Honey is Money - the Secrets of the Bees

I’ve been planning to launch an eco-project based on my visualization of energy transfer since 1985. Originally, I was planning to explain my models using spinning gears that represent the flow of money through a business system. My project is based on things I learned from studying Carl Sagan, Buckminster Fuller, and Native American philosophies so I wanted to kick things off with a less mechanical perspective.

I decided to learn about honey bees during the pandemic of 2020. I thought it would be a fun way to connect with nature and spend time in my backyard. After learning from them for about ten days, I saw that I could use the secrets of the bees to explain my model of energy transfer to children. I wrote Honey is Money - the Secrets of the Bees with Dan Roam a few months later.

Domain: Physics <br/> Branch: Astrophysics<br/>Pattern: Luck (probability of life)

Domain: Physics</br>Branch: Energy transfer<br>Pattern: Energy <br> (atoms->fusion-><br>light-><br>nectar->honey)

Domain: Physics<br>Branch: Chemistry<br>Pattern: Organic <br>chemistry<br> (honey->life)

Domain: Physics<br>Branch: Thermodynamics<br>Pattern: Heat <br> (time and energy)

Domain: Biology</br>Branch: Evolutionary Biology</br>Pattern: Variability (habitat)

Domain: Biology</br>Branch: Competitive Ecology </br>Competition</br>(survival of the fittest)

Domain: Biology</br>Branch: Phenology</br>Pattern: Seasonality (cycles)

Domain: Biology</br>Branch: Cellular Biology</br>Pattern: Work (time, effort, risk)

Domain: Psychology</br>Branch: Organizational Psychology</br>Pattern: Teamwork (synergies)

Domain: Psychology</br>Branch: Cognitive Psychology</br>Pattern: Plan (perception, </br>attention, memory, </br>problem-solving)

Domain: Psychology</br>Branch: Social Psychology</br>Pattern: Specialize (strengths)

Domain: Psychology</br>Branch: Psycholinguistics</br>Pattern: Communicate </br>(share knowledge)

Domain: Economics</br>Branch: Microeconomics</br>Pattern: Planning (system dynamics</br>in the local habitat)

Domain: Economics</br>Branch: Monetary Economics</br>Pattern: Storage </br>(preserve work in bank) (Copy)

Domain: Economics</br>Branch: Financial Economics</br>Pattern: Buy time </br>(trade banked work for time) (Copy)

Domain: Economics</br>Branch: Macroeconomics</br>Pattern: Near future (system dynamics</br>of the larger habitat)

Domain: Anthropology</br>Branch: Speculative Anthropology</br>Pattern: Far future (cultural evolution)

Domain: Anthropology</br>Branch: Environmental Anthropology</br>Pattern: Optimize (resource</br>allocation and growth)

Domain: Anthropology</br>Branch: Globalization Anthropology</br>Pattern: Cooperate (invest together)

Domain: Anthropology</br>Branch: Economic Anthropology</br>Pattern: Costs (share costs)

Domain: Futurology</br>Branch: Environmental Futurism</br>Pattern: Strategy (regenerative</br>systems)

Domain: Futurology</br>Branch: Demography Futurism</br>Pattern: Lifetime (just passing through)

Domain: Futurology</br>Branch: Longevity Futurism</br>Pattern: Solutions (The Long Game)

Domain: Futurology</br>Branch: Actionable Futurism</br>Pattern: Act (BeeBox Regenerative</br>Business System)

II sent these images into space to launch the Lessons from Nature Podcast. This is the most elaborate podcast launch in the world!

Click here for an overview of Project Honeylight.