the honeybee is the only swarm we have
ever domesticated but we are still
unraveling the mysteries of much of
their
behavior for those who understand the
swarm’s inner mind it’s possible to
control them in a way that is quite
extraordinary
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the bees are being summoned by a secret
signal
one that causes them to act with a
single mind
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swarms are made from thousands of
organisms but they work by acting as one
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by understanding the swarm’s secret
language it’s possible to make them do
the most extraordinary things
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so
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one hundred thousand bees cover his body
creating a living suit
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he has such control over the bees he
rarely suffers a single sting
he is a professor of entomology and has
been studying bees in their
communication all his life
by covering his body with a pheromone
that the queen bee uses to control her
hive he has them at his command
they react by protecting him with their
bodies
to them
he is
the queen bee
using science he has learnt to control
what most of us dread and the result is
quite disturbing
as he brings a swarm into our world
people are forced to confront their
fears
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they also see that with knowledge such
an incredible force of nature can be
controlled
when swarms invade we are inevitably
separated by an invisible barrier
created by our different senses and
perceptions
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swarms may share our world but the gulf
between us couldn’t be greater
to control the swarm
we need to understand how they see the
world
but swarms not only experience things
differently from us
they think in a different way too
