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  1. Mapping Sleeping Bees within Their Nest: Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Worker Honey Bee Sleep
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    pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/ <-- shared paper
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    H/T Dimitrios A. Karras
    “Bees are not only very important for all ecosystems... They are very cute too....
    However, bee societies are very complex and different sleep patterns exist for the other kinds of bees in the hierarchy..
    In general, bees actually sleep, and many species spend around 5-8 hours resting each day, usually at night when they're not foraging.
    Some solitary bees have been photographed sleeping inside flowers, where they cling onto the petals or stamens with their tiny legs and sometimes even their jaws.
    One of the cutest parts is that tired bees can look almost like they've fallen asleep at work, curled up inside a flower with pollen still covering their bodies…”
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    “Patterns of behavior within societies have long been visualized and interpreted using maps. Mapping the occurrence of sleep across individuals within a society could offer clues as to functional aspects of sleep. In spite of this, a detailed spatial analysis of sleep has never been conducted on an invertebrate society. [The authors] introduce the concept of mapping sleep across an insect society, and provide an empirical example, mapping sleep patterns within colonies of European honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Honey bees face variables such as temperature and position of resources within their colony's nest that may impact their sleep. [They] mapped sleep behavior and temperature of worker bees and produced maps of their nest's comb contents as the colony grew and contents changed. By following marked bees, [they] discovered that individuals slept in many locations, but bees of different worker castes slept in different areas of the nest relative to position of the brood and surrounding temperature. Older worker bees generally slept outside cells, closer to the perimeter of the nest, in colder regions, and away from uncapped brood. Younger worker bees generally slept inside cells and closer to the center of the nest, and spent more time asleep than awake when surrounded by uncapped brood. The average surface temperature of sleeping foragers was lower than the surface temperature of their surroundings, offering a possible indicator of sleep for this caste. [They] propose mechanisms that could generate caste-dependent sleep patterns and discuss functional significance of these patterns…”
    #bee #insect #hive #sleeping #sleep #patterns #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #spatial #mapping #sleeppatterns #behaviour #society #community #honeybees #ecosystem #colony #infrared #remotesensing #temperature #instrumentation

  2. Mapping Sleeping Bees within Their Nest: Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Worker Honey Bee Sleep
    --
    pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/ <-- shared paper
    --
    H/T Dimitrios A. Karras
    “Bees are not only very important for all ecosystems... They are very cute too....
    However, bee societies are very complex and different sleep patterns exist for the other kinds of bees in the hierarchy..
    In general, bees actually sleep, and many species spend around 5-8 hours resting each day, usually at night when they're not foraging.
    Some solitary bees have been photographed sleeping inside flowers, where they cling onto the petals or stamens with their tiny legs and sometimes even their jaws.
    One of the cutest parts is that tired bees can look almost like they've fallen asleep at work, curled up inside a flower with pollen still covering their bodies…”
    --
    “Patterns of behavior within societies have long been visualized and interpreted using maps. Mapping the occurrence of sleep across individuals within a society could offer clues as to functional aspects of sleep. In spite of this, a detailed spatial analysis of sleep has never been conducted on an invertebrate society. [The authors] introduce the concept of mapping sleep across an insect society, and provide an empirical example, mapping sleep patterns within colonies of European honey bees (Apis mellifera L.). Honey bees face variables such as temperature and position of resources within their colony's nest that may impact their sleep. [They] mapped sleep behavior and temperature of worker bees and produced maps of their nest's comb contents as the colony grew and contents changed. By following marked bees, [they] discovered that individuals slept in many locations, but bees of different worker castes slept in different areas of the nest relative to position of the brood and surrounding temperature. Older worker bees generally slept outside cells, closer to the perimeter of the nest, in colder regions, and away from uncapped brood. Younger worker bees generally slept inside cells and closer to the center of the nest, and spent more time asleep than awake when surrounded by uncapped brood. The average surface temperature of sleeping foragers was lower than the surface temperature of their surroundings, offering a possible indicator of sleep for this caste. [They] propose mechanisms that could generate caste-dependent sleep patterns and discuss functional significance of these patterns…”

  3. Just found #RogueCarrier, a new #roguelite #colony #builder from #HoodedHorse and #WildFields.

    You #captain a huge #science #carrier stranded on an #alien ocean world where the #seas boil with hostile squid. You build whole #factory lines on the deck (#Tetris style placement), plot #waypoints between islands, and can even hop into the #planes and #vehicles yourself. #Combat feels a bit #autobattler, plus #roguelite #event #cards forcing hard choices.

    #Strategy #Management #SciFi #gaming #PC

  4. Just found #RogueCarrier, a new #roguelite #colony #builder from #HoodedHorse and #WildFields.

    You #captain a huge #science #carrier stranded on an #alien ocean world where the #seas boil with hostile squid. You build whole #factory lines on the deck (#Tetris style placement), plot #waypoints between islands, and can even hop into the #planes and #vehicles yourself. #Combat feels a bit #autobattler, plus #roguelite #event #cards forcing hard choices.

    #Strategy #Management #SciFi #gaming #PC

  5. Just found #RogueCarrier, a new #roguelite #colony #builder from #HoodedHorse and #WildFields.

    You #captain a huge #science #carrier stranded on an #alien ocean world where the #seas boil with hostile squid. You build whole #factory lines on the deck (#Tetris style placement), plot #waypoints between islands, and can even hop into the #planes and #vehicles yourself. #Combat feels a bit #autobattler, plus #roguelite #event #cards forcing hard choices.

    #Strategy #Management #SciFi #gaming #PC

  6. Just found #RogueCarrier, a new #roguelite #colony #builder from #HoodedHorse and #WildFields.

    You #captain a huge #science #carrier stranded on an #alien ocean world where the #seas boil with hostile squid. You build whole #factory lines on the deck (#Tetris style placement), plot #waypoints between islands, and can even hop into the #planes and #vehicles yourself. #Combat feels a bit #autobattler, plus #roguelite #event #cards forcing hard choices.

    #Strategy #Management #SciFi #gaming #PC

  7. Just found #RogueCarrier, a new #roguelite #colony #builder from #HoodedHorse and #WildFields.

    You #captain a huge #science #carrier stranded on an #alien ocean world where the #seas boil with hostile squid. You build whole #factory lines on the deck (#Tetris style placement), plot #waypoints between islands, and can even hop into the #planes and #vehicles yourself. #Combat feels a bit #autobattler, plus #roguelite #event #cards forcing hard choices.

    #Strategy #Management #SciFi #gaming #PC

  8. why is this #weeny crying? will his kids go to war? (unlikely because he is part of the #rich elite, only the #poor will DIE for even more #profit!) let me tell you this: after #ww2 and the EXCELLENT #Marshallplan of course #EU and #USA were friends, because #USA effectively helped #Europe recover from the #destruction (not without profiting) so #Europe has ALWAYS been a #Theater for #Americans to play in, play #war, play #influence. Whoever thinks this will change overnight is gravely mistaken, #Europe DOES NOT EVEL BUILD A SINGLE SMART PHONE X-D #Europe is COMPLETELY dependant on #US and #China #infotec companies (so much for "#independence"?) a #EU #Army will not solve that problem X-D
    the #US #colony called #Europe is about to get thrown into the same #war and #profiteering #abyss as #Ukraine #wtf? just for #rich #asholes to get #richer that's all (read #ww1 #veteran #SmedleyButtler #warisaracket) #msc2025

  9. What would it take to establish working colonies in space? Infrastructure! In my next installment of that specific Kerbal Space Program series, we take a look how such a colony around the Mars analog Duna could take shape.

    youtu.be/5aBtELphKpo

    #space #colony #mars #duna #kerbal #ksp #kerbalspaceprogram #game #gaming #pcgaming #pcgames #pc #videogames #video

  10. What would it take to establish working colonies in space? Infrastructure! In my next installment of that specific Kerbal Space Program series, we take a look how such a colony around the Mars analog Duna could take shape.

    youtu.be/5aBtELphKpo

    #space #colony #mars #duna #kerbal #ksp #kerbalspaceprogram #game #gaming #pcgaming #pcgames #pc #videogames #video

  11. #Myanmar, nestled between #India & #China, was a #British #colony. It gained independence in 1947.

    In 1962 a military coup ushered in military rule.

    In 1990, first elections in ~30 yrs, liberal #NLD leader Aung San #SuuKyi won with 80% of seats, but military #junta refused to cede power.

    In 2010, next election in 20 yrs, military-backed #USDP barred prominent leaders of NLD from running. NLD boycotted the elections, and USDP claimed victory.

    They later released Suu Kyi from house arrest.
    ⬇️

  12. Alexei Navalny sentenced to additional 19 years in prison colony for extremism-related charges

    Russian opposition leader #Alexei #Navalny was sentenced to 19 #additional #years in a prison colony for extremism-related charges.

    The opposition leader was found guilty of "creating and participating in an extremist community, financing extremist activities, organizing an extremist community, making public calls for extremist activity, and involving minors in dangerous activities", TASS reported.

    The former technical director of Navalny's YouTube channel, #Daniel #Kholodny, was found guilty of similar charges and sentenced to eight years in a #penal #colony, though of a less severe variety than Navalny's.

    washingtonexaminer.com/policy/

  13. Alexei Navalny sentenced to additional 19 years in prison colony for extremism-related charges

    Russian opposition leader #Alexei #Navalny was sentenced to 19 #additional #years in a prison colony for extremism-related charges.

    The opposition leader was found guilty of "creating and participating in an extremist community, financing extremist activities, organizing an extremist community, making public calls for extremist activity, and involving minors in dangerous activities", TASS reported.

    The former technical director of Navalny's YouTube channel, #Daniel #Kholodny, was found guilty of similar charges and sentenced to eight years in a #penal #colony, though of a less severe variety than Navalny's.

    washingtonexaminer.com/policy/