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Podcast: Honey Bee Obscura Podcast
Episode: Tanging - What's All That Banging? (023)
Description: What is tanging? Basically, beekeepers use some sort of device, an old cooking pot for instance, to make a loud noise by beating it with a spoon or stick, while chasing an escaping swarm. It is thought this may convince the bees that a storm with thunder is approaching and they need to find a place to land, now, and then the beekeeper can capture them and return them to their home. When a beekeeper sees a swarm leave one of their hives, they will chase the swarm to recapture and return it to the apiary. While...