November 2007

I started beekeeping in 1996 and have been doing it on and off since then. For about a decade, I kept a blog of my adventures. Haven’t updated it in a while, but ya never know.

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Custom Paint Job

Took a nice bicycle ride out of Florence today up the Arno River and then left into the countryside and came upon these colorfully painted …

November 28, 2007

Found this little beauty in the Piazza Santissima Annunziata in Florence, 60 bees surrounding their queen on the rear side of the statue of Ferdinando I by Giambologna (at right). I’m including the pictures of …

November 25, 2007

Bees Make Good

Two recent news articles relevant to bees and the hive mind: Bumblebee boogie analysis in webserver boost: The title has it wrong, as the algorithms are actually based on honey bee behavior, not bumblebee, but …

November 23, 2007

Roach Clip

Another article on the Hive Mind, this one from NPR.org: Robots Infiltrate, Influence Cockroach Groups. In this one, scientists have somehow programmed tiny robots that interact with cockroaches in such a way that the cockroaches …

November 17, 2007

NYT on the HM

Interesting article in Tuesday’s New York Times on s Swarm Intelligence, a favorite topic here: From Ants to People, an Instinct to Swarm. Ito does a good job of explaining the basic concept of swarm …

November 14, 2007

Hello Web 2.0 Expo Berlin

If you’re visiting this site because you saw my talk at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin, Willkommen! As a bit of background, I’m taking a break from software (talk to me if you’re interested …

November 5, 2007