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Author: mmatisoff
Date: 2016-09-15 21:17
Here's one you may not have heard before. I am a honey bee researcher at Kentucky State University. I am writing a grant to study the effects of music on honey bee behavior. I am looking in particular for music that is based on a county or origin, i.e., Chinese and Indian tonal music, African and Latin rhythms, blues, jazz, classical, and rock, etc.
Can you suggest other musical "forms" that might work in this study. Insects don't have ears, but they can detect sounds from low to high pitch. Queens even "pipe."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYecvVhkpKI.
Listen for the high pitched sound that is used by virgin queens to communicate where she is in relation to other virgin queen (only one queen to a hive)
Thx
Marty
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2016-09-15 21:31
Scottish bagpiping. Australian didgeridoo. Drum kit solos. White noise?
I would rather imagine that the sonic wave forms particular to specific sound generators (and combinations) would affect bees more than any musical idiom would. Have prior studies been done in this general area of inquiry?
Hopefully you complete your study before Monsanto et all finish the honey bees off for good.
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Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2016-09-15 21:42
I did a series of arrangements called Buggy Delights that featured music written about grass hoppers, crickets, bees, fire flies, and bumble bees, but as fun as the music is, it probably won't help your study.
John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com
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Author: mmatisoff
Date: 2016-09-15 21:50
It might. You gave me another idea. How does the "music" of other insect affect their behavior. Cudos.
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Author: mmatisoff
Date: 2016-09-15 21:53
Only study out there was some guy who create an "insect orchestra." Great ideas though. Digeridoo and, of course, bagpipes. Cows react to to jazz and classical music. Goat hate country. A study was recently completed by pounding on the top of the hive cover. Bees react to different sounds. I'm just curious to see which sounds they respond to. And, your, right. I have to do it before Monsanto and Dow Chemicals does them in. Thanks for the thoughts.
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Author: derf5585
Date: 2016-09-15 22:47
Ah Bees and Clarinets
Playing A Clarinet Covered In Bees
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddp8_5tXOhU
fsbsde@yahoo.com
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Author: kdk
Date: 2016-09-15 23:51
Not exactly what you're asking for, but it might be interesting to know how electronically produced mood music affects bees. I just spent an hour on a massage table with a steady stream of it playing in the background and it certainly calms me.
Karl
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Author: Tony F
Date: 2016-09-16 00:42
I never realised that goats have such refined taste. I have a new respect for them!
Tony F.
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Author: derf5585
Date: 2016-09-16 02:06
Found some other less known instruments
Members Instrument
Figrin D'an Kloo Horn
Nalan Cheel Bandfill
Tedn Dahai Fanfar
Doikk Na'ts Doremian Beshniquel (or Fizz)
Ickabel G'ont Fanfar
Tech Mo'r Ommni Box
Lirin Car'n Kloo Horn (Backup)
fsbsde@yahoo.com
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Author: Matt74
Date: 2016-09-16 08:23
That video is really cool. I didn't know that.
If bees react, they would react to music sharing the same characteristics, regardless of the culture. They might react more to the music of certain cultures more than others, because the music of certain cultures emphasize those qualities more than others. I would expect though that you could find similar music from different music that would affect them the same way.
Based on what I heard, I imagine they might react to bowed string music. Chinese music has a lot of sounds similar to the video, especially the Erhu.
https://youtu.be/Fz1YMjLwExE
https://youtu.be/tu5XohUR3Pg
https://youtu.be/1GqVXBIqeT4
However, if the bees react because it sounds like a bee, they might not be reacting to it as music. I might just sit down with my horn and start playing stuff: quiet, loud, chords, scales, sweet, exciting, etc. My guess is that, like people, beautiful calm music would calm them, and angry dissonant music would excite them. There have been a lot of studies (so I have heard) comparing heavy metal and Mozart on different animals, for example.
- Matthew Simington
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-09-19 13:09
Call this guy? Someone playing the clarinet with bees on him! lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddp8_5tXOhU
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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