And swarms of bees had descended on it.

Fighter squadrons Mirage 2000D, SAM sqns.

These are hopping microbot swarms.

There'll be Injuns around that herd thicker than flies.

But Pips, we had to disperse our fighter squadrons... we had to!

From May to November 1944 the Greek squadrons continued in Italy.

Three squadrons are operating with this type of F 16s.

At times, they gather in flocks of a hundred or more.

The birds also form temporary flocks when engaged in the same activity.

. ..when the buck deer fight in autumn or when the birds fly over in the spring.

Students are staying away in droves, universities are disinvesting in the arts and humanities.

In the video a moment ago, you saw fleets of new viruses launching from infected cells.

These are the sounds you would expect, but they are also the sounds of dissonant concerts of a flock of birds screeching in the night, the high pitched honest cries of children and the thunderous, unbearable silence.

In 2003, more than 75 of all flocks were force moulted in the US.

Suddenly, I saw a world that I had never seen before in the ocean schools of fish that were so dense they dulled the penetration of sunlight from the surface, coral reefs that were continuous and solid and colorful,

The most important part of the fishing operation is searching for the fish shoals and assessing their size and direction of movement.

Three Hellenic squadrons were built, which were operating under the command of the British RAF.

In summer 1943 the Greek Squadrons participated in the attack against the German Wehrmacht on the island of Crete.

The Iraqi government dismantled in October 2006 a complete police brigade because they had connections with sectarian death squadrons.

7. Some small swarms reached southern Morocco in late October 1993.

So these are systems which are made up of many interconnected or interacting parts swarms of birds or fish, ant colonies, ecosystems, brains, financial markets.

And when you build those three rules in, automatically you start to see swarms that look very much like fish schools or bird flocks.

From 1 to 23 November, Russian squadrons were dispatched into the Black Sea to establish control of the sea.

You could see an avian strain that would infect the poultry flocks, and then we would have no eggs for our vaccines.

Many of you will remember this super cute video from the last TED, but not all quadcopter swarms are so nice and cute.

And imagine you're going to be able to have swarms of these six millimeter robots available to run around.

So these are systems which are made up of many interconnected or interacting parts swarms of birds or fish, ant colonies, ecosystems, brains, financial markets.

Space based techniques were particularly useful in observing insect swarms in remote and inaccessible desert zones.

Their rostrum and cranium are covered with tens of thousands of sensory receptors for locating swarms of zooplankton, which is their primary food source.

When you're small and vulnerable, like these starlings, or like the fish, it helps to swarm to avoid predators, to confuse predators.

Over the next three years, four V bombers were permanently stationed there, with squadrons in the United Kingdom rotating detachments.

This includes the Cluster mission four satellites flying in formation around the Earth to provide a three dimensional map of the magnetosphere.

1 armoured reconnaissance battalion (450 all ranks with 4 recce squadrons, 110 all ranks each)

We hope that we can sometime clean up oil spills, or we can gather or collect plastic in the ocean, or we can have swarms of our machines controlled by multi player video game engines to control many of these machines, to monitor coral reefs or to monitor fisheries.

Heretofore, the poultry industry in this state, most, when poultry houses were cleaned out in between flocks, the manure.

In Bodega Bay early this morning, a large flock of crows attacked a group of children who were leaving the school during a fire drill.

The first task of the Mediterranean battle squadrons was to escort transport ships carrying troops from French North Africa to France to join the Battle of the Marne.

It is not to be confused with bird calls which are used for alarms and contact and are especially important in birds that feed or migrate in flocks.

Even a peaceful landscape... even a meadow in harvest, with crows circling overhead and grass fires... even a road where cars and peasants and couples pass... even a resort village with a steeple and country fair can lead to a concentration camp.

As of February 2011, the navy had approximately 5000 sailors and marines which form an Operational headquarters, 5 afloat squadrons, and two marine battalions.

Spain sent galley squadrons to the Netherlands during the later stages of the Eighty Years' War which successfully operated against Dutch forces in the enclosed, shallow coastal waters.

But the ants do, and we'll figure out why, so that ultimately we'll make this move. And imagine you're going to be able to have swarms of these six millimeter robots available to run around.

These are the sounds you would expect, but they are also the sounds of dissonant concerts of a flock of birds screeching in the night, the high pitched honest cries of children and the thunderous, unbearable silence.

It was common for Mongol armies to follow different groups of animals (such as herds or flocks of horses, sheep, or oxen) that provided the necessary protein for the warriors' diets.

The Royal Household maintained 5,000 Guards, 1,000 in Special Forces, 150 sailors in the Royal Yacht fleet, and 250 pilots and ground personnel in the Royal Flight squadrons.