February 21 at 6PM - A Zoom lecture examining the intersection of art and science

In the second of our lecture series exploring the intersection of art and science, Dr. David T. Peck (Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Entomology, Cornell University) will explore how honey bees dance and communicate information about their environment to each other, relaying information that is critical for their survival as a community and family. This lecture will investigate how the honey bee dance language works, as well as what they communicate through their dancing. The parallels between bee dances and human dancing will be explored. While young humans must practice their dancing before they master the forms, young bees need comparatively little practice before they can use dance to prompt their colony to action. Bees and humans are both highly social creatures that rely upon close relationships to community members, and both use dance as a way to communicate important ideas. Since sick bees also don't dance as accurately, and since a number of human activities can hurt bee colony health, Dr. Peck will also share ways you can help protect the health of dancing honey bees and other native bee species. 

David Peck did his doctoral research in the lab of Professor Tom Seeley in Cornell's Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. He has studied the behavior of the devastating varroa mite, as well as the behaviors bees use to resist these parasites, particularly the bees that have been living in forests without any beekeeper assistance. He has also performed research on the way that bee behaviors (particularly honey robbing) can transmit mites between colonies. As a postdoctoral researcher he has conducted research on the native honey bees of Madagascar as well as the tiny varroa-free population of bees living in Newfoundland Canada, and is advising the provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador on the best way to protect their bees from a varroa incursion. This spring he will join Betterbee Inc. as their Director of Research and Education. 

Thanks to the generous donors of the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts and the Board of Directors of TCFA for making this continuing lecture series possible.

To join the lecture, visit: https://zoom.us/j/95068200855

TCFA continues our regular programming in various venues around the area. Save the date while we continue to work on firming up our locations.


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