The Power of Pollinators

Everyone has heard of honeybees, but what about the 4,000 species of wild, native bees that live alongside honey bees here in North America?
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Everyone has heard of honeybees, but what about the 4,000 species of wild, native bees that live alongside honey bees here in North America? These lesser-known, but equally industrious insects not only pollinate our crops but also support healthy, diverse ecosystems across the continent. Unfortunately, many of these native bee species are in trouble. In The Power of Pollinators, entomologist and insect evangelist Dr. Samuel Ramsey showcases the diversity, beauty, and importance of North America’s wild bees, and shares simple steps that everyone can take to help them. Get engaged at www.plantwildflowers.org.
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[@chrisaguilera1564]

I have these big flowering shrubs that always attract the local bees and they swarm my backyard. They're friendly, they just do their thing and leave. I love seeing them busy. 😃

[@sandib4234]

Yes me to!

[@kimberlypence2615]

I carried one the other day. I was grilling and the smoke was making her really woozy. She climbed right up on my hand and carried her out of the smoke.

[@FrederickDunn]

Way to go Dr. Sammy :) I wish I had seen this before our interview! Absolute perfection. Way to go.

[@CrownBees]

Thank you for helping move the focus to native bees!

[@innerstrg1]

Thank you, Dr Ramsey! I love the way you present this info ❤🎉

[@caroma7701]

Thank you Sammy! it is very inspiring listening to you! thank you for being so awesome!

[@pawshands9706]

The wild bee population is doing well in parts of Puerto Rico. 🐝🌻🐝🥀🐝💐

[@GreenDolphinProject]

Glad to hear it!

[@gairahadam5304]

I love when this video gives more space for wild bees, hope so more people appreciate wild bees and save them for better future

[@jayme5280]

perfect presentation& host is engaging!. good pacing, very informative

[@peterbernhardt5169]

Two statements in this video require a little tweaking. First, the honeybee isn't the closest thing mankind has a domesticated insect. That honor belongs to the Asian silkworm which wouldn't survive without our protection and selective breeding. Honeybees regularly swarm and escape from their owners . They do just fine out in the wild while adult silk moths can barely fly. Second, there are several , native bee species that can visit death camas flowers without fatalities. It's the nectar, not the pollen that our commercial honeybees finds so toxic in a death camas flower.

[@ghtbb]

I love bees so much that I made my head a honeycomb ❤️

[@krishnabk2699]

Nice presentation

[@1BarefootKing]

Thank you : )

[@user-fz6mm2sw3u]

Thank you

[@kakakhankhan8529]

Bumble bee making honey

[@gillianstromayer2966]

thak you so much😇👌

[@ThaisSantos94]

Your hair looks like it’s infested with bees lol

[@tpad6]

0:36 😭

[@phasm42]

I bought ten pounds of "native grass seeds" and spread them over my lawn. Hoping they'll take root and provide something nice for native insects. Fortunately I don't live in an HOA.

[@GreenDolphinProject]

Sounds exciting!

[@ebirding]

Any update to the planting?

[@phasm42]

@@ebirding nothing obvious yet. This weekend I just added topsoil to a small section and added native wildflower seeds. Hoping I'll at least have a wildflower section of the yard. Unlike the yard, I'm watering this everyday, excited to see something sprout.

[@wha82]

You might have to take away some grass if you want the wild flowers to grow. Many wild flowers, at least where I live, need nutrition-poor soil to grow unlike most species of grass found in yards. Keep us updated though 👍

[@phasm42]

@@wha82 I just covered the grass with dirt (there wasn't much grass there to begin with). I'm seeing little green sprouts today, so I guess it's gonna work.

[@drewmilavec9383]

Such a good video! I research solitary bees on the blue ridge parkway 😀 I love to hear information being put out about our native bees 🐝

[@Scraggledust]

The big bumble bee sting - horrific. One stung me, my brother, and our dog. Each of us got stung on our heads. Then, it chased us in the house. My dad was laughing so hard, he had a hard time chasing it out of the house. Felt like I got hit in the head with a brick. It was worse then a scorpion sting. (I’m lucky like that). I still don’t kill any bees. Here, we have several endangered sweat and pollen bees. I have planted a Mexican plum tree, and thanks to bees, I have plums growing!!! No need to buy a second one! I have planted fragrant blooms and milkweed for the bees and monarch butterflies as well. It is really interesting to see the variety of bees, butterflies, and other insects now that I’ve planted trees and flowers native to this area.

[@wendymarie7151]

Omg, I didn't think Bumble bees stung people? I have saved a few of them. They've let me pet them. That's really cool about the plum tree!! We need bees 🐝🌞🐝🐝🌞🐝

[@vcd5841]

@@wendymarie7151 Indeed they are capable of stinging, and unlike honeybee workers they don't die after stinging, the silver lining to it is that the sting won't be embedded into the skin like a honeybee would. It is also possible that it wasn't a bumblebee but a similar bee, bees can be very hard to distinguish from one another, I can't tell some types of solitary bees and flies apart from eachother, specially when they are flying. A personal anecdote I have on bumblebees, I have had two nests in my property, one of them occured naturally in a rodent hole, the other one I had set up myself, I would hang out near the nest entrance but I never got stung, just hovering very close, and the bees definitely know I was there, they are capable of locating us when we exhale carbon dioxide, insects are very sensitive to it, and some of them when living would fly circles around me, hive bees tend to that as a way to investigate things near their nest, they orientate themselves through landmarks, the only time I angered the bumblebees was when I lifted the stone slab serving as nest cover, they started coming out, buzzing angrily, so I slowly retreated and crouched near some bushes, they flew around for a few minutes but returned to their nest, I made sure the nest was properly covered, and when I went there an hour later, they were peacefully coming in and out. Very docile animals, but every species is different.

[@wendymarie7151]

@@vcd5841 Thank you. Luckily, I can say a bumble bee has never stung me. 🐝

[@vcd5841]

@@wendymarie7151 A warning sign they give is raising their middle leg, and it looks almost like a wave, it is a way of telling us to back off, that and sometimes they buzz angrily when disturbed, it's a very distinct high pitched buzz, I've only heard it when I caught them with my net. They may also drop to the ground when they are disturbed when they're cold and can't easily warm up their flight muscles, which is very expensive. One thing to always avoid with any bee is breathing directly at them, they're very sensitive to carbon dioxide.

[@wendymarie7151]

@@vcd5841 I rescued a bumble bee years ago, saw it in my driveway, poor thing couldn't fly,so I gently pushed it onto my hand brought it inside and picked some flowers in my backyard, and a few days later, the bee was buzzing and I brought it back outside and placed it in my flowers. Never stung me, I have a photo of the bee sitting on a flower, next to my cat sitting in the window. But, it is wise to be careful around any type. Thank you so much for the information, very useful!

[@mariemorgan7759]

I didn't know that much about bees, great video! Thanks!🐝🌞

[@AIFMusician]

Great video! Love the host and script. Beautiful shots of so many bees I’d never seen before!

[@WordsWithHats]

Love seeing when bees buzz around my flowering fruit trees.

[@mj.phonegraphy]

honey bee

[@RiccardoLanni]

🐝🐝🐝♥️♥️♥️✨

[@wendymarie7151]

Just planted wild flowers in my backyard, waiting for some honey bees!!

[@sandib4234]

Good, they will come!!

[@JeanvierJanga]

👌🏾

[@saimaqureshi4799]

According to the faith of muslims,lf the bees are endanger,the world would endanger.Bees play an important role in echo system

[@antemeridiemwolf]

I have a community garden plot in the city that is quite popular with the pollinators. I think of it as _their_ garden, not mine. I love seeing them at work!

[@st0ny242]

This is so important! People need to know that keeping honey bees does not counteract the extinction of bees, but might even worsen it. Thanks for the video!

[@jeffdavis5723]

*Thanks **#Nature** on **#PBS** for this video.*

[@SaskiaLorianne]

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[@Godprofile]

Is motion hold me body sense ago need we'll get him ,here no need say invisible soul god

[@terryford7459]

Love Nature 🌹💕🌹

[@troyano6548]

Awesome!!

[@sandib4234]

My Dad had bees his entire life and now he is 93 n can't do it anymore. People need to get more involved with bees if they want the food chain to keep going!!

[@ajtuckvr]

Bees?!

[@96unicorns]

I love this video so much!

[@doreenchambers9579]

Thank you!

[@GreenDolphinProject]

Good video. Don't fly Delta.

[@tropicalsimonthirty2283]

Oh yeah, the millions of bees that died on the plane... TwT

[@sandib4234]

@@tropicalsimonthirty2283 I read that, what a disgrace!

[@jeanineshiman8228]

Thank you for such a wonderful video, I'm going to try very hard to do my part.

[@MrJman423]

bees on my head but dont call me a bee head

[@dertythegrower]

Save the bees with fungi from Paul Stamets

[@cumcumcum148]

Yeee. Bumblebees are my favourite ones. They look cute and some plants are most efficiently pollinated by them like Saffron for example

[@luiscruz1631]

Thank you Dr. So dam true we need them like they need us.Bees ❤️ 💕 💜 💗 💖 ♥️ ❤️ 💕 💜 💗 💖 ♥️ ❤️ 💕 💜 💗 💖 ♥️ ❤️ 💕

[@shun_almya]

Interesting. If the theory of evolution is correct, then what is the explanation about the close relationship between plants and bees, who appeared first, and how blind matter and random coincidence were known in the evolution of bees and plants for pollination and food

[@sufianaldib9469]

Wonderful. May Allah The Most Gracious, Most Merciful guide you to happiness ever after. Please read the Holy Quran words of Allah The Great Please read The Amazing Quran By: Dr. Gary Miller Please read The Bible, The Quran and Science - Maurice Bucaille May Allah guide you to the truth

[@FarmerDrew]

YOOO!!! 🤯 I JUST LEARNED THAT BEES USE TOOLS AND BUILD CRAZY BARNS FOR THEIR SHELTERS! 🐝

[@dkpirie]

Was I the only one that thought his hair looked like a load of bees had landed on his head? :-)

[@HS-cf8lz]

Heard about the dog who stepped ona bee?

[@birdlover6842]

No need here anymore.:(

[@lionreyez2416]

Bumblebees in my observations pollination poisonous plants. What is their honey poison honey? I have yet to see a Bumblebee hive.

[@geniuspig1748]

Wow I just saved a bee that fell in water and then I get recommended this!

[@kylecarves8486]

Plant them in your yard, neighbors yard, inside your house, and even government buildings,

[@ghtbb]

Also in your hair 👌

[@maanmallak8953]

سبحان الله العظيم 🌺

[@Scraggledust]

Was told that my Mexican Plum tree wouldn’t produce fruit without a second tree. This year, I watched several different species of bees (from sweat to metallic to regular bees)- all over the grape Kool-Aid scented blooms. My tree has 3 plums on it now! We have a rule here that we don’t kill any bees. I credit them for my plums. Hopefully next year, we will have even more! Also planting native plants. (Bumble bee stings are the worst thing I’ve been stung by. Even worse then a scorpion

[@cooledge47]

I appreciate you bees! #plantwildflowers

[@maanmallak8953]

God the Great 🌺 Creator

[@UnicornOfDepression]

Don't use pesticides. Buy some lady bugs and preying mantis. Release in garden. Good-bye aphids and other little pests.