Jul 05
This is Bazz. He’s a black Lab who lives in southern Australia with his owner, Josh Kennett. Other than that, he’s a perfectly normal pup. Except, you know, that he’s a dog beekeeper, with an incredible dog beekeeper suit to match.
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Jun 14
3D Printing with Bees
Posted in: Today's Chili3D printing tech can be quite amazing, but it’s usually done by melting plastic – or maybe sugar. But this is the first time I’ve heard of 3D printing using bees – or as it’s being called “3-B” printing.
As part of a promotion for its new honey-infused Highlander Honey, Dewars has been putting 80,000 of its highlander honey bees to work, building 3D sculptures.
By having the bees work within custom-shaped forms, they have already made a giant honeycomb shaped like a scotch bottle, and are currently buzzing away on another sculpture – a man’s bust. Or in this case, Dewars’ “Drinking Man.”
Head on over to Dewar’s Facebook page to see the 3-B printing experiment in action, and enter for a chance to win the Drinking Man honeycomb sculpture for yourself.
P.S. That Highlander Honey is pretty tasty stuff too.
Oct 09
Harvard researchers have spent the past five years developing a robotic bee, and while it may never serve as a backup for whatever’s wiping out colonies across the country, it could serve as an inconspicuous alternative to spy drones. Particularly now that they’ve figured out how to steer the tiny winged bots during flight. More »
Sep 24
Trying to count the bees buzzing about in a hive is like trying to count the grains of sand on a beach. But if you’re worried the deadly virus that has been decimating beehives across the country might be jeopardizing your source of fresh honey, check out this honey bee counter that tracks the comings and goings of your hive’s population. More »
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