Bee Article Index
You can use this page to find articles by topic or to read this blog in chronological (or reverse chronological) order. The latter might make sense until such a time as I can write up and summarise the whole project.
To view the articles in time order (oldest first) start with the article titles at the bottom of this page and work upwards.
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- advice (7)
- diary (141)
- technology (18)
Entries by Tag
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- mating (2)
- memorisation (3)
- micro (1)
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- monitor (1)
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- moss (4)
- motion detection (1)
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- navigation (4)
- nectar (3)
- nest site (8)
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- overnight (13)
- paint (3)
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- photography (6)
- poem (2)
- poetry (2)
- pollen (17)
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- pot (1)
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- pussy willow (1)
- QB2012-01 (2)
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- queen (34)
- rain (1)
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- RIP (3)
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- tech (5)
- temperature (10)
- testing (1)
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- wax moth (5)
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- weather station (1)
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Entries by Title
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- What's up with the Queens?
- The First Time a Bumblebee sees a Flower it knows exactly what to do..
- What's the story?
- buzzee weekend
- The World's 1st Bumblebee Tweet?
- Nest Sensor Setup (part 2)
- Pecking Order
- Two much excitement for one day
- Wee Hidey-Hole
- Nest-sensor setup (part 1)
- Rain, Rain, go away! The bumbles can't get out to play!
- Building a Space Elevator: gotta start somewhere
- The Internet of Bumblethings - Tech Update
- Fat Bottomed Girls - and our 1st goodbye
- Weekend Update 2
- Changing the bedding
- Sisters can't do it for themselves
- 2 plump girls causing a stir
- Challenging a good theory
- A big thanks to Dragonfli (Beepol)
- Weekend Catchup (1st Beepol Weekend)
- Removing Beepol Lid - part 2
- a hive arrive-o!
- Linear Features
- Expanding on the Expanding foam
- Magical Memorisation Moments
- Queen Nesting updates
- Going Potty
- Gone but not forgotten...
- not all flags and fake tubes
- Final stage: nestbox tech
- Phase 2 box preparation
- New Nestbox
- Thru-Tube
- Sad News
- We want unkempt grass!
- Hi Viz Gaffer tape & other brainwaves
- Chasing Queens
- Bumble infrastructure & Beepol modifications
- Declaring Bumblebee season 2012 officially open!
- 3 Essentials for Shooting Macro Photography
- The Physical Exam
- A faded Poppy
- fan-tastic
- The gift of security & dignity
- Over-throne
- Rollercoaster
- Lying in a ditch was worth it
- A place to call home?
- All Change - and the early morning detection theory
- A new Queen line-up
- Another Myster-3
- Threedom
- The curious incident
- Bye Bye Bea
- Man hunt
- All Change
- We all want cool air
- Stuck in an ice-cream tub
- Going Micro / Eviction Day
- Interfering with Nature
- She's leaving home
- Can WE take to the sky too?
- Social Instincts
- Hi Ho, Hi Ho
- Big Mamma & her gang
- Shandy open, babies born
- Crack open the shandy?
- 2 Bee or not 2 Bee?
- 7 hours to make a bed: inspiring
- Two fingers up to the master plan
- Flying for the thrill of it
- Hibernation Station
- Scratch the hatch
- Handling Royalty
- Settling In, looking in
- Sting Operation at Grand Opening
- Plan Bee
- Apian Autopsy
- Wax Moth: Killer in the Night
- 67
- Looking for Lucy?
- Entitled to an Armchair
- Slowing Down?
- Back to Nature
- Powers of Invisibility
- Coming out. Again and Again.
- House on fire
- Yes, gravity still works...
- Down but not out...
- What happens after death?
- Bum Fandango
- 7: the lucky Clingons' number
- Rainy Rescue
- It's a boy!
- Goodbye BLB
- Upsizing
- What's in the basket?
- Pattern Matching
- Mass moss mess
- Beeing Social
- Hot under the Thorax
- Own Private Hotspot
- Into the Light
- Turns out it's a "Tree"
- Mind your head!
- Fight for survival
- A Poem
- Your Band
- Meet Holly
- I spy with my little eye
- Bearing up
- Inner Child
- Keeping a close eye (in more ways than one)
- Her Royal Highness, Queen Bee Fifi (Press Release)
- The stark reality of nature
- One Way - No Way!
- Lifting the Lid on things
- Moving in a day early!
- Who's going to learn the most? Them or us?
- All honeymoons have to end
- Home, I'm Honey!
- Don't know about Wills and Kate but...
- Going crazy with expanding foam again!
- A Day of Ditch Diving
- Here comes the Sun (and the rain; and the humidity)
- Counting not Catching
- You can get anything in a box!
- Faking It
- Open Sesame - Nestbox Entrance Design
- 3 is the magic number
- HMS Bombus sets sail
- Bees like Buses
- A NewTube Phenomenon (Part 2)
- A NewTube phenomenon (part 1)
- Into the Unknown
- Sleeping Beauty
- Going Cuckoo
- Piece 2 Camera
- Buffs and Tufts and Other Stuff
- Cool it
- A turn-up for the box
- Flying visit
- Our new profile picture
- Don't call us, we'll call on you
- 2 up, 2 down
- Putting on a show for the camera
- She didn't even check in!
- Now here comes the science bit
- The World's smallest sleeping bag?
- Going to pot!
- A Grand Entrance
- Sleeping in the corridor while the room goes empty!
- Think like a Queen (no, not Elton John)
- Pro & Cons of Skype for Public Webcam