It was a warm day when I was listening to the bees humming in F in the hills of California. Do bees hum in other keys? Why are they called bees if they hum in F?
I don't know about bees but this was posted on Mandolin Cafe a while ago:
"Apparantly, mosquitoes of Aedes aegypti modulate their wing tones to produce an overtone that is a key to their initiating reproduction. When they get in proximity to each other the male modulates to 600Hz (a D) and she to 400Hz (a G). The resulting overtone of 1200Hz is what is required for mating. This tonal separation is a perfect fifth! The most beautiful of intervals. Like our mandolins! Even more interesting, in the lab, just the 1200Hz tone was played for some mosquitoes and it had the effect on them. "
Are you sure those bees weren't in F Sharp? The most common key for Native American flutes are F Sharp. They say the King's Chamber made of quartz in the Great Pyramid resonates at F Sharp.
This geologist has found that: 'Planets that have short orbits like Mercury have higher frequencies, whereas more distant planets with longer orbits like Neptune have lower frequencies. Interestingly, it looks like all the frequencies lie close to the F sharp minor scale, Engebretson says, “so I’ve been working on why that might be.”'
Bees Hum
Bees Hum
It was a warm day when I was listening to the bees humming in F in the hills of California. Do bees hum in other keys? Why are they called bees if they hum in F?
# Posted on June 28th 2010 by Leendah
Re: Bees Hum
I don't know about bees, but I know a guy who once farted a perfectly in-tune low D. Or should I say, 'bottom' D...
# Posted on June 28th 2010 by Pat Mustard
Re: Bees Hum
I heard they buzz in Bb in South Africa
# Posted on June 28th 2010 by premier
Re: Bees Hum
I don't know about bees but this was posted on Mandolin Cafe a while ago:
"Apparantly, mosquitoes of Aedes aegypti modulate their wing tones to produce an overtone that is a key to their initiating reproduction. When they get in proximity to each other the male modulates to 600Hz (a D) and she to 400Hz (a G). The resulting overtone of 1200Hz is what is required for mating. This tonal separation is a perfect fifth! The most beautiful of intervals. Like our mandolins! Even more interesting, in the lab, just the 1200Hz tone was played for some mosquitoes and it had the effect on them. "
# Posted on June 28th 2010 by All Moldy
Re: Bees Hum
>Why are they called bees if they hum in F?
Shouldn't they be called Effing Bees?
# Posted on June 28th 2010 by Rudall the time
Re: Bees Hum
I wouldn't mate with somebody who played in G while I was playing in D.
# Posted on June 28th 2010 by nicholas
Re: Bees Hum
Unless her attractions compensated unequivocally for her lamentable musical sense, and even then I'm not sure.
# Posted on June 28th 2010 by nicholas
Re: Bees Hum
If I get could my foot on them they would buzz in Bb
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by ruaidhri
Re: Bees Hum
Over the ocean they buzz in C
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by Donough
Re: Bees Hum
Canadian bees buzz quizzically in A.
(groan, eh?)
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by Will Harmon
Re: Bees Hum
But what pitch(es) are the drones ....
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by Mix O'Lydian
Re: Bees Hum
Shakespeare couldn't play in difficult keys: "Where the B sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie"
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by RichardB
Re: Bees Hum
"Why are they called bees if they hum in F?"
It's the German 'Bee', meaning B-flat. The bees are humming in B-flat; what you are actually hearing is the 3rd harmonic, which is F.
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: Bees Hum
The German 'B', that is.
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Re: Bees Hum
'Where the B sucks, there suck I..." - I like it!
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by nicholas
Re: Bees Hum
With genetic modification we should be able to produce bees that hum at any pitch.
I'm looking forward to playing the first bee-harmonium.
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by skreech
Re: Bees Hum
"Why are they called bees if they hum in F?"
They're definitely effing cees when they sting you.
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by johndsamuels
Re: Bees Hum
Tin foil hat time!
Are you sure those bees weren't in F Sharp? The most common key for Native American flutes are F Sharp. They say the King's Chamber made of quartz in the Great Pyramid resonates at F Sharp.
This geologist has found that: 'Planets that have short orbits like Mercury have higher frequencies, whereas more distant planets with longer orbits like Neptune have lower frequencies. Interestingly, it looks like all the frequencies lie close to the F sharp minor scale, Engebretson says, “so I’ve been working on why that might be.”'
http://www.earthmagazine.org/earth/article/264-7d9-9-12
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by SWFL Fiddler
Re: Bees Hum
On a related subject, perhaps:
http://www.pulseplanet.com/dailyprogram/dailies.php?POP=2244
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by pennhorse
Re: Bees Hum
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/images/2005/06/26/26_6_2005_BEE.jpg
# Posted on June 29th 2010 by sara505sings
Re: Bees Hum
It's really simple. Bees hum because they don't know the words.
# Posted on June 30th 2010 by fiddlerdan