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Garth wrote a month ago:
>I had the experience this weekend again of running in a swarm that
>had just left. Basically I ran with them for about half a kilometer,
>accorss flat terrain on a farm. Suddenly I noticed that the swarm
>contracted into a tight lump, gained altitude and then sort of
>'hyperspaced'. They just speeded up incredibly convincingly.
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>How do they do this?? Why don't they do it from the beginning?? Is
>there any explanation for how they do this??
>---
Joel Govostes concurred:
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>Amazing. I've tried to chase 'em before. Bad idea. Hopeless. Just when you
>think you *might* be able to keep an eye on them, even with such a spread-out
>volume of bees, all flying crazy, they suddenly ...disappear. Hyperspace!
Some help in understanding what might be happening can be found in the
following:
1992 Wenner, A.M. Swarm movement: A mystery explained. Am. Bee J. 132
(1):27-31.
Adrian
Adrian M. Wenner (805) 893-2838 (UCSB office)
Ecol., Evol., & Marine Biology (805) 893-8062 (UCSB FAX)
Univ. of Calif., Santa Barbara (805) 963-8508 (home office & FAX)
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
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