Collections of Colonies of Bees was started as a side project for Chris Rosenau and Jon Mueller, both of the post-rock group Pele. They mixed acoustic instruments with electronic sounds and released their self-titled debut on U.K.'s The Rosewood Union label. Collections of Colonies of Bees drew attention for their first LP and found a home in the U.S. label Crouton, which released The Live Experience, "fa.ce (a", and the Floating Heavy EP. Pillowscars Records, a Swedish label, released their Stuck Like Glue EP in 2003. Collections of Colonies of Bees decided to add two new members for their Lies Inc./Dear Valued Customer release -- computer and synth operators Jon Minor (also of Pele) and Jim Schoenecker, who had worked with Minor on electronic projects in the past. Polyvinyl Records released Lies Inc./Dear Valued Customer in October of 2004. The follow-up full-length Giving Birth to a Stone arrived in 2011, marking the departure of Mueller from the project. ~ David Serra, Rovi