Can you solve the honeybee riddle? - Dan Finkel

[@TEDEd]

Visit brilliant.org/TedEd/ to check out Brilliant’s 60+ courses in math, logic, science, and computer science. They feature storytelling, code-writing, interactive challenges, and plenty of puzzles for you to solve. And as an added bonus, the first 833 of you to use that link will receive 20% off the annual premium subscription fee.

[@The_Lazy_Doctor]

@Scrumptious Oreo subbing

[@marius4900]

Belly?

[@pvvineet1722]

For once i actually solved a Ted Ed riddle... Also didn't see the pun coming in the end

[@Catticus]

I love these puzzles! My catto always sits with me when I do them and gives me a strange look when I scream in frustration

[@DevilSpider_]

Wait. It's all Raid: Shadow Legends? Always has been.

[@blazingraptor34]

The kind of animation is sooo good hats off to the animators

[@harshita.07]

Frankly speaking ✨💥✨ *I solved this puzzle* 😂😂😂😂😂 In dreams. 🤣🤣🤣

[@XanderGouws]

Yeah, it's really good. And so is the sound design. I honestly can't tell if the animations were stop motion or just really good CG and it's frankly blowing my mind. Edit: Ok I think it was stop motion just because the animation frame rate is 1/2 the video frame rate.

[@ponkotuu]

@@XanderGouws can still be cg designed with the frame rate to gige that stop motion feel

[@T.H.E.O.R.Y.]

I agree. This was some top notch animation.

[@Eeveon7]

Also the way they did the chain reactions was super satisfying to watch

[@kidfilmsguy9654]

The sponsor of this video should have been honey.

[@khiladi7726]

Noice

[@jellyboiii6269]

lol i just gave ur 69th like

[@sophiayim8853]

Bahahahaha

[@alexikeda1]

The sponsor of this video should have *bee*n honey

[@andrewcheng1948]

Lol

[@zero_prfctn]

I don’t know why but replacing honeybees with cylinders/tokens are cute-

[@its_secret5375]

Those are pills not cylinders and tokens

[@mikgriffen]

It's kinda like those backgammon games which come as a set with the chess board

[@bibble4097]

UNKNOWN GAMER but they literally are cylinders tho...

[@Coco-Loco]

@@its_secret5375 they are cylinders and probably token too. I see what you were trying to say though.

[@kevinoconnor6577]

Febri World easy to animate well without looking weird and off

[@ingridlam2694]

Me: pauses the video like I have a chance of actually solving Ted-EDs riddles

[@pradnyakulkarnibywar6098]

😂 😂 😂 True I even itensified my eyebrows as if thinking intensely Then i remembered that i am not Hawking 😅😅

[@dajauneadixon531]

@@pradnyakulkarnibywar6098 😂

[@billowen3285]

Try the ragnarok one, it's super easy

[@random20000]

@@billowen3285 kind of- I think the einstein riddle is easier XD

[@billowen3285]

Ragini Omg nah the einstein riddle takes time and effort no matter what, the ragnarok one is exceptionally easy if you've ever looked at graph theory or just basic logic, of course you have to start and end on an odd numbered node

[@madhavkulkarni8121]

Again ted ed has outdone itself but seriously these animators need more credit for these outstanding work # go ted ed

[@raymondxiannie3562]

#goteded

[@shakthiganesh5117]

@@raymondxiannie3562 I read it as gote ded.

[@raymondxiannie3562]

@@shakthiganesh5117lol

[@raymondxiannie3562]

@Alan Z I actually do

[@madhavkulkarni8121]

@Alan Z i do watch them

[@ohheyimjulez9690]

"Can you solve the riddle?" Heehee, _nooooo._

[@ejrx8645]

Idk why I pause the video like I really have a chance of figuring it out

[@caniget600subscriberswitho5]

Mj

[@Thiago100Zwetsch]

I did it once or twice, but I watch them all because they are really good!

[@iwantwatermelon23]

@@ejrx8645 I pause it, skim the rules, then immediately go "nuh" and unpause it 😂

[@dajauneadixon531]

I didn't even paused it 😂

[@europeansovietunion7372]

Me: "Duh... I'm not even going to try." Me having watched the solution: "Could've solved it if I tried..."

[@ava_niche]

Can't relate

[@makahadamasa2732]

dude that's so me

[@eclecticsoffy]

Just decided similarly

[@maskrlzxw6823]

I solved it , its pretty easy if you use a physical board

[@_PapayaAce_]

Same, but I watch the solutions to get a better understanding of what I could’ve done to help m solve different puzzles

[@josiahsilva3832]

I’m starting to BEElieve that the animators are highly trained. They might even BEEhave like professionals.

[@whochangedyoutube]

That is BEEcause they probably spend a lot of effort on honing these animations.

[@elixx1649]

I dont want to BEE alive :)

[@bluethunder4377]

To BEE honest, I think they are really good at doing their job.

[@royhutauruk2432]

We are BEEing funny

[@shail6878]

These puns are going to BEE the death of me

[@nightowlanimate7813]

How to solve the honey bee riddle. Step 1: approach a random bee Step 2: *Y A L I K E J A Z Z ?*

[@ruth-nc9wx]

NightOwl Animate I LOVE THIS🐝

[@Cxyptocite]

Lolll the bees would totally work 😂

[@lizspt2394]

proceed mating

[@nightowlanimate7813]

Timmy NO!

[@YAKO1598]

Step 3 prove you have green eyes

[@DrGiggleTouch67]

I swear they will never run out of art styles

[@eliotlong5184]

Whenever there's a new Ted Ed riddle, I go through my house yelling "There's a new Ted Ed riddle" acting as if anyone cares, ask for silence, and sit back and relax to the video.

[@its_secret5375]

But do you watch it after all that

[@eliotlong5184]

@@its_secret5375 Yeah that's the relax part.

[@fathfez7991]

And they think we are intellectuals 😏

[@shana1343]

this is such a mood tho

[@papasscooperiaworker3649]

@@fathfez7991 what

[@sciencedoneright]

3:53 Can we just appreciate how symmetrical and ornate the pattern in which the bees fill the wax is

[@Catticus]

This video is so satisfying to watch. Props to the animator.

[@circle4602]

4:38 I need everyone to know that when this hive is finished, the bees make a smiley face.

[@TheWorldsLargestOven]

I don't see it

[@Ascm_as_always]

I saw it!

[@TristanSamuel]

I always wondered what was inside those bottles in cabinets. Didn't realize they were bees.

[@desaster903]

Underrrated comment

[@blueflamefae7898]

Not what I expected but you deserve the like

[@MarvelGeek]

TED-ED: can you solve the honeybee riddle Me: hmmm let me try My brain: 👁️👄👁️

[@raymondxiannie3562]

Oh god

[@bdebrunao]

Deja vu

[@danimgmd3510]

Oui?

[@juneamaramyint]

The answer? No, I cannot. Nor will I ever be able to, to any of Ted-Ed’s splendid riddles.

[@jmugwel]

Don't be so pessimistic, you can do it. They are sometimes hard, but totally possible to solve.

[@juneamaramyint]

Иван Логинов I was just joking hah.

[@amritas2400]

You can surely solve the Ragnarok riddle. Have u tried that one?

[@juneamaramyint]

Amrita S I have tried it but I couldn’t solve it...lmao

[@justsomeoneelse5942]

Or the passcode one? That’s considered the easiest riddle from them.

[@aadityachhitarka1938]

" Fill hex with wax" "Beegining" I kinda liked hearing that edit: Thanks for the likes!!

[@surendraprusty8443]

LOK

[@surendraprusty8443]

Lol

[@sowmithreddy8178]

Asmr

[@sophialaird6388]

Why not apus *tri*fecta? I mean, they do like triangles...

[@Pelusteriano]

And beectory

[@galaxygirl6009]

How are those Ted-Ed animators so GOOD? If I could animate like that, I would be jumping in joy everywhere I went.

[@divyamplays2616]

I said it earlier and I am saying it now. “*I LEARNED MORE FROM INTERNET THAN SCHOOL*”

[@mithalsurya]

Yay riddles Even though I can’t solve any

[@raymondxiannie3562]

Yes you can

[@Coco-Loco]

It's about trying, not solving. After a while of trying, it gets easier and a lot more interesting.

[@Infinixel]

I can't!

[@Coco-Loco]

@@Infinixel yeah you can, try it

[@PeterdaPanda]

Bee dad: Son, you've got a perfect report card, all B's!

[@cjfdnqkn4374]

Peter the Panda all Bee's!

[@DrRank]

You stole that joke from Bee Movie

[@Catticus]

How to solve the honeybee riddle: Make sure they all have green eyes

[@JeskaiEye]

And tell them that at least one of them has green eyes

[@BeastonKing]

How is this joke not dead yet

[@jmugwel]

But they know, that one of the first three bees always lies, another always say truth, and the third says lies and truths randomly...

[@raymondxiannie3562]

@@BeastonKing I have no idea

[@srijanumesh5355]

Uru

[@mehnamejeffhaha]

*you’re the only person to keep this species from going extinct* me with 2 brain cells left: well yes, but actually *no*

[@rosesgow]

well, ozo, but actually ulu

[@HMASbogan]

The level of animation here was so noticeably better that I had to comment about it

[@EsmeOB-P]

The way this video is filmed/animated (I don't know what to call the little circles I just don't think its a sphere) is so cute!

[@baharsabet2895]

can’t be just me who’s got absolutely no idea what’s going on💀

[@Post_Fade]

No it ain't just you

[@Lotuswalker]

Let me edit that for you: "can't bee just me who's got absolutely no idea what's going on💀" There, fixed it...

[@baharsabet2895]

Lotuswalker bruh i can’t beelieve i didn’t notice that

[@shreyapandit20]

I don't get what the buzz is all about

[@aaa..]

@@Lotuswalker HSUDCAKSAIDHVD STOOPPPPPP

[@williamscott5930]

You can also arrange the bees in a spiral, you get the same number of hives but it's a bit more aesthetically pleasing and intuitive. Step 1. Put three bees around the center hex with none of them in adjacent hexes Step 2. From each of the first three bees, move two hexes out from the center, and then shift clockwise (or counter clockwise, doesn't matter) by one hex; that's where you'll put the next three bees. Step 3. From each of the second set of three bees, move out and clockwise (or counter clockwise if that's what you did in step 2) to the corners of the hive, where the last three bees will go. And there you go, a nice pretty bee spiral :)

[@DAILYJOYTIME]

We hope one day to achieve the level of your channel ♥️ We love you Ted-Ed

[@Alex-df9tx]

You will for sure

[@petersnowden484]

Looks dope so far

[@ludapedan8632]

i love you both!

[@gorgiegoes989]

I feel like you already working on it

[@markusantiberus7159]

Long jorney .. fingers crossed

[@MrHam-sk3kr]

It’s actually way simpler than it seems. Step 1: Confirm the bees have green eyes Step 2: Place one bee into a hive Step 3: Have the bee transform the first hex, and then have it ask to be let out to the next hex, the bee must be allowed to do this because it has green eyes and is therefore allowed to leave Step 4: Wait until it transforms all of the hives Step 5: Place another bee in the hive to make a queen Step 6: Repeat the process with each hive having a worker and a queen Step 7: 60 original bees/ 2 bees in every hive= 30 hives

[@scptime1188]

Hol up-

[@MichaelDarrow-tr1mn]

but what if the bees don't have green eyes

[@wren_.]

@@MichaelDarrow-tr1mnat least one of them does

[@DoFliesCallUsWalks]

when i saw the green eye thing, I knew that the bees are logicians

[@Eyed_TopHat]

The animation is so fresh every time. I really never know what to expect.

[@chrisborgars-smith2439]

I actually hit on a different pattern using a completely different approach to construction! I stuck my little triangle formation in the middle, and then three non-adjacent corners of the hive. I used the remaining 3 bees in the third 'ring' with 3-fold symmetry (play with it - there's essentially only 2 places they can go :) ) to complete.

[@lemonboiyoutube]

Lets be honest, how many people have used at least one of these riddles as a party trick?

[@sreeharipremkumar7202]

I tried but failed miserably to make them understand the question..

[@bhaskarpandey8586]

@@sreeharipremkumar7202 lol

[@sreeharipremkumar7202]

@Fucsio's bold of you to assume that I assumed that you have been to a party 🙃

[@justsomeoneelse5942]

Like the UwU and OwO puzzle?

[@shana1343]

@@justsomeoneelse5942 wait i thought it was the UzU and OzO riddle

[@markdaniel9657]

Honestly, this stopmo-like animation is still the sweetest

[@hrishikeshpurohit8676]

There is another way of placing the bees. Place the 3 bees for the 7 hex hives the same way that we did and then place the remaining 6 in one of the 6 hexes of each side. I evaluated it that way. I tried going further than 54 hex hive but the question explicitly showed a 54 hex hive so...🤷

[@zidy11]

wow a comment actually about the solving, finally. I'm unsure on your explanation, i got answer by filling these hexes (numbered left to right, top to bottom). 1, 8, 23, 30, 35, 40, 42, 45, 57.

[@hrishikeshpurohit8676]

@@zidy11 looks like your solution works too

[@peter_castle]

Your solution is not descriptive enough to understand. Upload a picture or something like that.

[@itz_mm_sisterz6770]

the riddle itself: i like this one the animation: OMG IT'S ADORABLE

[@fortnitegg9344]

Most of the times, I don't even understand riddle but it's just soooo relaxing, captivating and mesmerizing to watch transitions, animations and sound effects of Ted ed videos.

[@JLvatron]

Fun way to solve: -pause video at 1:12 with the blank hive, then take a snip capture. -Add a red X for each bee you add, then highlight yellow in the adjacent honeycombs that get waxed. Once you get a solution, try again to see if you can beat it.

[@aprimorado1247]

How to not kill the honey bees Step 1: Confirm you have green eyes Step 2: Ask the death to leave

[@rophu5876]

Death: no

[@कश्परैना]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MikePhoenix007]

One of most stunning pieces of animation I've ever seen.

[@unstableunicorn9104]

Dose anyone else just like to play these videos when they're working cause it helps them focus and concentrate better?

[@DiegoMartinez-wc2xd]

0:19 Is that a catan settlement and are those catan roads on the top right corner???

[@vartikamehta3171]

I'm so used to Ted Ed now, whenever it goes... "Can you slove the-" I interrupt and say... "No I can't, but go right ahead"

[@marcusscience23]

No bees were harmed in the making of this video.

[@kanushkasanadhya4541]

This is so calming, I mean the tone of narration and the animation is wonderful. I love TED-ED😘

[@just-apt]

“…keep the rare honeybee Apis Trifecta from going extinct.” Clearly it already has gone extinct as I can’t find the species on Google.

[@sampatshekhawat516]

Ohhh man I din’t need another bee pun 4:55

[@maxithalo7796]

the animation of the hexes being completed with the 9 bees is so satisfying

[@awesomegamedev]

I figured out we need at least 9 bees pretty quickly, but it took some time to find the placement that works. It took 7 iterations: 18 - 21 - 13 - 13 - 11 - 10 - 9

[@DoFliesCallUsWalks]

to a chemistry student, the hive looks so much like a bunch of benzene rings

[@jadenschalck8640]

This puzzle is kind of like Conway's game of Life but with the rules modified a little

[@RandomNulls]

Imagine making a big part of a hive and some dude who you always hated just gets placed in and suddenly becomes the queen who you have to listen to for the rest of your life

[@k8xt]

I love the 3D counters! The animators went above and beyond!

[@YouTubeShortsyt]

The voice of the speaker is so nice. I couldn't stop listening him.

[@anujbangad3973]

The animation and content is too gooood. I want to know how you (Ted-ed) make such stuff . The efforts of creaters: writing script, animating, even thinking of what topic to choose and how to represent to the audience are also great. ❤️❤️ Ted ed❤️❤️

[@Serennekin]

The animation on this is phenomenal. Ted-Ed animators on another level.

[@japanpanda2179]

I'm sure there's hundreds of ways to do this one. I did it with a rotationally symmetric pattern, starting with 3 around the center hex, and expanding from there.

[@ericale9700]

Charlotte Arene's animation is so crisp and the sound design really makes this video. Hats off

[@omgelika]

I read the title & said “no but let’s do it anyway”

[@ss327827]

The animations just keeps getting better.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

_Didn't the Bee Movie already thought us about this?_

[@annoyingkid48]

Sure, but apparently it didn’t teach us about spelling or tenses. Too bad, too, gotta love a good spelling bee

[@shana1343]

@@annoyingkid48 LOLLLLL

[@팥빵먹는다람쥐]

Im always super excited when a new riddle uploads even though I cant solve A SINGLE ONE

[@BLISS_24x7]

*ANIMATION AND SOUND EDITING AT ITS FINEST*

[@DaBudder]

i waited 6 months for another riddle please max more

[@Nuclearburrit0]

I can see why this species of bees is almost extinct

[@justxavier9999]

imagine minecraft was a game of hexagonal cylinders instead of cubes and you are trying to fill a 1 deep hexagonal pit with water using the least water sources possible while you can only create an infinite water source with 3 instead of 2 placed water sources, and you cannot scoop up water from sources you already created

[@justxavier9999]

Watching this 3 years later, having completely forgotten the puzzle, and the first simplification I made was still the Minecraft water analogy.

[@pranjalsarkar7895]

Hats off to the animators for the great animation

[@animeislife16]

Hmmm this is a pretty good “BEEginning ”

[@kenhaley4]

I got it down to 11 bees per hive. I would have kept working on it if I knew 9 bees was a possible solution. Cool problem.

[@Night-sf2fi]

This is like the old game “Life”. No pun intended.

[@TrueInvisible]

as much as i don't care about your mathematical problems and riddles, as much as i respect the animators work and love their finish product. well done!

[@VLNTN333]

“Pauses the video like I can solve this”

[@CalliopePony]

The answer depends on knowing the dimensions of the hive, but at no point in the introduction are the dimensions specified. It just says you've constructed frames of the appropriate size and shape without ever detailing what the appropriate size and shape are. Sure, you could count the cells in the illustration, but the dimensions ought to be given in the info summary.

[@Badget007]

I was guessing that it was 10-9 bees needed each hive. Sheer luck

[@AkaiProtea]

That subtle RWBY reference at 5:07

[@yourlocalgremlin3272]

"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers." Vulture bees: Am i a joke to you- XD no offence i love this channel 😅😅😅

[@ploofthesheep2887]

my favourite part of your videos are the quotes at the beginning :D

[@strange_and_magnificent]

I’m not gonna even try to solve it.

[@bruceturnbull4219]

I’m so glad you guys haven’t changed the narrator for these riddle videos.

[@notimetoexplain291]

Am I the only one who comes here knowing I cannot solve it. But the riddles are good. :)

[@heinaghost411]

At 4:03 I immediately shouted: CATAN!!!

[@oliverkast526]

Step one: understand the question and rules.

[@flutterby3842]

The thing I'm hung up on is how adding a bee to a hive turns it into a queen? This isn't how Apis do their thing...

[@suntzu2102]

For people Those who know they cant solve the riddle But still Have Come here with high Self Esteem All The Best!!! Like here

[@notimetoexplain291]

But has anyone figured the riddle by themselves?

[@suntzu2102]

@@notimetoexplain291 It's Way to difficult than a normal riddle this isn't a normal one It's TED ED!!!!

[@notimetoexplain291]

@@suntzu2102 Maybe it will come to use oneday but its so confusing that we won't even know when we need it.😂😂

[@suntzu2102]

@@notimetoexplain291 Sooner or Later!! by then have 1 riddle in your portfolio (It's nearly an achievement to solve a riddle by yourself,unless u are fooling yourself)

[@notimetoexplain291]

@@suntzu2102 is it a riddle? I don't know the answer sorry.

[@note5068]

All the riddle produce from this channel is top tier and it will really make you think.

[@thencfolf]

The bees look like Advil...

[@Theproblemdoc]

They are really busy bees

[@littlefishbigmountain]

I was wondering why basically all the riddles are some math problem, and then I realized it’s because they’re sponsored by Brilliant.org

[@HRfromJohn]

Sounds similar to “Conway’s game of life (cellular automata)”

[@logankrohn1472]

I was thinking the same thing

[@tesserax8183]

This has to be the most satisfying riddle they've ever created

[@anonymouspigeon1]

4:19 Bee-ginning

[@theffects9545]

Bee-grinning

[@dattromboneguy]

:)

[@alucardhellsing125]

Anyone else get Minecraft vibes from this? With water sources and filling large areas, the cascading effect is kinda mesmerising.

[@cherryau9682]

Who else here thinks of Flight of the Bumblebee at 15 notes a second when you see bees? S a c r i l e g i o u s

[@fantasyshadows3207]

Do you Flop of the suffocating flies?

[@shyanleo943]

Yes.

[@deshmkh5014]

helo towsetter

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle

[@JeskaiEye]

Not sure what that has to do with a bee riddle but ok

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

@@JeskaiEye hahaha

[@yuxin7440]

Great problem! This is actually more difficult than I thought, and I did not get the optimal solution on my own. My solution involves 12 bees in star configuration (leaving the center empty, 4 on each star edge), and it can do 4 hive as 60 / (12 + 1) = 4 with 8 remains (at this point, I kind of aware that it might not be the most efficient way as the 4 on the line are next to each other (and the fact that there are 8 remains, TedEd riddles are usually resolved in nice numbers and probably has no remains :)). My thought process starts the same as the provided solution as I also realized 3 bees are required to populate the smallest 7 blocks hive. However, I did not realize the immutability of total perimeters. When I extend the 7-block case to larger hive, I just add 3 more on the corner (forming the star configuration) as I know a 120-degree angle is enough to populate a parallelogram that its two edges can span. Anyway, the optimal solution really surprised me and is more elegant than I imaged.

[@picklesauce7983]

The solution is very simple if you do math olympiads. This type of problem is incredibly standard and called a monovariant since the perimeter of the figure is non-increasing at every step. Also, your observation of the "immutability of total perimeter" is wrong because the perimeter can decrease.

[@milk-u8d]

teded:bee- gining me: oof a pun

[@hanmen9809]

wow this just called me brain-dead in so many language

[@HaosClaw]

That Brilliant race puzzle. We all know Ruby would win the race.

[@SurajSingh.3389]

Nobody : Literally nobody : Everbody in comments: Hahaha i can't

[@pelican7235]

Your less creative then them lmao

[@thatboythaylon369]

Nah. This comment was funny. Foget the haters. Keep doing you suraj

[@SurajSingh.3389]

@@pelican7235 lmao???

[@SurajSingh.3389]

@@thatboythaylon369 😂😇😇

[@georginamills2278]

I paused before the answer, but I am pretty sure we should know how many hexs makes a hive? Do I just look at the picture and count? Or is there a wy to solve the riddle so it doesn't actually matter?