{"id":13770,"date":"2023-06-07T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T04:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/?p=13770"},"modified":"2023-06-07T05:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T04:00:15","slug":"the-collective-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbbeecreative.com\/?p=13770","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Collective&#8217; Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13770\" class=\"elementor elementor-13770\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b2b0edb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b2b0edb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1495df22\" data-id=\"1495df22\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ce830f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34ce830f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>If you follow me on Facebook and Instagram, you\u2019ll know I\u2019m developing a series based on the collective nouns of all things birdies and beasties.<\/p>\n\n<p>Since we are named after the humble bumble bee, we couldn\u2019t ignore the wonderfully descriptive, \u2018Hum of Bumblebees\u2019, one of the many collective nouns to describe a gathering of bees. Other words you may be more familiar with include <em>hive<\/em>, <em>swarm<\/em> and <em>bike<\/em>. I even saw \u2018a game of bees\u2019 noted, and instantly I began bzzing the theme tune to Game of Thrones in my mind. Sorry, you\u2019re doing it now too, aren\u2019t you?.<br \/><br \/>Did you know bees flap their wings 200 times per second \u2013 that\u2019s where the \u2018bzzz\u2019 noise comes from. The hum is used to communicate many different things in the hive and experienced beekeepers have the ability to recognise different types of hum. I love the collective noun Hum though as it really does make you think of bees hard at work, the soundtrack of our Scottish summers.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Perfecting the Playful Puffin<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>As well as a gulp of Swallows, I turned my attentions to Puffins since I\u2019ve had a lot of fun illustrating them in the\u00a0 Coastal Collection. Who doesn\u2019t adore the beautifully turned-out Puffin? I was so chuffed when a recent Commission requested a \u2018Circus of Puffins\u2019, which meant I had the excuse to illustrate a whole gang of them. There are a few collective nouns associated with Puffins \u2013 the \u2018Circus\u2019 of Puffins usually refers to Puffins in flight, performing aerial acrobatics as they glide and flap their wings. Other names include <em>colony<\/em>, <em>puffinry<\/em> (I love this one), and hilariously the collective noun for a small group of young Puffins is called an <em>improbability<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you have any further ideas you would like to see added to the \u2018Collective Collection\u2019 do let me know. I am seriously contemplating a curfew of curlews or a squabble of seagulls right now. Seagulls around these parts have a high profile and big personality so it could be a lot of fun to capture their essence on canvas.<\/p>\n\n<p>Until next time x<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you follow me on Facebook and Instagram, you\u2019ll know I\u2019m developing a series based on the collective nouns of all things birdies and beasties. Since we are named after the humble bumble bee, we couldn\u2019t ignore the wonderfully descriptive, \u2018Hum of Bumblebees\u2019, one of the many collective nouns to describe a gathering of bees. 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