few days or few years, if it is days, then with the amount of pheasants and partriges that hit windscreens around here there would be no one left alive, if it is years... then yes i believe that of course

 

[Erichalfbee]

What kind of timeline do you associate with a death in the family when a bird hits the windscreen, few days or few years, if it is days, then with the amount of pheasants and partriges that hit windscreens around here there would be no one left alive, if it is years... then yes i believe that of course

I think it only pertains to moody dark dramas on the tele.
Distraught heroine driving in a storm....lashing rain.....that sort

Oh.....and in my cleaner's (previous life....don't have one now ) superstitions

 

[madasafish]

I am personally convinced they saw this incredible autumn coming; so many reports of light hives and late brooding, which was absolutely the right thing. What pollen foraging in mid-December is telling us, I have no idea.

Well as spring started in June, what do you expect?