How bees help plants have sex - Fernanda S. Valdovinos

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Plants have a hard time finding mates -- their inability to get up and move around tends to inhibit them. Luckily for plants, bees and other pollinator species (including butterflies, moths and birds) help matchmake these lonely plants in exchange for food. Fernanda S. Valdovinos explains how these intricate pollination networks work and how it can all change from one season to the next.
Lesson by Fernanda S. Valdovinos, animation by The Moving Company Animation Studio.

[@RinoaL]

0:46 that looked disturbing till you showed why he was "thrusting"

[@Zluka_iz_luka]

Dear Animator, how high were you while creating images of these insects?

[@emilyjew-wor-ski6630]

Злюка ИзЛюка 5’7

[@TheTexas1994]

Злюка ИзЛюка Yes

[@askar_412]

Привет, русскоговорящий

[@Braveheart3567]

Well, great. I have a bee nest right above my head.

[@XenonConcha]

Most of us don't know almost anything about elementary facts of nature. For example, bats, that are mentioned incidentally and a lot of people think are "evil", are very efficient pollinators and therefore useful for animals like us who are on top of them in the food chain. Nice animation and good work, Fernanda!!!

[@PecoMyint]

Quite amazed to learn that there are also generalists and specialists in their world! Also, kudos to lovely animation.

[@stanbecks]

nice. . but i laughed really hard at 0:47 , it was like the poor plant was desperate to have a shag xD

[@honeycutt3]

I love the way you guys illustrated the insects.

[@alanvillapando8821]

I am a biologist and I have found this video very informative, and I know from the description that Fernanda Valdovinos has taught this class, however could you please tell me the academic source (scientific article, paper, etc) which was used? was it Valdovinos´ research? what literature did she cite? Anyways, keep up the good work TedEd, your channel is really good, and sorry for my english, it's not my native language

[@Z0lan0]

0:51 That hip movement though...

[@askar_412]

XD

[@just_a_saeu88]

'birds & bees' concept explained!!brilliant :D

[@feliciano2040]

4:38 "Who's flowering WHEEEN ..."

[@LJLvids]

ah bees you glorious bastards :)

[@pandabear7746]

Really cool :) Didn't know how important bees were :)

[@alexejgerstmaier4989]

This made me think about Software Engineering :-) Great Video.

[@cnotenesmith]

Woowowwwww! Nature is so intelligent! I see bees in a whole new light now. Never will I ever swat a bee again just because it buzzed in my face! Respect!

[@SangoProductions213]

OK, that explains the bees part, what about the birds? I still don't get it!

[@TEDEd]

SangoProductions21 Start watching at 1:24. Birds are pollinators too! But, there's an old idiomatic expression about the birds and the bees. You can learn more about that here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_birds_and_the_bees We used this expression because the lesson is about how bees (and other pollinators) help plants have sex. Does that make sense?

[@MrFreakman0]

Search for colibris

[@TEDEd]

MrFreakman0 Good one! Hummingbirds are most excellent. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colibri_(hummingbird)

[@SangoProductions213]

lol, it was a joke, but sure.

[@coreyschimpf6817]

+SangoProductions213 Haha this is great, you deserve alot more than 4 likes.

[@susannahayres-thomas7185]

Actually, worker bees are wing WOMEN! Worker bees are all females.

[@rajdipgohilll]

I dunno why but at the end of the video I started having an existential crises. I loved the video though.

[@Maryam-td6rj]

I love the animation in this video!

[@CLEANDrumCovers]

The artistic part of this video was also fantastic.

[@Markus9705]

But why would you be a specialist on one species?

[@imanolvl]

Hey TED-Ed on Monday I diagnosed with apendicites and I just wanna know how does apendicites work and can affect to humans

[@HoucKSF]

and I will still kill it if it decides to come into my room!

[@deexus]

fantastic graphics

[@bri585]

This is beautiful

[@oballer]

Word for word what I said when I finished watching

[@ororarawan]

Your videos are amazing

[@389jn]

I like the design of insects in this video.🌼🏵️

[@Haguatchi]

i guess you could call those pollinators... WINGMEN!!

[@rukhsanaground8780]

had to put the title that way

Let's give a big RoundUp-Ready applause to this video

[@isoldebui4039]

FASCINATING thank you!!!!

[@Professorkek]

This started to sound a bit like a software design course. Cool.

[@djdedan]

modularity? once again nature has beaten us to it!

[@GarketMardener]

I mean, it's us who discover these patterns and reason why it's mathematically better, so uh teamwork?

[@GarketMardener]

Prof do you have any clue when's season 2

[@Professorkek]

S2 never ;_;

[@GarketMardener]

Professor RIP

[@lilylee1995]

What's the martz?Aren't moths?l'm confused.

[@Jcdlf7]

well thats interesting

[@lydiafink3020]

God's creation certainly is amazing.

[@braidedgirl]

Bees are very important to the growth of plants. So why did the government just approve a pesticide to eliminate bees??

[@user-hj3vq2bc2g]

i wish there were bees for humans

[@JaySee5]

The experts of manage a trois!

[@yossitea7535]

Передаю привет своим одноклассникам, которые комментарии почитать решили!

[@InsiyaAbbas-kl6cm]

Wonderful

[@freeNode5]

Great... I'd been recommending this channel for kids. Thanks guys... Thanks.

[@-cookiezila-461]

The earlier the better|¡!¡|😂

[@huntergo8570]

Здраствуйте Елена

[@jackopoulos9537]

This is weird AF

[@hotxhotguy]

Guys, stop cock blocking plants. They have urges too. :(

[@MarylouGLintz]

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[@rajeshsahani6851]

I need a bee to meet my love mate

[@murshidanajnin3694]

💛

[@Lagniprimatte]

Ultimate wingmen. Salute mothafockas!

[@yummusquash]

Referring to female honeybees as "wingmen" is classic scientific misogyny.