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Can we talk to bees?

Can we talk to bees?

FromOxford Sparks Big Questions


Can we talk to bees?

FromOxford Sparks Big Questions

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Length:
15 minutes
Released:
Mar 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We are out in the wild today talking to bees!   In this behind the scenes episode, we visited Dr Rachel Parkinson’s bee recording studio to see insect neuroscience research in action.    You might know that honeybees communicate with each other using the waggle dance, a minute choreography that shows other bees the way to the flower buffet. But little is known about how bumblebees communicate.   To understand more about bee behaviour, Rachel has created a series of small arenas with cameras and microphones. Using AI, visual and audio recordings can be matched up to create a database of sounds and behaviours which will, in time, hopefully reveal the secret language of bees!
Released:
Mar 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

'Will my bacon sandwich kill me?', 'Is vaping better than smoking?', 'How do you become an astronaut?' - just some of the Big Questions we ask some of the brightest minds behind Oxford science. Join us in each podcast as we explore a different area of science.