Bee Movie Maker
Ask A Biologist Podcast
Chapters
0:00
Intro
1:14
What is the piece composed by Nicolai Rimsky Korsakov that was inspired by bees? Start guessing, we will play it later in the program.
1:39
What got you started in the bee movie business?
3:11
There is a new movie coming out - called Bee Movie.
3:38
Artistic license.
3:50
Not always learning about the biology of bees from the movie.
4:24
Bee biology corrections.
5:46
Plot of Bee Movie - do bees have a legal case against humans?
7:00
Modern Bees and humans. [Domestic animals]
7:20
What do bees get in exchange for their honey from humans?
9:32
A business deal.
10:14
How to attract a few thousand bee friends, or a blanket of bees.
11:48
How do you make a queen bee?
14:06
Journey inside a beehive (including the hum of the hive).
14:42
Description of honeybee comb.
15:15
Do bees fly or walk in the hive?
15:43
How do bees know where they are in the hive?
16:30
It's crowded in the hive.
16:53
What do feeding and eating have to do with bee vomit? [Tropholaxis]
17:35
The bee dance.
20:06
How do bees let other bees know the quality of the nectar they have found?
20:34
Dance language.
21:04
Bee colonies are like little cities with lots of jobs.
23:47
Bees have more than one job in their lifetime. How long do bees live?
24:40
How long have you been a bee movie maker?
25:01
Can bees learn?
25:51
How many neurons are in a bee and human brain?
27:41
Training bees.
28:25
Bee sense of smell very similar to human sense of smell.
29:00
Pavlovian bee?
31:36
Return to the beehive and listen to piano piece by Rimsky-Korsakov/Rachmaninoff - Flight of the Bumblebee.
33:38
When did you know you wanted to be a biologist?
36:53
What would you do if you could not be a biologist?
38:32
You participate in an extreme sport. [Skydiving]
42:11
What advice do you have for future biologists?
42:52
Credits
Ask A Biologist Podcast
Bee Movie Maker
Nov 30, 2007
Episode 24
Dr. Biology Talks with Brian Smith
Lights, camera, action! Well, it may not be a Hollywood movie, but there's a lot to be learned by filming bees. In this episode, Dr. Biology talks with bee movie maker and neurobiologist Brian Smith. Listen in as the two talk about bees, Bee Movie, and even take a trip inside a beehive to check out what is buzzing. You can also check out our companion profile story on Brian Smith's research.
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