I used to be obsessed with watching this on vhs when I was a toddler
I'm glad it's finally been uploaded in an easy to access place
I'll probably download it as a backup so I don't lose access to it for any reason
Just got the DVD of this 1998 Nova. Should have won photography awards, especially for the mating material. Good bee documentaries, much like lion ones, never wear out their fascination. Without question, the most helpful insect to the human race. Period. Save The Bees, indeed.
Just remember that "saving the bees" should be focused more on native bees than honeybees. Honeybees are not endangered at all, since they're basically human livestock now.
Bumblebees, sweat bees, even some wasps, are all more important pollinators than honeybees.
Ви безперечно праві. Ні в якому разі не використовуйте російські мінеральні добрива. Зникають цілі популяції комах. І я маю цьому підтвердження.
I kept bees for nearly twenty years. My mentor was nearly 90 at the time, and had kept bees nearly all his life. He said there was always something new to learn, no matter how long you've been at it.
In all my 54 years I have never seen a more fact filled and well-done documentary on bees. Just amazing! ❤ 🐝
18:32 Isn't it amazing how they can hover and fly backwards as well?
@@atomicplaygirl66 I'm studying for it...almost graduating from colllege..need to practice more...you?
Bees are so important to the eco system,and seem to not mind being in human supervised colonies.
The music when the queens are fighting is frightening lol
A truly GREAT presentation! I've been keeping bees for several years....a very rewarding hobby with these incredibly fascinating God's creatures.
@@Harlem55 You just have to think of beekeeping as another form of livestock rearing. It is a true science in itself. Beekeeping is not difficult at all.
@@Klaatu-ij9uz I'd just heard that they can be rather prone to becoming Africanized hives, and thus you get the problem of them becoming extremely aggressive to the point that they're difficult to work with. Here locally in Oklahoma we're having an endemic problem with them.
@@Harlem55 Fortunately, thus far, those bees are staying south of the Mason-Dixon Line. However, I'm almost certain I saw one of those "huge" (like 2-inches long) Japanese hornets last summer here in Michigan. In closing, my bees were noticeably more aggressive this past summer than usual. Perhaps some weird genetics are creeping-in.
This documentary was one of the best I've watched in a while! So invested in the trials and tribulations of those two bee colonies. Found the bit about the moth super funny too how this big moth can just pretend it's a bee and the bees are just like "yeah that dudes totally a bee this is fine but where the honey at tho??"
Bees certainly are amazing creatures being able to carry the pollen and nectar back to the hive it certainly gives new meaning to the term 'Flying on a full stomach'.
I have bees ,, keeping them over winter has become difficult but the challenge helps my brain I am sure ,, at 71 , I could never leave my bees and go to a senior residence until they allowed a bee hive ,,, I am sure residents living there would love watching them all summer and move them in to a Florida room for winter, they are very nice and happy to see and hear
beautiful film of their lives and love the word "PANTRY"
It takes the nector from 5 million flowers to make a pint of honey! Astounding.
oh shoooot i just got to the part where the moth taking that honey, stuff bout to go down
Excellent video. Shared by email to extended family. Must be viewed multiple times .
Just watched this for the first time last night with a Buddy of mind. This was amazing, enjoyed every bit.
i think 🐝 bees are most important insect in the world
Kudos to the cameraman! I can’t get enough of the footage! It’s a marvel how they managed to capture some of these!
It’s a stationary bee that is secured by clamps with the camera extremely close.
The bee itself is flapping and wiggling and such but it’s not going anywhere, the rest is edited in.
I am a beekeeper... great video! Thanks for sharing!
I love 🐝 bee’s also & my dad’s a bee keeper & he lives in meeker Colorado 😁👍🤩🤩
Beautifully made, the humble Bee 🐝
This is truly Amazing, I try by best to get my grands to watch theses amazing vedios, BUT with their phone it's over! However I'm very interested 😊😊 THANKYOU SO MUCH 👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️
Awesome video! Beekeeper from Sacramento, California. Bees are awesome!
What a fascinating documentary. I build an insecthotel and I saw some bees moving in. I am so fascinated by them that I wanted to know more! Well this has been informative! I'll watch my bee family so they can do their thing!
This South Texas beekeeper sez, Very Nice Job!
It astounds me to this day that Nova videos can accumulate any dislikes at all. I can't even count how many of these videos I have queued up in my headphones while at work. Nothing makes a monotonous night go by quicker than an enjoyable and educational soundtrack playing in the background. These programs always provide and amazing balance of awe and knowledge.
If you have 6 hours to kill or don't mind taking it in doses, Desmond Morris' 'The Human Animal' series is fantastic. It's an old collection, but it consists of six, one hour long videos. His 'The Human Animal' series is one of my favorite anthropological documentaries ever.
It's definitely a bit dated but the videos are still relevant. Some of the information--given the fact that it's a science video--is likely to be outdated. Times change and science changes with it after all.
Who else wanted the moth to get caught? 🙋🏾♂️
We just witnessed a murder 😳
R.I.P wasp
A great documentary will stand the test of time.
Man, I love bees
Sweet anticipation. BEAUTIFUL MOVIE! LOVE IT. Thank you so much for sharing it.
Bees are blooming brilliant 👏🏻 god bless the bees 🐝 🙏🏼 ❤
@9:35 Drones AND Queens both go out on mating flights. They typically DO NOT mate with the same hive's drones or queens. Genetic diversity is very important and the bees know this!
Oh interesting! That explains why they don't just mate in the hives! I was like why risk going out at all but your comment explains it thank you very much
@@WhitneyDahlin You're very welcome! I do a lot of talking about bees both on my youtube channel as well as on my Truth Frequency Radio show if you're interested in learning more. I will be having some awesome beekeeper guests coming up soon.
@@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork yes! I am very interested! Thank you very much I subscribed! ❤️
Which is a good theory, but for the fact that because multiple colonies are genetically related to the same queen, there really isn't all that much genetic diversity within any given species within genius Apis (consisting of 11 species of honey bees and related species).
i grew up watching these kinds of documentaries. i remember watching about butterflies, grasshopper, ants, ladybug…etc. my world then was full of colours and nature but has since faded due to me growing up, becoming busier with school and now work. i’m thankful that these films are still around on an easy to acess platform. i feel like i’m once again a carefree child watching this on a sunny peaceful Saturday morning.
Awwww i love honey bees 😍
I have an irrational fear of bees. I’m not allergic or anything. This is helping a bit. Thanks for the upload!
Awesome video. I am a beekeeper & just loved this.
"Just another ordinary day of birth, death, sex, and violence..." Rock on Bees, rock on. This was fun to watch. I recommend watching Detroit Hives on planet classroom if you're into beekeeping or just like bees.
this is very good video! the photography is impeccable .
That bear startled the hell out of me!
Salute you john, for your hard work, 🙏🙏🙏
OMG this is one of the best videos I have ever seen! So perfectly narrated - fascinating, beautiful. I had no idea bees have such magnificent and ornate lives. Wow!
I worry that I’m 1:20 in and have already heard an inaccuracy. Bees are able to sting wasps and other insects over and over. The reason they can’t do this with mammals is because the stingers barbs get trapped under the skin, but with other insects and their smooth exoskeletons this is not an issue. Occasionally if you get stung by a bee and give the bee enough time they can pull their stinger out, not always but every once in a while.
I think he was just getting the point across that when honeybees sting they lose there stinger.
@@TheJapagu only when they sting mammals. That’s the point I was making. If they sting other insects they do not lose their stinger.
I like this film! Today, i watch this film second times!
Thank you for interesting movie. Best wishes!
yes very informative hive bee keeping .keep up good beekeepers
Ahh, the late 90s, a heyday for trumpets.
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.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Ooh, black and yellow!
Let's shake it up a little.
Barry! Breakfast is ready!
Ooming!
Hang on a second.
Hello?
- Barry?
- Adam?
- Oan you believe this is happening?
- I can't. I'll pick you up.
Looking sharp.
Use the stairs. Your father
paid good money for those.
Sorry. I'm excited.
Here's the graduate.
We're very proud of you, son.
A perfect report card, all B's.
Very proud.
Ma! I got a thing going here.
- You got lint on your fuzz.
- Ow! That's me!
- Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000.
- Bye!
Barry, I told you,
stop flying in the house!
- Hey, Adam.
- Hey, Barry.
- Is that fuzz gel?
- A little. Special day, graduation.
Never thought I'd make it.
Three days grade school,
three days high school.
Those were awkward.
Did anyone else search this up?
25:03 and 30:31 The mouse came the first time to hide from an owl while using warmth generated by the bees' body heat to warm up, and the next time to nibble on "crumbs from the comb" while bees were too wet to be bothered. One stop shopping.
25:57 The moth could only stay because it has a scent it uses to trick the hive. But the scent wares off and it must escape. I want to know more about this scent and why doesn't it last longer?
38:40 THAT was a gruesome battle .....but both queens got to live. Why is that? What exactly made them decide that THIS time they would not fight till one dies?
So many enemies:
33:00 bee eater bird
34:00 hornets
45:19 wood ants, an ant lion and aphids. 45:40 Honey dew is actually aphid-poo. 47:30 a bear and 50:50 even their own keeper!
4:06 I used to think honey was "bee vomit". But one of the commenters schooled me about that. I stand corrected. ❤️❤️❤️
I'm guessing the sisters came to an agreement because they were evenly matched and didn't want to both die. With plenty of workers and honey, they could afford to split again.
It's not vomit or spit, they store nectar in their stomach and give it to the home bees, the home bees extract it to the comb. It does sound like vomit but it's not as their second stomach as more like a pouch then a stomach. Also I wonder that myself with the queens, my more question is why the heck did the mouse return?? It just move side to side did nothing to the bees... didn't even go inside.
@@AngelCnderDreamer thank you for the info......that certainly makes my mind see a different picture when I eat honey. Much nicer that I don't have to think of it as bee vomit.
Now the mouse.....I think it is staying close to the hive because it senses that the owl is hunting. The mouse can do a quick dive into the hive to get out of its way. ❤️
@@arianebolt1575 I think you're right. I wonder .....after that epic battle.....if either one of them was physically capable of doing 👑 🐝 duty.
Bees are awesome. I want to learn how to keep them, so I can help their species.
Thanks for the video... I really enjoy watching
David great narrator. Miss mash. New programs, that is, but you can't bring the dead to life.
I love the elegant music
first at all, thanks a lot for what an amazing show. Greetings from Cali, Colombia
NOVA is awesome ! So many wonderful shows !!!! I could watch wildlife / nature documentaries all day.. that is after all , the only content I watch on CZcams ... literally,.. I care nothing for the other content always being plastered all over the place ... people who don’t appreciate and enjoy observing nature and understanding into the behaviors snd lives of wildlife are Truly missing out ., id prefer just go watch a narrated documentary of the wildlife without intruding humans having to benefit off their hard work ... yeah I get it , we all have to eat .. but I am not interested in seeing Bee keepers and their camera time .. wish they’d just talk about and show the bees !!
To hell with that trumpet! >.
Cool film... if it's ever edited again, please ditch the trumpets.
@Arlo Arthur Cordell I just got to the trumpet part. If this continues I'm finding another documentary.
Very enjoyable and relaxing show.
Amazing very smart creatures!
Awesome video! Very informative!!
I've been using honey as a natural antibiotic on cuts. Although I'm not able to legally give medical advice all I can say is what I know from personal experience. I had a large cut on my arm from a nail on a board by accident. I poured honey in the cut, covered it with a paper towel and wrapped it with duct tape. When I went to rewrap it the next day, the skin had fused together. Honey kills germs and bacteria it comes in contact with. When put into a skin cut, the body will absorb it without any problem.
Thanks for sharing this excellent knowledge! Thanks to all. Regards
Ya like jazz
That was outstanding! Thank you
Love this video and love bees! 🐝❤️
Very nice video, im a beekeeper too, from the Philippines
The sweet anticapation -great answer
What a engineer the bees making honey for us and them what busy lifestyle in bee's i like learning about bee's
Any tipe of bees are important
the moth is likely a female. My experience is the honeybees carry enough honey when they swarm to begin building comb. They usually stop, briefly, near the old colony to organise, then fly to a site scouts already have found. I am in Florida, so our warmer climate changes things a lot
Ya know, I had seriously wondered about that ....1oz wax=1lb honey,and how they were able to get the comb started... Glad I read your post, unraveled that knot in the back of my mind
Thanks lol
@@kevinserpa9423 that's why you see swarms fly slowly, and why the bees are mellowed-out in a swarm- they are full of honey-it is also why, when I actively am working in the beesiness,I try to hive the swarm as soon As I can- so they dont waste their energy.
Bees that have absconded might not fit the pr
ofile
The epic bee fighting music they make is the coolest part to me
Excellent. Thanks. Should be shown in school
"Just an ordinary day of birth, death, sex and violence. And it's not even noon yet."
🐝🐝🐝
This is insane and a very good documentary.
Beautiful video.
The best vidio of honey bee till now. ❤
And no one mentions they’re excellent mathematicians, by using a hexagonal shape, it’s the most efficient shape possible!
3:01 Seriously how do they get these shots? that a fake bee?
It looks fake because the cinematographer used special "fixtures" to hold the bees as the camera filmed. Somewhere, there's a video on how this was made. I saw it nearly 25 years ago...shortly after this came out.
I using pure honey while watching this🍯🐝🌻👍
i wasted almost an hour watching this, but it was worth it
nice video! now that I've seen this, I think bees are actually cute!
😊👍🏾👍🏾❤️❤️
poverties: u need this for school
The fact that bees go kamikaze to protect the hive makes me love them even more.
Bees represent vishnu which is pretty litttt🔥🔥🔥❤
Fascinating!
I think I now understand the term "busy bee" 😆
very great channel! l keep subscribed
This is the best 🐝 bees video I have seen😁😁😁😁😁😃😃😃
This video gave me pause - to give thanks, be grateful and worship our Creator God and Savior. Wow.
Can someone comment as to the type of hives shown in this video? I liked how the frames are accessed from the back versus on top... you never have to pull them fully apart). What are they called?
havent watched the entire video but that sounds like an AZ hive or Slovenian style
I love the hornet attack music
they needed the Dirtrooster628 for that swarm
I have only one thing to say. " thank you"
The bees are so cute. But more cute than wasps.
1:17 Daaaaamn that’s harsh- but that’s sweet sweet brutal mama nature.
Don't you wonder what the hell that Wasp was really thinking? I mean what's the game plan there?
Super Special...👌
I kept bees when I was a kid. Fascinating critters. I could watch them return from a successful foraging and exchange their cargo with the house bees. Watching them do a dance is amazing...and watching them leave the hive...doing a couple of circles above it to get a sun fix...and then off they go. Later in life, my girlfriend was wearing a one piece, flower patterned bathing suit, lying on her stomach in the sun......asleep. She was covered in bees. They were lured by the flower pattern on her bathing suit. As she slept, the bees figured out that they weren't really flowers...and left. Not one sting. I told her about it when I woke her up...and she was somewhat less than amused. They're amazing creatures...and we literally owe our lives to them.
I kept crickets as a kid then sea life as a teen and now spiders as an adult
I used to be afraid of them until I met this guy at our local farmers market who sold honey. Bees were always calm flying around him and sitting on him. So now if one lands on me, I just assume she thinks I smell of flowers or needs a ride somewhere
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God save the queen 😅