Help! My cello is full of bees
mainBee Hive Cello is a collaboration with Dr Martin Bencsik (Nottingham Trent University), Wolfgang Buttress and Langar Hall Hotel (langarhall.com). A swarm of bees was encouraged to settle in a reclaimed cello to make it their home. The cello was strung and tuned to the key of C. The vibrational noises are being collected and recorded to create a musical soundscape and will contribute to a musical performance later in the year.
“My name is Martin and I have a cello full of bees”🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 pic.twitter.com/KpWph1MGvc
— BBC Radio Nottingham (@BBCNottingham) June 26, 2019
Coming next season: rattlesnakes in a piano.
“My hovercraft is full of eels”…
‘My hovercraft is full of eels’. Shame it wasn’t tuned to B.
Let it bee, let it bee………..
Bee…Bee…Queen…
What won’t people do to generate buzz?!
Is one supposed to play Flight of the Bumble Bee at the same time?
To fix that buzz, a luthier would need to use hive glue.
Appropriately enough, signed “Bee Bee- See, Radio Nottingham.” Hi’ve a hunych it’s drone on purpose. The cello will have been highly stung – to B or not to B….? No, to C.
In the video it was tuned to D.
Oh, joy.
I despise all people who use animals for entertainment Have respect for life!
I’m with you, Ioana. It’s a cheap shot to use a form of animal or insect life for click bait. How will they tolerate the vibration of the instrument? What will happen to them after the performance? -Andy 35 yr. beekeeper
Thank you! I love bees and value them for their role in nature. I am worried since they are close to extinction in some states. Using them for one time performance by those 3 men, who call themselves musicians, shows only their desperation to become famous.