Beekeeping Questionnaire

What honeybee behaviors or emotions have you seen that seem especially intelligent, adaptive, irrational, or surprising? Is it something that you have heard about before? What are some practices that contribute to the physical wellbeing of honeybees? What are some physical challenges for honeybees today (especially in relation to climate)? When and why do your bees seem to swarm or begin to make preparations to swarm? What are any observations that you had of the hive before swarming? Did you ever think they would swarm but didn’t? Did you take measures to prevent swarming and did they work? What did it look like when the bees swarmed? What honeybee folklore have you heard (and do you believe it?) Are bees good at predicting the weather as described in folklore? What other predictions do bees make, and are they generally accurate? What lore do you know about beekeeping techniques, and is it effective? (for example, telling the bees about births/deaths important events, asking permiss

Beekeeping Questionnaire Beekeeping Questionnaire Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with bees! The following questions are related to your experience in beekeeping and observations of honeybee behavior. We (Peleg Lab at CU Boulder) are conducting these interviews/questionnaires to learn more about observations of honeybee behavior that might help us develop research questions. Learn more about this work: https://www.peleglab.com/nonhuman-governance Please answer as short or as long as you would like for the following questions. Sign in to Google to save your progress. Lear