Comments on: Don’t MESS with the biology http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/ Science served wet and salty Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ask A Biologist « The Oyster’s Garter http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-275 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:08:09 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-275 [...] A Biologist I wanted to highlight a really cool website posted as a comment on one of my rants about “Bee Movie.” CJ Kazilek writes: Yes, the bee biology is very wrong (it is [...]

]]> By: CJ Kazilek http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-263 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:32:10 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-263 Yes, the bee biology is very wrong (it is Hollywood after all), but at least it might get people thinking about bees. If you want to point folks to content about real honey bee biology, try this podcast and the companion article about a real bee movie maker.

http://askabiologist.asu.edu/podcasts/index.html#BSmith

http://askabiologist.asu.edu/profiles/bsmith/index.html

Let’s bee sure that the real story gets out. In many cases it is more interesting than the movie version.

]]> By: The New York Times concedes that Miriam is a smarty « The Oyster’s Garter http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-258 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:47:12 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-258 [...] It took the Paper of Record two separate writers to say what Miriam has already pointed out in two posts regarding the gender of European bees. Mainly, that they’re mostly girls, and that a [...]

]]> By: jonolan http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-189 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:41:22 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-189 LOL!

]]> By: Miriam Goldstein http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-187 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 14:39:36 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-187 Thanks jololan. I don’t know much about insects and it’s always good to learn more. And it would be AMAZING to see what horrors Dreamworks would wreak on bee social structure if the bees were African or Indo-asian. There would probably be a lot more emphasis on the wiggle-dance. :>)

]]> By: jonolan http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-184 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:01:15 +0000 http://theoystersgarter.com/2007/11/03/dont-mess-with-the-biology/#comment-184 Actually the sources you’re citing only truly reference the European Honey bee. Other varieties – African & various Indian / Asian varieties – have somewhat varying roles and fates for the the different “castes” of bees within the hive.

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