A Civilization 100 Million Years Old

[@juangasansgil1962]

As a professional beekeeper it's nice to see some of the comments on this video. Glad people understand and value bees as they should.

[@RayThomas-g9g]

I have been a beekeeper for over 50 years and this is the most educational video I have ever watched. Thank you for the quality.

[@klausuhlig7141]

I dont know what it is about me but my whole life I been intersted and respected in Bees, something about them fascinates me, even when I get stung, I had bee keepers keep them on my property, I usually get stung while driving my motorcycle into them a 70 mph I mean how can a Bee sting you at that speed, what's the chances that everytime they connect and sting me running into their stinger,

[@matthewchristian1586]

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[@mylittleheartscar]

Was an apprentice for a year and want to go back, no brainrot, just me n bees

[@jasonjones9798]

Background music is quite annoying I must say, however superb educational documentary covering bees.

[@Ze_Moose]

Kinda feel sorry for the drone bees. To have the greatest ecstacy and then to be gone in the next minute 😔

[@0VintageCrew0]

We have a water catcher from a drippy faucet for our hose outside. Local bees were drinking from this. One very hot day I shut it tight. While chilling out front a bee comes rushing to me. I flinch at first but suddenly got the feeling this bee wanted my attention. So I waited for it to tell me what it wanted instead of swatting it away. It flew away and I just knew to follow. It brought me to the faucet. Everything had dried out. I knew then it was asking me for water. So I turned on the faucet and let it do its thing. The bee quickly left and came back shortly after with its friends. They must have been really thirsty.

[@crypton_8l87]

Yes. Sensitive people notice these things. I was once pushed aside by a wasp who was going someplace in a hurry.

[@0VintageCrew0]

@@crypton_8l87 must have been a New Yorker

[@virginsmoker]

​@@0VintageCrew0😂

[@brendasprovt8441]

Aaauuuhh🤗🥰Beautiful

[@JakobHoldensen]

@@0VintageCrew0 if you have a place where bees collect water please make sure there is water always. Like a bucket with a piece of wood. When they settle for a spot they keep it even if its dry. They are amazing and “clever” on a collectiv level. But they are not mamals and can not relate to complex intentions of others. (Even most mamals can’t)

[@charlenevarada--Stargazer]

Not far from where I worked, there was a beehive that had existed for years. I ALWAYS enjoyed going out there on my breaks or lunches just to watch them work their hive.😊

[@wateronmars-bz4yc]

no you didn't. story. never happened.

[@markfromct2]

I read once that ants total mass would exceed the total mass of humans

[@markfromct2]

Bees are awesome, but just check out the nasty wasps

[@yearthreethou9508]

@@markfromct2 it’s true

[@neepsmcfly4176]

​@@yearthreethou9508that's actually been debunked. It's an estimation bordering on a guess since there's no way to accurately account for any, much less all, of the variables necessary to get anywhere close to an accurate estimation.

[@robertshorthill6836]

As a beekeeper for many years, I found this vid most informative to anybody knowing nothing about what bees are.

[@ajdogcurr1]

I agree! I was in the business as a commercial beekeeper and Honey producer for 25 years loved every minute of it. Well accept when black bears would destroy my hives.

[@Andy33399channel]

@@ajdogcurr1cool. Check out the new movie the beekeeper with Jason Statham.

[@greencasestudy]

What's the best way to get into beekeeping?

[@ajdogcurr1]

@@greencasestudy First and formost read read read. Then get a couple of beehives, then find an experienced beekeeper who does it for a living and learn from that person. You will learn a lot. It is not an easy business to get started. I takes a lot of dedication and determination. But it can be very very rewarding and prosperous. If you are willing to make sacrifices.

[@greencasestudy]

Thanks @@ajdogcurr1 my question was actually directed at @robertshorthill6836 but i appreciate your response. I'm not looking to get into it for the business, but just because i love bees, and also honey.

[@immortal5383]

I used to have to change out trash bags at an amusement park that were swarmed by bees. After a while I got used to going in around 100s of them buzzing around me but as long as you are minding your own business and don't directly threaten them they never stung me once!

[@billw7894]

Bees usually only sting when protecting their honey that is stored, those bees were probably foraging

[@이이-n4z8y]

Correct

[@HuckBuddies]

Mind your own bees-ness 😂😂

[@bullseyenow1]

Are you sure they weren't Wasp yellow jackets

[@immortal5383]

@@bullseyenow1 nah I don't fuck with wasps

[@caz4523]

I am a beekeeper and I am very lucky to be able to take care of them..They really are amazing creatures!

[@ginomoreno5117]

You are a blessing to all of humanity. Bless you in your work.

[@gszinom]

No, relatively speaking they’re not that amazing

[@gszinom]

@@ginomoreno5117shut up clown

[@caz4523]

@gregmoniz6452 lol, then you are uneducated ...

[@ginomoreno5117]

@gregmoniz6452 Respectfully, I'm going to have to side with the comment above me. We as humans, wouldn't survive without bees. That's how important they are to our ecology. No kidding. Blessings to you for researching the topic. You'll see.

[@pneumachina]

beautiful material! i am a beekeeper myself, and i think stuff like this documentary really helps people understand more about those fascinating beings and their importance. thank you!

[@nortcrusader]

I'm a beekeeper amateur, I read tons of books and watched tons of videos, but this one is impressive. For information, scientists demonstrated bees can count, and each individual has its own mood which vary according to the situation.

[@michaelhartmcgough4418]

Teachers are the best. They are able to introduce students to many things. Teachers could let's students be aware that "Bee Week" is incoming up. One day that week in school, teachers can show this video. Kids will love it.

[@c3N3q]

Teachers certainly are the best at showing kids stuff about bees... and 15 other gender identities 🤧

[@alexb8926]

@@c3N3q😅

[@Archer-NatureWorn]

I don't think bees are unaware of us. I used to cultivate flowers in my yard for the bees. One day I was mowing my yard and a paper wasp came at me. Obviously wanting to attack me. A Bumble Bee dive bombed on the wasp and chased him off. It looked deliberate. Like that bee was trying to protect me.

[@JakobHoldensen]

It wasnt! We humans are “hyper social” creatures. Putting intention on anything like doors and animals. And faces on cars. A bee is a set of funktions/instinkts, like a cell. A bee hive is almost like a creature of flying cells. (Im a bee keeper)

[@hatebreeder999]

​@@JakobHoldensen again it's just your belief system that bees are instinctual and can't think or have consciousness or conscience. Just like 150 years back Victorian people use to think blacks are instinctual and don't have consciousness

[@notallowedtobehonest2539]

Jakob is full of sh... he was definitely protecting you

[@Archer-NatureWorn]

@JakobHoldensen Who can't spell Functions or Instinct correctly? Look, it has been proven that bees can memorize faces and recognize them when they see them again. Bees are highly social creatures with a language and a structured society. I think you are not giving bees enough respect.

[@JakobHoldensen]

@@Archer-NatureWorn They are impressive yes. I'm still puzzled how they decide where to settle when they form a swarm or communicate where to fly by dancing. (remember the hive is in darkness).. Scientists are amazed of how such a small brain can recognise a face. and so on. But they are insects. You can call them highly social but not I our way or like dogs. If you find an old forest (they say about 200 years old) you find communication of a level that is hard to comprehend among the trees. Its amazing. but trees are different than us, just like bees. Humans are amazing in being hyper social. The ability to look at an other human and know that he know that I know without speaking. Its a super power but it messes with us to look at beings and misunderstand the unspoken communication. That's why we mistreat our pets by dressing them up and shit, and make cartoons with ducks living in houses. Sorry about the spelling. You know how it is when you'r not nativ in a language, and I don't think you understand danish.

[@K-reative-Nails]

Really enjoyed this docu. I love bees so I can't see enough about them! Great quality footage, and a great narrator!

[@ebbetheman5030]

This video is garbage. It's filled with misinformation :(

[@superfly1842]

1:03 Oh thank god, I had no idea.

[@rogerdudra178]

I sat in a field of wild sweet peas in bloom in British Columbia painting a blue stripe on the back of a bee, following it to the edge of the field and waited for it to return. I went through all the colors of my 20 color set and started mixing colors. Never did find the bee again until I saw it climbing into a knothole in the back meadows barn still standing. I'd finally found a wild honey bee nest in that barn.

[@anitataylor7179]

Just a comment with all respect..Bees are essential to human life. Along with all species, insects have a purpose..its just unaccepted to many who should take a bit of time to seek the knowledge of nature's purpose.

[@christophermusangi5111]

A poet we have now and good too.

[@robertshorthill6836]

It sounds gross, but honey is actually necter vomit that is regurgitated many times by several bees. It is stored and evaporated inside the hive by bees till it is just the right amount of moisture content, we know as honey. It is a unique smell of an evening to walk past a bee hive and smell the air near a hive. Yum, yum, get ya some.

[@DogSpeak]

I had a candle co and would get wax from a couple local bee keepers. One guy. Norman Farmer, had 900 hives. To me it seemed pretty crazy to watch him just wipe off 100's of bees with his hands. Another lady gave it to me raw, and it was filled with honey. In order to separate it I'd melt it, let it cool and the wax would settle at the top. One thing I noticed about warming up the honey or the wax, it would attract bees and it would also keep flies away.

[@margaretr5701]

Yet, isn't honey sterile? Honey doesn't go bad - ever! You can heal wounds with it. It never grows mould or becomes poisonous.

[@mikearai-d8104]

Big thanks for the team who created these amazing nerdy contents. Keep up your great work guys. Love bees😮😮😮 Will continue watching your works from now on.

[@LeviAndFriends111]

Your content is fluppin awesome. I’m pumped! This is way better than cable.

[@islandrona3458]

Best bee documentary iv ever seen, iv shared it already, brilliant ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ebbetheman5030]

Are you serious? This is garbage filled with misinformation

[@vicusburger9451]

One of the BEST documentaries I have ever seen

[@ebbetheman5030]

Are you serious? This is garbage filled with misinformation

[@ernestoguzman1126]

Good documentary overall. There are some imprecisions in parts of the information and some images that show bee flies, but it is mostly quite informative

[@Katya-zj7ni]

It’s when “billions of years “gets chucked around as science fact I kind of lose interest. Overall it’s a good video but the hyperbole is unnecessary.

[@margaretr5701]

@@Katya-zj7ni Hyperbole? I'll have to listen again... It's amazing to me, that humans owe their very existence to Bee's. Science has tried, but cant reproduce what Bee's do. It has been impossible to reproduce pollination on a large enough scale, only the Bee's can do that.

[@johnrandall3149]

"To be or not to be" Shakespeare. An alcoholic, a. casual drinker and a binge drinker in a bar a found bees floating in there beers.The casual drinker demanded a fresh beer. The binge drinker simply removed it and drank his beer. The alcoholic carefully picked the bee up by its wings and as he positioned it face down over his beer you could hear him whisper to it "spit it out!, spit it out !"

[@GaryBall-vb2jk]

So you got honey beer

[@coraldell3091]

😂😂😂😂😂 that's a good joke... Sounds Irish.. 😅

[@goodcitizen3780]

17:04 That's not really true either. They do help defend the hive. They swoop and bump into the face of an attacker. They also helped push invading bees away from and out of the entrance. And they patrol the home and help corral Hive Beatles They also travel from hive to hive being intercepted by workers who clean them and feed them and make sure they're up to snuff. Then they wander around the hive and make their way to the nursery. In the nursery they walk around the brood comb and they whisper or sing to undeveloped brood. It also seems that they have a hand in detecting varroa mite. Do they make a sort of chittering noise at the entrance to an infected cell which draws the attention of a nanny bee who works the nursery. The nanny b will then uncap the road and remove it from the hi taking it far away and depositing it where the Verroa mite not get back to the hive

[@WaveformV1.0]

I had a wild bee visit me in the desert. It landed on my arm and went near my arm pit. It was having a drink, I left it be and it then moved onto my face and ended up in my eye which I closed just before it got there. I imagine it was going for some salty goodness. Needless to say it freaked me out and I didn’t leave it there for more than 10 seconds. I thought if it gets spooked and I get stun in the eyeball I’m in deep trouble. It was quite persistent in trying to get back on me. It was a great experience that I will never forget but I won’t let it happen again.

[@marquisjohnson1151]

Absolutely amazing documentary. Will be showing this to the kids for tv time today.

[@kimchiman1000]

Mind blowing. After watching this, to call these creatures amazing and fascinating seems almost trite, even though they certainly are all of that. I've seen documentaries about bees before, but nothing close to this. I learned things about bees that I never suspected Thanks for the education!

[@teresaiche4722]

This is an incredibly informative documentary….so many facts! The bee is divine 💖💖💖

[@adelfomarrero8723]

This the best explanation of bees that l have seen.thank for this great video.l have been a bee keeper for many many years here in Florida.

[@DJ_Randy_B]

I've seen many bee documentary's and left awestruck every time.

[@dariuszmonko2774]

Amazing video!!! It contains so much information about bees in one video. Very informative.

[@027Star]

This is the BEST video about 🐝 I have ever seen. I will be sharing ALOT!!¡ Thanks!!!!!!❤

[@Hooibeest2D]

Why is this presented as if we're in a school class and about 12 years old? Bloody enjoying!!

[@moonflower9403]

I surprisingly really enjoyed this video and can’t wait to share it with my grandson, who always has a ton of questions about bees 🐝

[@ronnborg]

Very interesting video!! thank you // Björne Sweden🇸🇪🙏🤗

[@sonictheheadshock756]

I love watching bees and bumblebees work they are so dedicated to garter honey for their survival, and they look cute when working 😊

[@steelgreyed]

My only complaint is on the numbering system. Understanding there are non-hive, or individual and independent Bee Species, or hive species that have fewer than 100 or even 10 members per hive, with Carpenter Bees being the most commonly known. This cuts down the quadrillion number substantially.

[@sandramyer7081]

I find this so interesting- great to learn❤

[@evanormous6409]

I have been a beekeeper for 47 years and I can confirm that these are bees

[@dionnedunsmore9996]

Wow what an awesome documentary! Idk most of the information provided. Great video!

[@saeedshahbazian9889]

As a new beekeeper, I've experienced almost everything in this video in the last year. They truly are amazing

[@AndrewCampbell-ut6jk]

Bee keepers will often collect the swarm for their own hives. Fantastic video.

[@carolsisti7203]

Very interesting video. I love watching and learning about bees. They amaze me.

[@danaclear5630]

I really find bees, wasps, hornets fascinating. This was very interesting documentary. Thanks

[@azforu29]

I want that thumbnail on a shirt. Looks like something you would fight in Elden Ring.

[@KingLama1]

Lovely video on this amazing insect. As a bee keeper myself they never cease to amaze. One thing though honey bees are Not domesticated in the definition of the word. They are free to go as they want. Absconding if they need to reproducing and leaving when they want... the Beekeepers 'manage' them, their life cycle to our benefit.

[@Livoirienyvoitrien]

I like the fact that this planet belongs to - the 🐝🐝❤️❤️

[@arianebelle9901]

All beekeepers take great care of our bees they are so precious for our earth without bees no fruit no vegetables.they were so important it s not just we got honey from them....

[@jdmiles4811]

That thumbnail, trypophobia Never felt So Good.

[@naturezavidaes]

Wow this is the video I was looking for; it's fantastic, you guys make very detailed videos

[@Free-j3t]

It’s important to remember that most supermarket honey is diluted with corn syrup or sugar. Buy your honey from your local beekeeper!

[@jennyanydots2389]

It's important to remember what caused the Hapsburg Jawline.

[@LeicaM11]

I have learned most of my knowledge about bees from this video. I love bees and especially hornets 🐝, because they keep wasps away.

[@MidKnightblue0013]

Good info on Bees. a minor nit pick as someone interested in Anthropology, at the beginning it says "Human civilization has been around 100 thousand years" we have only had "civilization" as in agriculture, larger settlements, etc. for about 8-12 thousand years. At the end of the video "we have been around for 100 thousand years". Homo Sapiens have existed for about 400 thousand years, and if by "we" you mean humans, then other members of genus Homo are types of Humans, and in that sense, we go back to Homo Habilis which fist appeared around 2.4 million years ago, or maybe even as early as 2.7 mya.

[@mardus_ee]

Maybe some of the text has been generated.

[@kevinpoole6122]

Bees, the source of sweetness and light!

[@margaretr5701]

Bee's, the very source of our existence!

[@CensoredComment-os8py]

Bees are one of the few insects on the planet that I actually RESPECT.

[@anitataylor7179]

I believe that any insect has a purpose in nature.

[@CensoredComment-os8py]

@@anitataylor7179 Even plants have a purpose.

[@margaretr5701]

Dragonflies are great too, they eat mosquitoes! I've tried, but cant accept mosquitoes, they kill more people annually, than any other creature on earth. Check statistics, it's true. Nasty, disease spreading mosquitoes, the cause of so much human misery.

[@margaretr5701]

Respect and NEED. We owe our very existence to the Bee's. No Bee's, no food, no life. Science has been unable to reproduce pollination on the necessary scale, should we lose the Bee's! We must look after them, honey is nice, but secondary to all the other things they do for us.

[@espasovido7258]

Wow! Thank you for such interesting stuff!

[@Σιγμα-ζ3υ]

What a great documentary. Imagine if/when scientists ever succeed with genetic transformation & cybernetics

[@airza]

great doc. I'm buzzin

[@rocioaguilera3555]

I love bees. Social insects that pollinate many plants. I never kill them and I never let other people kill them. Excellent documentary. Written by very knowledgeable entomologists. Thanks a lot

[@rongoldburger]

What’s with blurred/pixelated images in some of the scenes???

[@olagarto1917]

yeah, why are they censured?

[@Leroy-nf4kg]

I've always respected 🐝

[@margaretr5701]

Yes! We must respect Bee's and help them to survive. Its humbling, knowing we owe our very existence to Bee's! Science has been unable to reproduce pollination on a large enough scale, in the event we lose the Bee's. Only the Bee's can do that, hard working little creatures.

[@KiryuuMimi94]

Just another day of saving the beeeeeeeeeeeeeez 🐝🐝🐝

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

38:56 "the queen dies an unfair and tragic death" Didn't she kill all her competitor queens at the very beginning? I say she got what's coming for her.

[@ingridhohmann3523]

🐝 🐝 🐝 Bees are lifegivers,....the beauty of flowers and sweet fruit we have, are all due to the sweet buzzers ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗

[@dennisgarrett112]

Wind does the same shit

[@keys1420]

​@@dennisgarrett112 uh no it doesnt? A single bee can polinate thousands of flowers a day

[@kevinpoole6122]

@@dennisgarrett112 Where were you educated, cupcake? 🧁

[@wip1664]

I 😣 when the bee stung and flew away without a piece of its abdomen. I wouldn't want to be stung by a bee, but seeing that it died that way is very sad. A horrible accident happened, is what it felt like. If I were stung by a bee, it is more likely that I did something to cause the stinging.

[@kevinpoole6122]

@@wip1664 No honey bee 🐝 wishes to sting-it’s a one time mortal event. As a former amateur beekeeper, bees are extremely sophisticated creatures, with a phenomenal instinct for preservation of a) first, the hive; and b) second, itself-rather like observable behavior in ant colonies. And, sadly, until very recently in the comparatively short timeline of the evolution of Homo sapiens (generously, the last 1,000 years, realistically the last 300), human societies were similarly ordered-you know, before the needs of the one outweighed the needs of the many….

[@MartinErman]

Very interesting video, thank you

[@TheStoicPath.Channel]

The transition between wild and domestic animals at [25:34] was so smooth. Your content is always so educational! 🌿

[@elisiodominguesdesouza5388]

Excellent video on bees!

[@sofiejeansofie]

AWESOME WORK ON THIS DOCUMENTARY... VERY CAPTIVATING

[@BinaPgh412]

I’m one of the 7% allergic to bee stings. Therefore I’m deathly afraid of them. This video was a hard watch yet super interesting. I have respect for bee keepers. Thank you for sharing!

[@jsc1227]

amazing analysis super informative

[@kyleshurmur-dg3kq]

I love bees i always pick em up and help them when i can never in all my life have i ever been stung i used to gently stroke them with my finger when i used to do volunteer gardening witch had bee hives in the centre so friendly so loving and so important we cant live with out em😊

[@collinraiman6468]

Love the narrator!!

[@doctorshoot]

Wonderful post thanks Loved every minute Great photography and information Should be compulsory viewing for every primary school student

[@mdh6977]

My Opa was a beekeeper... as a kid,i always loved going out to tend the hives with him... as an adult I am happy to be fortunate enough to have the space to have a few islands for all the different types in my yard

[@Heather-uw1kw]

I just Love bees,thank you for your great video!!!😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@ebbetheman5030]

Just wanna give you some more information. Did you know that the "honeybee" is only one species? There are at least 20.000 more wild bee species in the world. I'm extremely fascinated by that :D Good day to you ;)

[@Mrcheekymonkeyisback]

Very well made video, subbed.

[@theone8534]

What a fascinating and beautifully made video.

[@JamesSmith-op7yc]

Facinating, informative, entertaining. Well done. Bees are such wonderful creatures. Growing up in Michigan, I was taught that "Honey Bees" are extremely valuable, and not to be harmed or taken for granted. Pesticides, herbicides, "genetically engineered" seed crops and poorly planned urban/Industrial development have resulted in a distressed weakened/diseased and more often than not decimated population of these insects. They're our friends. Reach out to a Farm Cooperative Office or a University Agricultural Curriculum department for information. MIchigan State is a good one, or wherever you are in the World, you know, "Planet Earth ?!" All the "billions" of us human beings have to eat, let alone the creatures/species on Earth that people never think about; they have to eat too. Bees pollinate food in abundance world wide. No more time for irresponsiblity and naivete. Let's do what we can to "Bee Cool" and and help them out. Thanks for sharing, really good. J..

[@paulmikkelsen6783]

LOTS of great info here, well presented. That said, it is unfortunate that a few terms are misused throughout: bees do not have "hair" (this term is correctly applied only to mammals; bees have setae). Often the video states, incorrectly, that the "hive" does this or that... the HIVE is the box (or other container, in nature) that houses the COLONY; the hive is inanimate, while the colony consists of all the living bees. Derogatorily, the video states that the worker bee emerges from its cell and begins its menial duties... those of a janitor (such duties are not menial!).

[@TheAqualegend]

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[@darkideas2088]

Time to charge a honey tax, 10g of honey per bee

[@Golfr2020]

Bees are not accountance unlike humans.

[@King-oj8hr]

Both of yall sound dumb

[@RichardQuah-mb6dw]

Interesting information & very lovely told ❤️❤️❤️

[@ebbetheman5030]

Just wanna give you some more information. Did you know that the "honeybee" is only one species? There are at least 20.000 more wild bee species in the world. I'm extremely fascinated by that :D Good day to you ;)

[@lindsaytwort8655]

I am told that in some parts of the world I think America, the bees are trucked in over night in their hive boxes , to pollinate fruit trees in the Spring. This is very stressful for the hive, as it has not had time to familiarise where everything is or how to return to their hive. Then next day, they are driven far away to more fruit trees. Seems to me the bees are not being considered here at all!

[@ewetn1]

I've heard about this practice here in California

[@anitataylor7179]

Very harmful to their species with absolute disregard to their intended purpose.

[@neepsmcfly4176]

While your description is an inaccurate & gross oversimplification, this process is the current result of a pretty logical progression of circumstances. We enjoy our orange juice. Orchards need to be pollinated. Some enterprising entrepreneurs recognized how valuable orchard keepers would consider it to have the extra time devoted to pollination and transient hives for hire became the obvious lucrative business result. While credit should be given to the genius problem-solving, I also liken the initial booming success and slow, gradual decline in production to the short-sighted policies of the turn-of-the-century farmers who ignored the decline of topsoil until wild dust storms forced the current crop rotating practice. There's evidence that they recognize a problem and, w entomological assistance, are seeking answers. The upside is that the industry has such deep pockets that we needn't worry about funding running out before sussing out some theories and responses.

[@goodcitizen3780]

38:58 Of course this isn't really accurate either. A lot of times the old clean will swarm and leave behind the new undeveloped Queens to hatch on their own. In this way colonies reproduce much like a dandelion sending out its seeds

[@jamesbsa6450]

Interesting analogy, but I suppose technically, the seed of a colony is a drone because it is the equivalent of flying sperm, with 100% of its genes derived from exactly half of the mother. But certainly some colonies overswarm themselves to death of the original colony, but one could apply Dr. Tom Seeley's work and perhaps up to a fifth of the swarms could make it through winter. The math in various places is quite flawed. Written by an AI. Not well enough proofed. Should have been proofed by a human entomologist, not AI. In one place, it says queen mates with 7-10 drones, then followed by the queen carrying the semen of 'dozens' of drones. Overall, most of the info is pretty accurate, though.

[@ericneiman5556]

It always makes me wonder how arthropods are a part of earth ecology when everything else like mammals and reptiles have such a different body type. It seems like insects come from a certain environment that is alien just like octopus is from another part of the solar system and panspermia took plac🎉e in the distant past

[@g0679]

The bee is a busy soul. He hath no time for birth control. Perhaps that’s why, In times like these, There are so many sons of bees.

[@fightingforfreedom5017]

Amazing documentary! The evolution of the bees is really stunning how they operate as team and communicate. Homo sapiens have a long way to go, to reach that point of understanding and working together. We are way more selfish as social beings. In another documentary I saw, they say that only Homo sapiens uses symbols to communicate with each other, this proofs their wrong. Bees definitely uses symbols “waggle dance” for very detailed information.

[@DogSpeak]

Very informative! So much I never knew about bees.

[@ebbetheman5030]

Just wanna give you some more information. Did you know that the "honeybee" is only one species? There are at least 20.000 more wild bee species in the world. I'm extremely fascinated by that :D Good day to you ;)

[@shirk_slayer]

Being a drone bee sounds nice

[@lxlx3458]

Thank you for sharing with us!

[@lindsaytwort8655]

I sometimes think too much honey is taken from these hard working little creatures by man and his greed. Leaving the colony very depleted for the winter.

[@johnjackson8709]

If that was true, they would have all starved to death by now

[@margaretr5701]

Hopefully, responsible bee keepers make sure the colonies are protected. After all, they know our very existence depends on the Bee's. Bee's die, we die... Science hasn't been able to reproduce pollination, on the scale done by Bee's.

[@AnastasioCostaMeno]

Are we going to talk about how HONEY BEES ARE NOT in danger of extinction? In fact the bees that are in danger ARE the WILD BEES! Yes, Honey Bees ARE domesticated!

[@criscavi19]

EXCELLENT AND EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY!!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[@SarahDibie]

While chilling out front a bee comes rushing to me. I flinch at first but suddenly got the feeling this bee wanted my attention.

[@OpppbmDjj]

THEIR BODIES LITERALLY OUTWEIGH THE WINGS...it's not possible for them to fly but they do. I believe the Bee flies, simply because it believes it can. ❤

[@Alabd1214]

Awesome work. Keep it up.

[@WoodDog07]

Very interesting video, just one comment, most bee species has no world-wide spread as domesticated bees and mos do not create that big colonies

[@starman923]

Remarkable example of very high order collective intelligence

[@TalkToMe711]

We'd be gone in 4 yrs without em eh? That's definitely one fact I won't be forgetting anytime soon 😂

[@ronylouis799]

Everything is mand made, so I doubt it

[@kevingrisler4123]

​@@ronylouis799It's because of how many foods and essential plants are completely dependant on bees to pollinate.

[@davidgertz1317]

I have two 30+ year old Bing cherry trees in close proximity to each other. They never had produced cherries until I began bee keeping and noticed the many worker bees on them when they flower in early sping

[@Suplys]

So even Bees agree the Meteric system is Superior 💛🖤💛

[@wallingtonfilming]

Brilliant video 🤩🕯️🐝🫖☕️🚬

[@joshuazerubbabel5951]

Greatly informative! Thanks!

[@ebbetheman5030]

Just wanna give you some more information. Did you know that the "honeybee" is only one species? There are at least 20.000 more wild bee species in the world. I'm extremely fascinated by that :D Good day to you ;)

[@kelliemyers4878]

Wonderful! Very informative.Bees are awseome!

[@ebbetheman5030]

Just wanna give you some more information. Did you know that the "honeybee" is only one species? There are at least 20.000 more wild bee species in the world. I'm extremely fascinated by that :D Good day to you ;)