Some years ago a friend worked for CSIRO in Canberra, Australia and
found that a particular species of bee buzzed at just the right
frequency to cause a native pea flower to burst open and scatter its
pollen on the bee. I don't remember the details but it might be
written up somewhere.
So yes, it may be possible to ID bees by their buzz. David Rentz in
Australia studied crickets and katydids and produced a CD of calls
that went with his book 'Grasshopper Country'. I am sure there are
similar publications for other countries.
Vicki
On 13/12/2012, at 3:58 PM, jasonpudd wrote:
> Is it possible to ID a native bee from a sound recording of a bee
> in flight? Does anyone know anyone doing this kind of ID or
> research with other insects? Trying to find a better way to ID
> native bees without having to trap or net them which produces a
> much different sample set and is more invasive. Any help or
> suggestions is greatly appreciated!
>
>
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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