Bees in Mythology
In ancient mythology across many cultures, the honey bee was believed to be a sacred insect, a universal symbol of ethical virtues, such as…
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Types of Pollinators
While being the most efficient at pollinating, bees aren’t the only type of pollinator that exists. Join me in discovering some unexpected players!
Honey’s Industrial Production
Bees will sting if taken by surprise, so the beekeeper sprays the hive with smoke. This masks the bees’ sense of smell and…
Beeswax: Beyond Candle Making
While honey generally gets a lot of good press, we often lose sight of the other…
Urban Apiculture
As its name suggests, is one that takes place in cities. It is a movement that began in the middle of the twentieth century, mainly in the cities of…
Are bees active at night?
Let’s get curious and ask ‘do bees fly at night?’ and ‘can bees see in the dark?’! But…what do we actually mean by ‘night’ and ‘dark’?
The bees and us
I’m sure you enjoy honey just as much as the next person, but have you ever really thought about our relationship with bees and when it all began?
Honey bees are excellent democrats
Scientists have discovered that honey bees are able to vote when making decisions about where…
Honey Bees Defence Tactics – Part 1
As their ability to organize and produce honey already proves, honey bees are incredible resourceful and…
The Hexagon: Sacred Geometry
Believers in sacred geometry ascribe power and significance to a multitude of naturally occurring shapes…
UNITY’S PHYSICS
Unity has its own physics system build inside, so you can create basic interactions between objects in just…
Playtesting sessions at Escola Gravi
We had the opportunity to collaborate with the Gravi School to test our videogame…
Organizing things
Like any good hive, the BeeTheBest team strives to bee highly organized and always functioning at optimal capacity. But what we strive for and what we actually are…
NOT ALL BEES ARE HONEY BEES
The general public confuses bees with the honey bee. But there are around 20.000…
Team Tools Part 2: Discord
Technically described as a VoIP, instant messaging and digital distribution platform, Discord…
Unity’s New Input System
One of the main issues when designing the player movements or UI navigation is assigning the appropriate input for…
Animation time!
I love animating, though I will admit that I still have a lot to learn. That being said, I can’t just sit around and wait for my skills to reach peak level…
Team tools part 1: Notion.so
Recently Notion.so has become an essential management tool for many people both on an individual level and a…
My Art “Supplies”
I used to think of Photoshop as the best tool for my digital art process. I looked into other (especially free) software, but Photoshop felt great and…
Unity Animation
You don’t need to be an artist to animate. Unity has a really good tool to create some quick and easy animations: the ANIM…
Being a Bee isn’t easy
In a honeybee hive you can become 1 out of 3 things: Queen, Worker or Drone. Let’s breakt it down: Worker bees, after hatching from their bee egg…
Bee kind to yourself
I wonder how many of us do this, speak in a much harsher voice to ourselves than we would ever dare to speak to others in the same circumstances. I myself am guilty…
Honeybees, excellent mathematicians
The hive works as a shelter and a place to store the honey, it is designed to…
Petting the Bumblebees
– Bumbelina, you won’t BELIEVE what happened to me!
– What?!
– That girl…she….she touched me again!
Wax ON Wax OFF
“And don’t forget to breathe” – Mr. Miyagi.
With these 2 basic tips, you can accomplish almost any goal you set up…
More than bees
The natural science museum of Barcelona created a temporary exposition about the role of the bees in our lives.
It will be ON until October 2022!
First cell
It is with great happiness that we post this entry today as it represents the first honeycomb cell of our hive! So. without further adue let us say…
