Honey bees in ultra slow motion

Honey bees flap their wings up to 250 times a second. The Phantom v2511 camera can shoot more than 1 million frames per second (creating slow motion upon playback). Here we're using one to capture footage for a documentary about bees.

[@theDood45]

This is so neat! Their wing movements look akin to fish fin movements in the water

[@carolynzaremba5469]

I noticed that, too.

[@themoonlitfurbling7104]

WE CAN MAKE REAL FLYING FISH

[@boonshee6458]

well air is a fluid just like water

[@Verbindungsfehle]

Well, when you're this size air is a lot more like water

[@spiderjerusalem8505]

Check out cloud time-lapses, they move just like waves

[@franzven2475]

Perfectly capturing the wings dynamics, higher speeds are totally mezmerinzing.

[@afonsomfneto]

The Bee's Body is much bigger and heavier than its small wings: How does it fly and support itself in the air? The Bee flies because its wings flap thousands of times per second, CREATING SWIRLS OF AIR, which support them in their flights. GOD EXISTS, that could already be evolution. In your case ... if you can't do it one way, do it the other way! City Sao Paulo, Brazil

[@xyzzyxzyxxyz]

Truly amazing how even the tiniest things in our universe have such complex mechanisms.

[@GiantBluebird]

Well when you're lighter than a feather XD the laws of the universe are so amazing and consistent aren't they?

[@naurtix3161]

@@GiantBluebird According to quantum mechanics that's not always the case

[@JohnDoe-bn7hr]

And yet, some people believe that this was just a coincidence.

[@jam4182]

It is designed.

[@o.fdobiegniew5890]

@@jam4182 it is illusion of desing bruh

[@ber2996]

The Flight of the Bumblebee background is a nice touch

[@afonsomfneto]

The Bee's Body is much bigger and heavier than its small wings: How does it fly and support itself in the air? The Bee flies because its wings flap thousands of times per second, CREATING SWIRLS OF AIR, which support them in their flights. GOD EXISTS, that could already be evolution. In your case ... if you can't do it one way, do it the other way! City Sao Paulo, Brazil

[@ber2996]

@@afonsomfneto Yeah no one asked

[@afonsomfneto]

@@ber2996 Yes, nobody asked you anything \ o /

[@cholm2070]

@@afonsomfneto You really have nothing better to do than spout subjective beliefs? You do you buddy.

[@afonsomfneto]

@@ber2996 laughing really loud here

[@everardol5912]

Finally i can sense stopping time (not completely of course) and see everything more clearly its just awesome

[@magetaaaaaa]

Does anyone else find the click of XLR and Ethernet being plugged in very satisfying?

[@teqzent4594]

The Nightmare ikr

[@Vivenk88]

It's amazing to think that something so commonly found in nature was a mystery to our understanding of aerodynamics for many years before we understood it.

[@8BBB88.]

They don't fly or use aerodynamics they levitate. Those eing movement aren't flight like a bird there create a vibrating that causes levitation. Called acoustic levitation. Humming birds also do it that way. You here a buzz from bees and insects because the vibration is a sound wave humming birds hum from the vibration they create. We can do it and levitate with sound waves or anything. It's believed thsts how the big stones were moved like Stonehenge or the pyramids and all those acient constructs. Acoustic levitation

[@kahlansgarden9087]

Pass

[@mahala1959]

Pass too 😂

[@jrml8432]

They can flap their wings up to 230 times per second! Amazing!

[@katjaamyx2922]

Being able to see the details of how the wings move is captivating! And so beautiful.

[@MickYETi]

I'm showing my wife this intrigy shit, she asks "whats FPS, FLAPS PER SECOND!?!" 🤣🤦🏽‍♂️

[@mirishitaunofficial]

Lol. Frames of each flap.

[@JavierMercedes]

Time flies when you are watching it slowly. I thought this video was much longer, just 4 mins! that's crazy!

[@carolynzaremba5469]

They use their wings the way fish use fins. It also reminds me of port de bras in ballet. Fantastic footage of a fascinating creature.

[@Mike-jz9hr]

Amazing. I never would have guessed how three-dimensional their wing movement was. Like others have pointed out it's like someone treading water.

[@denelll.bennettsurvivorwar8224]

*Thank You for Making This AWESOME VIDEO!!! Thank You!!*

[@ΧριστίναΚαλφοπούλου]

The best video i have ever seen

[@sachi0488]

The thumbnail shot is so adorable

[@raphaelgufler2941]

Anyone else did a thing?

[@kingkevin9656]

69-911 420 yes dude I was the funniest shit how they were playing “American Football”

[@amxrctrl]

I did a thing yes

[@yourresume373]

i presume you looked up "bees in slow motion" as well?

[@ndog37]

Amazing design from a mechanical and engineering pov. Amazes me that people still doubt an intelligence behind this creature.

[@kingy002]

Amazes me that people still believe in fairytales, superstition and witchcraft.

[@jonr9467]

No competent designer would use the same tube for feeding and breathing.

[@NewsChannel-y4g]

an intelligence that flys above the heads at times.

[@billdomb]

START AROUND 1:20

[@ivancoley11]

1:53 that piano pitch gets scary at lower pitch

[@Yotameni]

The ultra slow motion starts at 1:16

[@ritanorell5957]

I always weep when I cue this up to watch- Thank you!

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

They are like mini helicopters. 🐝

[@VictorFursov]

Thank you very much for nice recording of honeybees! Best wishes!

[@ArmaniCoat]

they’re so cute i’m gonna die 😩 i love bees!

[@RenzXVI]

Are you allergic?

[@TheVirtualObserver]

RenzXVI 😂😂

[@yasosimo]

Its just unbelievable to think that they flap their wings 200 times PER SECOND We need to protect these awesome species

[@xmodpro234]

Came here after watching a video explaining it in a KZbin short. This blew my mind.

[@yaman223]

God is alive in the bees.

[@degameplayboy2347]

Quicksilver brought me here

[@banzai5780]

DeGameplayBoy same. This is one over used comment. (sort of)

[@Cinematografun]

awesome work!! the setup, the editing... wow! keep it up

[@leninhadeandrade4173]

A perfeição de Deus é tremenda 😊❤❤❤❤ Agradeço a Deus pela inteligência dada ao homem para o bem 😊❤❤❤❤❤

[@FrederickDunn]

OK.... THAT was just plain cool!

[@jeanvasicek6738]

that is the coolest video i've ever seen. thank you so much for sharing!

[@notmeanttoexist7767]

If you can make honey slowly, you can make them quickly

[@TheSimplyJJP]

Imo bees are so freaking cute.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

They are! ☺️🐝

[@MrTheil]

Lol the song choice is perfect

[@mrwayne5158]

Very informative. Thank you for this!

[@janeisabel222]

me in class: bees falp their wings 250 times a second. *_BZZZ_*

[@Model_BT-7274]

F A L P

[@MindBlaze46]

No 250 its 200

[@rachumeladonai9367]

200/250... which ever- A second is a very short span of time... its fascinating the amount of flaps in that time, given.

[@Gonzalo.Escobar]

If you listen closely at 1:28 you can hear the bee say “YA LIKE JAZZ?”

[@mahala1959]

Wonderful video, congratulations.

[@genesisdiaz5322]

Bees don’t fly, they levitate 🐝

[@genesisdiaz5322]

same lol

[@Pop.2508]

The most entertaining thing is bees in slow motion

[@onyourface207]

they fly similar to a humming bird.

[@Andre-sb9zm]

They don't even fly

[@theintunity]

@@Andre-sb9zm What is the definition of flying to you?

[@Andre-sb9zm]

@@theintunity Lets just say they levitate search about that

[@LucasTheBot]

this is magical

[@vierashostak6386]

Божественно!!!

[@sm4942]

WOW! And Camille Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals is wonderfully suitable!

[@one4904]

This is beetter than the other video I watched

[@jonathanmendoza7589]

i did some math and to see 1 flap a second you need the camera going at 7,500 frames a second and it has to be at 30 frames a second

[@tandjahwill6227]

Thanks for this Magic moment ❤️

[@simbaalex1038]

beautiful creation!!!

[@MidBoss]

I caught some fun videos of bees colliding in midair on their way in and out of their hive with my peasant-camera only capable of 420fps. I would love to see that filmed with a Phantom at 25000 fps or so in a more enjoyable resolution ;)

[@jonathanmendoza7589]

you recorded it 16 times slower then real time

[@philippesilva2275]

Why this video ain't got 15 millions views

[@ajitajit4417]

Very good video📹📹🎥🎥🎥

[@robinceuleers]

Bees are just like Fairies ❤❤

[@bryankwong-6091]

That was so amazing👍

[@guywithaname5408]

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.

[@carolynzaremba5469]

This is incorrect. It is the ways the wings move, completely different from birds for instance, that enable them to fly. Knowledgeable humans don't think it's impossible.

[@quakethedoombringer]

@@carolynzaremba5469 he was referencing the Bee movie

[@Gavfool]

Maybe I don’t understand how FPS works. But would a 150,000 FPS recording extend a 1 second clip into 41 minutes of slowmo

[@michiganshooter]

It doesn't really extend a pre-existing clip when you overcrank (high fps) - there is no time base - that's only created when you put it on an editing timeline (24fps, 30fps, 60fps, etc) which can create a variety of outcomes. Generally speaking, yeah, you end up with massive amounts of time when you play it back. If you put 1 sec. of 150,000 fps on a 24fps timeline you get something like 100 minutes I think(?)... 60fps might give you something like 41 minutes... you end up sitting looking at it for a long time, or scrubbing through it to the good parts. Need lots of hard drive space.

[@Gavfool]

michiganshooter thanks for the clarification

[@HerD1NK]

the violin that is playing. feels like you are stuck in a x-large hallway and a 4 meter bee is coming at you

[@weluvgabe]

Music would be MUCH more intense than that.

[@LL2WCAX8]

It is incredible. Would have loved to see why they don't collide with each other

[@TheDragonLake]

3:00 Seems like they compensate for full pollen baskets. Thats cool :o

[@MichaelHurdleStudio]

Amazing research and great production eye. You got my thumbs up on this video.

[@stevenstifler1832]

this actually reminds me of quicksilver haha

[@glitchyx6995]

It reminds me of the quicksilver scene in x men apocalypse, you know when the bee slows down and quicksilvers feet apear? Probably only x men fans will get this...

[@KT25O]

Jesus thats the reason why i came here !

[@desmondmiles992]

They're cute !

[@mysticmoth1111]

So stunning.

[@Gracielooks]

Thank you 🙏

[@jayssonblack3179]

I loved this!

[@unleashedgaming6284]

Would love to see a bee slomo collision compilation from that equipment

[@davidn3922]

Look Great!!!

[@guliyevshahriyar]

Thanks!

[@bestamerica]

' this video is a bad blurry and not clear focus... that coool video with a bee fly

[@dariuszmonko2774]

amazing!!!

[@mikedutkewych]

Incredible!

[@FrazMedia]

If theres a mass shooting in michigan your gonna wish you picked another name. lol, but damn was this awesome. Great job!

[@gamiensrule]

spectacular.

[@cbbees1468]

Very amazing woodland creatures.

[@Cuetzpallincihuatl]

So very beautiful, Thanks 💕🐝‼️

[@eka1309]

How.many flaps does bee did in 1 second ?

[@Sega4061]

Hello ! How can I contact you ? I have a request for a documentary project. Thanks

[@Ensource]

Well done. Thanks for the upload.

[@azizaitakka2008]

Amazing

[@amandadevitt1281]

Beautiful!!!! Where in Michigan are you located?

[@unleashedgaming6284]

Amazing 🎉

[@keifer7813]

I read that they beat their wings over 200 times a SECOND! That is incredible

[@usamanasher6852]

Sweet dreams are made of this...

[@joshuaprescott2930]

The song at the start is called flight of the bumblebee

[@hegood]

phenomenal

[@bartek119]

Amazing!!!!!!!!

[@typebin]

lovely creature

[@luizinventor]

obrigado por compartilhar com a humanidade!

[@petrus19881]

Poetry in motion

[@amareadaloud7360]

What equipment, por favor?

[@zaenalmasnuri4553]

Amazing..!!👍👍👍

[@ivanhernandez8070]

Hummingbirds flap their wings in a very similar manner iirc

[@violet_xx1716]

The music is called the flight of a bumblebee or something isn’t it 😂

[@sharonbartley6782]

Yes, the fast piece is Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov, and the slow piece is The Aquarium from Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Seans.

[@carolynzaremba5469]

@@sharonbartley6782 Aquarium is appropriate since the bees' wings move like fish fins in water.

[@XX-qc8hn]

Haha bee go brrrrrr

[@atrspeed92]

how dare people say there is no omnipotent being that created those things??

[@muhammadnaveedhussain3118]

Harry Potter enough for me👌

[@TheMrLeoniasty]

Mesmerising!

[@afonsomfneto]

The Bee's Body is much bigger and heavier than its small wings: How does it fly and support itself in the air? The Bee flies because its wings flap thousands of times per second, CREATING SWIRLS OF AIR, which support them in their flights. GOD EXISTS, that could already be evolution. In your case ... if you can't do it one way, do it the other way! City Sao Paulo, Brazil

[@joepeeps7511]

Great Video!!!