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- Pollinator. Mason. Jeweler. A female blue orchard bee is a multitasking master. She fashions exquisite nests out of mud and pollen that resemble pieces of jewelry. And in the process, she helps us grow nuts and fruits.
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A new type of bee is buzzing through California's orchards. And researchers are hoping that the iridescent, greenish insect may help provide a more efficient way to pollinate nuts and fruits in an era when traditional honeybees have struggled.
Unlike honeybees, blue orchard bees don’t sting humans. And instead of building large colonies with thousands of worker bees caring for eggs laid by a queen bee, female blue orchard bees work alone to build their nests and stock them with food. They’re solitary bees, like most of the 4,000 species of bees in North America.
Blue orchard bees, which are native to the United States, are of increasing interest to scientists, government agencies and farmers for their ability to pollinate almonds, sweet cherries and other tree fruits more efficiently than honeybees.
“This is, I think, the moment for these bees to shine,” said entomologist Natalie Boyle, who studies blue orchard bees at the United States Department of Agriculture in Logan, Utah.
Boyle works with almond growers in California, whose crop is worth $5.2 billion a year and who rely heavily on honeybees to pollinate their orchards every February. Research has found that 400 female blue orchard bees are as effective at pollinating almonds as the more than 10,000 bees in a honeybee hive, said Boyle.
Between 40 and 50 percent of honeybee colonies die each year around the country, according to the yearly National Honey Bee Survey, carried out by universities with the sponsorship of the USDA and the California Almond Board, among others.
Finding other bees that could work side by side with honeybees could offer what Boyle calls “pollination insurance.”
--- What is a mason bee?
The blue orchard bee is a mason bee. Females build their nests out of mud that they collect with two huge pincer-like tools on their face called mandibles. In nature, they build their nests in places like hollow twigs. But they will also build them in pencil-wide drill holes in a wood block.
--- What makes blue orchard bees good pollinators?
One thing that makes blue orchard bees good pollinators are hairs on their abdomen called scopa, on which they collect and spread pollen. Blue orchard bees are particularly good at pollinating almonds and tree fruits like cherries and apples because they love foraging in their flowers. And they’re particularly well-suited to pollinate almonds, which are in bloom in February, when it’s chilly in California’s Central Valley, because they will fly around and forage at a cooler temperature than honeybees.
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Hello Deep Look fans! I produced this episode. Thank you for watching! A few of you have asked how adult blue orchard bees get out of the nest. Jim Cane, a native bee ecologist at the US Department of Agriculture, explained that adults chew their way out of their tough cocoon and then keep on chewing to pass through the mud partitions and ultimately the mud closure of the nest. Like all bees, the female blue orchard bee gets to choose the sex of each offspring - fertilized eggs become females; unfertilized eggs become males. She puts female eggs at the back of the nest and males at the front. Most females mate only once, so males that are late to the game will have fewer offspring. That’s why adult males of all solitary bees emerge a few days to a week before the females. An emerged bee will be patient and wait for a few days for the next in line to exit. If its sibling doesn’t emerge because it has died, the bee will eat through its sibling’s cocoon and keep going. Thanks for your questions! -Gabriela
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Thank you for your explanation! That's very considerate of the bee to wait for its siblings. And their mother planned so well that she will have a lot of grandchildren both from her daughters and sons.
Back Bee: "Yo dude, you're done?"
Front Bee: "Patient, dude. I'm waiting too."
Back Bee: "Oh, ok."
So a bee will wait in its partition until next partition is empty right? But how a bee will know that next partition is empty behind the wall?
Another great video！Good job！！Do you mind sharing the camera info that you used for close imaging? Thanks!
“The purple lunch box, their mom packed for them!” That is such an adorable way to say that they eat it.
I love the way she pronounces it haha
Rosielyn_ Ongue I know right
Wholesomeness at the finest
Haha. I was reading that word for word when it came on the video. That was a funny coincidence. I love it when that happens.
It is a really cute way of saying. I can't think of a better way to have put it. 😊
Who would have thought a little wriggly grub looking thing could be in such a cute scenario. And look so cute, in turn! 😍
Blue orchard larva: Oooh, candy for lunch!
Wasp larva: (makes xenomorph noises as it digs into the organs of a cockroach)
Chicken Draws Dogs sksks you’re so underrated
Lol
metal
does anybody think about the possibility of those purple things out on the shelves of our stores? it sounds delicious.
@@theshadowslullaby4265 idk, but a close analog to that ball of concentrated nectar is ube which is purple yam
Bee: *"breathes"*
Specialist: *Write that down, write that down.*
Mauro Molinero they do?
Mauro Molinero woah I never knew that
I mean yeah thats how it works basically lol
They write down whatever they see. That is called observation.
im surprised nobody commented on the reference to charles
Did anyone else go “Aww” when she said “The little purple lunchbox their mother made for them”
I did
I LOVE YOUR PROFILE PIC AAAAA
Your mom
Kinda
MEEEE
Honestly the purple pollen balls look really delicious
ShroomWalrus I know right, it looks exactly like "ube"
NuclearDucky pinoy eh?
ShroomWalrus
I know, right? The thumbnail made me think of blueberry and chocolate icecream 😎
NuclearDucky im also asking, eh?
It certainly does
she protecc
she attacc
but most importantly
*HER BABIES EAT LUNCH SHE PACC*
Sounds so wholesome~
creeper? awe man.
This joke is getting old
This is old STOP taking it seriously
And viral
@@aez8 true
Bee larva: knows exactly that it has food given by its mother and starts eating
Human baby: screaming for 3 hours after being born and takes a year to figure out it can think
Humans live so much longer than bees though so maybe it's all to-a-scale.
How would they get the food even if they knew it was there? You aren't much of a thinker are u?
@@antoniobutler4239 like how the larva got it
Me
@@Zombie_Candyman if im right ur a creepypasta fan?
2:26 it’s so cute how she cleans her face 🥺
Ikr 😊
IKRRR 💜💜
yeah.... *gets beezlebub flashbacks* cute
w-what...
czcams.com/video/t39zfZLqpgU/video.html
Here's a video I took of another bee (possibly an eastern blueberry bee?) cleaning herself. They're fascinating little creatures! (I'm not trying to self-promote, I just love bees)
Honestly would mistake her as a really smart fly
Flies don't have a soft fur-like texture on their bodies.
L5940 I don't think I would pay attention to that as it's flying around me
Flies only have a probiscous .
same
Pari Lemons
Yeah so true
I'm really scared of bees, like REALLY scared, but I respect them so much. They do a lot of good to the Earth.
@Almighty Sagittarius killer bees?! They are what my nightmares are made of
Truly. Next time a bee is in your presence try really hard to stay calm and just observe. You will bee surprised that they don't chase you or sting you. They are looking for water or pollen and are not interested in you at all. Once you understand this you won't have that fear.
Killer bees and parasitic wasps can go extinct,idc.
It’s best to stand around and let the bees do their things, I always just wait for them to be out of my presence so I can do my own thing.
I'm probably not as scared, but I never panic when one is around. When one lands on my hand, though, I go into a slight panic. But nonetheless, I respect honeybees and how much they do for Earth. :3
I know this is 2 years old but I'm going to comment anyway I really like how they add the sound effects of the bee putting the mud in her nest and other sound effects they really pay attention to detail and it make me feel more like I've shrunken down to the bee size to watch lol🤭
Nice
It is cool AND creepy, lol
Agreed! Bee n insect ASMR is the only type I f/w :D!
She’s a tireless working mamma! Amazing the work these little wonderful creatures do from building there home by themselves to pollinating everything.
"'It looks like a piece of jewelry"
Me: It looks like an ice cream to me.
2:34
The "me:" here was completely unnecessary... beginning to hate the overuse of the colon memes...
@@anthonysmith1228 Me:
*being serious*
Anthony Smith:
me: no u
ice cream is jewelry
Same I thought it was ice cream in the thumbnail until I read the title of it.
Narrator: "Her material is, you guessed it,"
*Me: Honey.*
Narrator: "...Mud!"
Why would a bee build a nest with honey? It’s like building your house out of bread 😂
It's the taking part that counts. Hahahaha
Lauren A
1 second later......
FUuUuUuuUuUuUuuUUuUuU-
@@rpop7911I'd love to live in a bread house you dont know my life
I'd love a French toast house 🤤
You give insects “human” like qualities. Hopefully like me, it makes many empathize with their plight & respect their existence....
Insects don’t respect my existence so I won’t respect theirs
@@tuscansun2320 Sir, you're thinking about wasps, scourge of bees and people alike
Fun fact: insects and animal is a term for “monsters” we literally degrade each other by insulting animals that have survived at all odds
4:03
Bee1: eating
Bee2: ATTACK MODE
Bee3: _uno reverse card_
Bee1: *I’m just trying to eat*
Not funny. Didn’t laugh.
That’s how me and my siblings eat
Ha ha ha ha
@@PlayBoX-qq9kr Ikr
I'm dead 🤣
*bees are a noble insect and have been respected & revered by civilizations for thousands of years. without them we would lose 70% of our food supply. we owe so much to these hard workers and should do everything we can to protect them.*
Yet when one flies nears you its like hell's upon you
Even more when you see that you're closer to their nest
There are other pollinators
@@hellmo6087 not bees uselly, but the artifically made one (artificial= man made) the killer bee is, normal bees are just nice hard workers. wasp on the other hand.
Agreed but a small correction, you are anthropomorphizing their behavior.
Bees, as all insects, act on specific genetically pre programmed behaviors,most being reactions to internal and external stimuli.
They lack the capability to be "hard working" and "noble".
It's best to comprehend how and why they act the way they do and avoid anthropomorphizing them because only then can we act in the correct way to protect them.
@@tourmelion9221 true, some places lack bees to begin with such as Canada or Russia (their pollinators are male mosquitoes... females also eat nectar and pollinate... but only if they cant find a source of blood)
4:05 I love how they just sorta bump into each other like “Oh sorry, excuse me,” and the one on the flower sticks its leggies out like “UGH STOP”
4:06 he was like get away from my girl
Ive seen this in my frontyard when i was 6 and remember me saying "wow they're big!" But i didnt know it was a blue bee.
That's what she said
@@chomper1469 wow way to make a wholesome comment not wholesome
At first, i thought i saw ice cream. Ice cream brought me here.
Come for the ice cream, stay for the science.
😂
🤣🤣🤣
Patrick: " Did somebody said ice cream.
Reads the No Trespassing sign.
Patrick: Ice Cream!!!!!!
same!
“The purple lunchbox their mom packed for them.”
Me: Aww
*slightly throwing up at the sight of larvae* 🥰
Awe
The larva are kinda cute to tbh
Why? What's so horrible about larvae dear?
I like how bees have more art skills than me ._.
its more instinct than skill
For the longest time I only looked at the thumbnail, this was constantly on my recommendations and I thought it was ice-cream.
Five seconds in and im already in love with this creature
Sammmeeeee
SAMMMEEEEEE
H00MAN - ...
😅👋
I love bees! ( ･ω･)ﾉ
I love how u used the phrase “the purple lunch box their mom packed for them!” That was so cuteee
Bees are arguably one of the best and most amazing insects.
I agree.I do like them but I’m scared of them because at least roaches don’t sting
•l ockshi • i cried a little when she said that :’)
me too :3
Aww
I'm so proud of her. What a good Bee mama
pinoys be scrolling down their feed and seeing the thumbnail going:
"is that ube"
This is the "its 1:00 am i should be sleeping and now i like nature" youtube channel
why is this so right
5:22 am and yes, you're absolutely right!
Blu Laza so true 🤣
Gah, try 8:20am and I have been saying, I'll go to sleep after this video, since 12:30am. Blah!!!
3:12 here 😂😂😂 i should be sleeping
I thought the purple stuff was ube ice cream
Bro are you a filipino?
@@pauladriannemojal749 pilipino rin ako
@@miickii2441 Hindi ka nag-iisa XD
Taena tagglish
Omg I did too lol
The purple lunch box, their mom packed for them!” That is such an adorable way to say that they eat it.
0:52 when the camera flips to the forward facing camera
Looks like ube and chocolate ice cream
Yes hahaha 😂
Right? Now I’m craving 😍😍 sarap
Or akafuku mochi
That’s why I clicked on this lol
No
I would have thought that was a fly rather than a bee 😅😅
Until it stung you :)
Well they look the same ....the only difference it's the colour ....and the number of baby's and that are solitary
This things are in our school.
(I think)
Always break there nests
Chubby_ Muchi NO WONDER MY COUSIN GOT STINGED FROM A FLY(I cant spell )
The easiest way to tell if it's a bee or a fly is to look at the antennae. Bees and wasps have long antennae while flies have short and stubby ones. The name "hornet" comes from the antennae looking like the horns on a goat. :)
Compare the long antennae on this honey bee: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/46233795064/
to the short ones on this hoverfly: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/46233794854/
This has been in my recommend videos for so long and I have finally watched it. I am not disappointed.
“The Purple Lunchbox their mom packed for them.” 😭 😭 It just makes me so happy cause its so cute.
"This blue orchard bee is amazing"
Yeah, I know
Turns on captions
"This blue orchard bee is a mason"
Oh 😂😅
GailStorm08 lol 😅
Did somekne say Amazon???
THE NUMBERS MASON
I heard "A mason"
@@samubo206 *WHAT DO THEY MEAN MASON*
Wow. Nature is just wow. And so pretty! God has made this bee the prettiest species of bee ever.
I exactly know this kind of bees. Every springs they come on my windows to make nests. I even can hear one of them while writing this.
I don’t know why I’m here, but I’m glad I clicked
RELATABLE!!! 😂
I love your profile pic can you tell the artist
@@jadesketch1726 it's from a cartoon called Steven Universe if im right
@@lookatmyplaylists9848 I ment who's the artist (connie is the best)
I was today years old when I realized there are solitary bees. Thanks DL!
Me at the start of the video: Awww it’s so cute-
Me at the closeup of its face and body: *AHHHHHHHHHH*
What did it do to be hated on
Nice oof
I don’t hate it, it just scares me a little bit
thumbnail looked like ube and mocha ice cream scoops
With a little macapuno 😂
and purple yam
Solitary bees? Purple pollen? Even as a long time insect fan, I learn new things from this channel!
The visuals are honestly incredible
The thumbnail looks delicious. Coffee and Ube ice cream in one package. Yum.
I always found it amazing how most insects are born just knowing their role and what to do. They dont usually have to be taught or shown anything like a lot of mammals do their offspring.
2:46 awe my God, that was so cute! "Little lunchbox mama packed" I'm in love, awe. 🌷😍💓🐝
I don't quite know why, but I find bees to be one of the most adorable creatures out there. Super cute! Thanks for another Deep Look into the lives of these amazing little insects!
The mom bees like:
*in British accent* "i shall assemble my army"
I love seeing our native bees in action
The purple pollen balls reminds me of an Filipino ice cream called ube
drink up it’s called ube, the ice cream is ube with a ton of other stuff like milk
@@bongster849 thx
Same here 💜
Actually ube isn't an ice cream it's just ube flavored
But Ube is like a root. Like cassava. Or like Taro. It’s not an ice cream...
It’s so cool to know a bee did that.
They are like little tiny construction workers.
🐝👷♀️
Now I'm imagining them wearing little yellow builders hats. I have to admit, it's a very cute image!
they're a very good builder
Being a bee would be great, just fly around, licking flowers, making little purple lunch boxes.
So sweet! Being a bee mum must be so hard!
"the purple lunchbox their mom packed for them" has got to be the cutest line 💗😭
somehow this narrator gets me excited about mud bees
That is a lot of pollen. I'm impressed how much they collect.
This is the first and only time I find bees cute up close
I thought the thumbnail *was ICE CREAM*
Ube flavored ice cream?
Same I swear😂
With a larve and i was like hmmmm ok that's not right
I bet it taste like flowery grape
I love bees, never knew about these blue beauties though. Thanks Deep Look ❤.
You are most welcome.
They are blue?
I f they dont have stings, i will love them very much T T)
But i dont kill them.
The way she talks and the way she makes her videos are just so interesting it’s like I want to watch it and at the same time I’m getting educated! Love your videos!!!💙💙💙
Bees are so cool! I love them, their fluffy legs, their cute pincers *~*
I would have never guessed that was a bee
It looked like a house fly lol
3:09
Bee: Yay, I'm free. Um, there is a camera Infront of me. I'll stay here in my shell until they go away
THEY KNOWS
This is my favourite creature on this lovely fascinating planet.
2:07 it's look like chocolate and taro ice creams on a bamboo wooden plate
Hmm.. YUMMY😋😋😋😋
She’s so cute and talented 😭😭😭
Awesome cinematography 👍
Many thanks! That is Josh cassidy.
I wanna see their camera gear
Cause of those great macro shots
Hi Blou Bear. I produced this episode of Deep Look. In this behind-the-scenes video you can get an idea of the camera gear our cinematographer and lead producer Josh Cassidy uses: czcams.com/video/svpP4HdsNI8/video.html Enjoy! --Gabriela
Hi Blou Bear. I produced this episode of Deep Look. In this behind-the-scenes video you can get an idea of the camera gear our cinematographer and lead producer Josh Cassidy uses: czcams.com/video/svpP4HdsNI8/video.html Enjoy! --Gabriela
Just watched it... really great ideas !! Thanks for this link.
her saying "wet earth"
my brain:stop bee nee-chan
Bees are my absolute fave. And finding these and the leaf cutter bee… I think I see a whole chain a bees tattoo coming my way.
me: **sees the bee lay an egg** oh that looks normal.
me again: **later sees how the larva looks like after hatching** .0.
Same with fly and other creatures/insect
steve? awe man.
To be honest, bee larvae is more adorable than maggots
Flying Phoenix Cat *WHY ARE WE STILL HERE? TO SUFFER?*
Marian Jenickah when have maggots ever been adorable
question:
if the bees in the middle hatch from their cocoons first, How do they get out with the others in the way?
They wait for their siblings to hatch. There is a pinned comment on this video now that explains it more in depth :)
They still in the place where they are.
Until all it's siblings had hatched, it crawls out.
Simple enough.
little hymenopteran, you're adorable! and pretty amazing!
She is so talented I love her
I come back and watch this about once a month for the awesome string composition in the background.
Let’s save the bees!
By not smoking and less traffic? :3
Without bees, humans won’t survive. Google it.
Yea I know, without beez pollin can't reach other flowers to make seeds, no seeds no plants, no plants no oxygen, no oxygen no life.
Am I right? I didn't google it this is my guess
Very good, now bees will get ya. ;) Make sure you don’t smoke or cause traffic coz you might scare your bride bee to be ;)
Just hope I don't get stung lol
Oh I can not get tired of watching bees
4:00 I love how the bee raises their hind legs like "Ayyyyy, I'm pollinating here!"
That voice is so relaxing
She's an architect bee
I love bee's so much
And I have a very great respect to them 😍😍
pooch yeah me too though I guess there’s a fine line between respecting and fearing and I think I might be on the wrong side...
Purple lunch box wow how creative and beautiful. That bee rocks
Man, bees might be the only insects that I love and am not afraid of.
Wait...There are 4000 types of bees in America alone? Wow!
Well yeah, you act like it’s a small place.
Shaniqua still alot tho
Few people know about these bees. This video is so beautiful and educational it is helping to raise awareness. Honey bees get attention because they provide honey and we can control them. If you have one queen there are 25,000 bees following you to the orchard, with solitary native bees you have to provide flowers, water and shelter to get them to stay in the garden and pollinate your crops.
Another fun fact is that honey bees should be considered an invasive species. The actually come from Europe and they are harming our native pollinators. If we let nature do its thing, most honey bees would die out in the U.S.A.
But we don't consider them invasive because, we like honey, lip balm and candles. Stuff like that. Not necessarily good nor bad. But it's a strange thought to say the least.
notKARTHIK. North America
I'm telling you, moms bees are the best😂❤️
Thanks to all the animals in the world
I come to understand as I'm getting older that this little insects are so important...they are amazing creatures..
*WHO DARES TO DISLIKE THIS BEAUTY OF NATURE*
The honeybees. They're not happy with the rising competition from their blue orchard cousins XD
Your channel is so awesome!
The Pro purple looks so pretty. It looks like the purple stuff blue orchard bees make for their larvae
I don't know her name but this chick should be the official voice of deep look. She's so good at it.
So when I see those “BIG FLYS” and don’t get freaked out they could be BEES! 🐝 😦
This caught my attention. I am more of a physics guy and the way those bees flap their wings is so awesome! They seem to flapping laterally and not rotationally! Or is the rotation of the wing too fast for the unaided eye? Its amazing how flimsy their wings are compared to their body and its hard to believe the bees don't get their wings chopped off in the wild! And its so amazing how they flap them so fast like a machine as if an engine storing elastic potential energy and releasing it in quick successions! And this bee in particular is also an architect! What's even more cool is that the bee doesn't even know that its doing what its doing! Off I go to catch bees.
It's a lot like humans walking or riding a bike their are a lot of ideas about how it works, but humans just kind of do it.
The way bees and birds fly is pretty similar, just sped up.
Hey there - bee flight is indeed fascinating. Our good friends at BioGraphic produced a wonderful short called "Bumper Bees" that explores their resiliency and durability: czcams.com/video/kyXlHeBsA6k/video.html
I wonder how the bee compensates when it has a mandible full of mud about the same size as its head. That has to make the flight pattern more nose heavy.
Its actually kinetic energy
This is my first and my favourite video of Deep Look. The pollen looks so good!
The fact that the bee digs around in the mud, reminds me of when I find a stick and mud
0:49 okay that seems fine
0:52 OH DEAR LORD PLEASE NO
SCP-049 lol
SCP-049 Crunchie
🤣🤣
That one spongebob episode be like:
Who else thinks the thumbnail looks like ice cream?
creeper? awe man.
@@flyingphoenixcat3742 what with the 'creeper'?
Me lol
What a pretty little bee.
0:36 i thought there is a mosquito in my ear