This Bee Gets Punched by Flowers For Your Ice Cream | Deep Look
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2019
- Alfalfa leafcutting bees are way better at pollinating alfalfa flowers than honeybees. They don’t mind getting thwacked in the face by the spring-loaded blooms. And that's good, because hungry cows depend on their hard work to make milk.
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Sure, cows are important. But next time you eat ice cream, thank a bee.
Every summer, alfalfa leafcutting bees pollinate alfalfa in an intricate process that gets them thwacked by the flowers when they release the pollen that allows the plants to make seeds. The bees’ hard work came to fruition last week when growers in California finished harvesting the alfalfa seeds that will be grown to make nutritious hay for dairy cows.
This is how it works.
To produce alfalfa seeds, farmers let their plants grow until they bloom. They need help pollinating the tiny purple flowers, so that the female and male parts of the flower can come together and produce fertile seeds. That’s where the grayish, easygoing alfalfa leafcutting bees come in. Seed growers in California release the bees - known simply as cutters - in June and they work hard for a month.
Alfalfa’s flowers keep their reproductive organs hidden away inside a boat-shaped bottom petal called the keel petal, which is held closed by a thin membrane that creates a spring mechanism.
Cutter bees come up to the flower looking for nectar and pollen to feed on. When they land on the flower, the membrane holding the keel petal breaks and the long reproductive structure pops right up and smacks the upper petal or the bee, releasing its yellow pollen. This process is called “tripping the flower.”
When the flower is tripped, pollen falls on its female reproductive organ and fertilizes it; bees also carry pollen away on their hairy bodies and help fertilize other flowers. In a few weeks, each flower turns into a curly pod with seven to 10 seeds growing inside.
Cutters trip 80 percent of flowers they visit, compared to honeybees, which only trip about 10 percent.
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--- What kind of a plant is alfalfa?
Alfalfa is a legume, like beans and chickpeas. Other legumes also hold their reproductive organs within a keel petal.
--- What do bees use leaves for?
Alfalfa leafcutting bees and other leafcutter bees cut leaf and petal pieces to build their nest inside a hole, such as a nook and cranny in a log. Alfalfa farmers provide bees with holes in styrofoam boards.
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The title really worked cuz i had no idea what to expect
Kipa Yumiya YES HAAH
Neither did I
I don't know what to expect either but that's what tripped me here. Wait... 😶 Did I just get reverse click baited? 😐
@@alhanbraga64 nope it's just how to make an eye catching title without being misleaded. Which is not a sin
@@satan2073 Yeah. I know that. That's why I'm impressed.
Float like a butterfly
Sting like a bee
Punch like alfalfa
Muhammud Ali?
IloveEmilia andRem What u think
Cant pronounce alfalfa without alfa
Former Champ
Is that hearthstone refference?
0:37 The fact that the bee cuts down leaves in perfect golden ratio is even more perfect.
gosh perfectionists, am i right?
Is that a JoJo reference???
@@rabidroxy yes, yes it is
@@rabidroxy yes, yes it is
Read about the golden ratio in the Quran and chapter 16: the Bee.
May God guide you and me.
“A high rise made of styrofoam”
Queen: I ain’t even mad gurl
This comment lol
They're solitary bees...
@@nyancat.123 oh so they are solitary ok
There solitary and therefore don't have a queen
It amazes me that you’ll take another life forms food source but can’t take a Joke at all.
"Bees are dying"
Bees: * gets punched by flower *
ty mr bee!
Bees are actually dying because THESE bees. Invasive bees are competing with native bees and the native bees are getting rekt.
@@hexmaniacgabby5160 nooo!~ North American Honeybees are the real killers!
@@crcoghill proof that is the case o.O?
@@crcoghill actually the real killer bees are literally called the killer bee and they are know to be so violent that they Will continue to attack prey long after it dies. Not only that but it will attack any creature it comes into contact with, from the smallest fly to the biggest elephants.
Don't you hate it when you want nectar but get punched by a flower.
foussi *bzzzzzz* yes *bzzzzzz*
but flouwers cant punch yu
ideot
@@Jones-md3ew I didn't know 3 year old kids had access to the internet...
@@Ry3n590 yu am not funy
Jones 1349 using your mother’s iPad aren’t you? Also did you even watch the vid?
Bee: wants pollen
Flower: so you’ve chosen death
Bee: I dun mind dying by your beautiful hands~xoxo
Bee: _Not so fast_
Bee: SIKE
CZcams: wanna see a bee get punched by a flower?
Me on 3 am: Sure dude
*on 3 am*
Im on 2:50 am
Ur a annoying type of person
4:30am
This bee literally gets punched in the face. I can't believe I came here confused and now Im leaving thinking about title accuracy.
You can't BEElive it 🤣
@@Help_Im_On_Fire buzz off
I am the 999 like
@@ZephSpiral Oh shut the flower up, you can’t just BEErge in here and tell someBEEdy to buzz off.
That’ll STING their BEElings.
@@ZephSpiral I’m sorry, but not sorry.
Bee: Can I have pollen?
Flower: **smack**
Bee: You fool
WhiskersPaws hahaha what
WhiskersPaws this is sO dEeP, cAn We SmAsH 50 lIkS?
@@nadegaming3136 ?
the bees are not interested in the pollen
*Augh man i can't believe you've done this.*
This is by far one of the weirdest videos that I’ve ever watched, yet it simply describes a natural occurrence that happens all the time, and one that I’ve probably benefited from.
W h a t .
Drink milk? I have in California I always wondered why there were bee like creatures. But now see they are bees like many types of wasp and hornet. Guess there are tiny bees for sunflower seen them cause I had sunflower in cali
Nature is friggin amazing! Absolutely amazing, the symbiotic relationship between insects and plants is just plain facinating
That's the weirdest title I've seen and it's not even clickbait
Flower: **FALCON PUNCH**
Daily Dose Of Internet: are you sure about that
Avenger level threat: a clickbait title but, Not really
JustRai@ who the heck is daily
Rolly Thefineguy you disgrace
This title feels like something I would see in my dreams
Indeed it does.
More like when you're tripping heavy on acid
Naughty female bee gets banged by mutant chad flower sounds like a good dream and a hentai title
@@ghst1358 omg😂
Some interdimensional tv stuff
Imagine you're about to dig into a great lunch and your burger straight up punches you in the face!
It will make me want to eat it faster 😠
That's a knuckle sandwich
Now that’s what I call...a knuckle sandwich. 😂
"Is Your food fighting You? Take a tums!"
Me : Hey, can I have some ice cream?
Employee : Yeah sure, I’ll go get it, wait here.
Employee : Heyo bee, can you do that a lil bit faster?
Bee : *_about to die_* Yeah bru- *_SMACK_*
Lol
You deserve more likes
Flower: Ya wanna piece of me?!
Bee: Mo...Moreeee~!
@@Raterex sus
@@Raterex 🤨
Ngl I was expecting a bee and flower to just straight up start swinging and then the bee would go make ice cream
XD
XD
I am dying just imagining it in my head😂😂😂
@@gf1x119
You Ruined tha Comment's Reply line.
Mike Oxlong I was expecting a flower just to swing at a bee and they’d give a bs reason for it to make ice cream.
Leafcutting Bee:
*Pops flower like its a can*
Mmmm thats some Brisk Nectar.
Cracking open a Yellow one with the Bees
I always liked brisk lemon ice tea in a can
US 1k th liker
😂😂😂
_hisses_ Niiiceee.
“Momma bee” flew into my open shirt when I was cycling and tried to take me for her nest 😭
10 pm: I'm sleeping early today so I can wake up refreshed in the morning
2 am: haha apartment bee-lding hahaha
LoL... see what you did there!
Bee gets punched in the face...
Flower: you like that?
Bee: yeah hit me again
Flower: wait thats illegal
Hotel: Trivago.
Flower:*punches bee*
Bee:Harder
Flower:What
Bee:What
The flower is domming the bee
Time stampppp
Bee: hit me again daddy
Flowers: I wanna get polinated to make more flowers
Also Flowers: Let's punch a B
They only allow worthy opponents to pollinate them.
If the alfalfa pollen has difficult to attach in the bodies of pollinators makes totally sense
‘Keeps pollen fresh until you pop that tab!’
Lets punch a 🅱️
Its tsundere flower 😂
I thought this was going to be one of those videos that are supposed to make you feel bad but it's just telling us the bees nature
Am I the only one who thinks that those bees up close look adorable? 😍☺
"I hate my job!!"
Leafcutter bees: *hold my alfalfa*
XD
That’s the dude from that one movie series, the alfalfa
IoI
Wow, that's the greatest amout of likes I ever had-
😂
This is the best non-clickbait clickbait that I’ve seen in a while
It feels less like clickbait and more like tripbait
@@walterk9916 oof
It's pretty clickbait. The connection is quite a stretch. All sorts of plants are used to make hay, not just alfalfa. It's like saying Lepidodendron from the Carboniferous Period died for your ice cream. It died millions of years ago and eventually became petroleum along with many other plants and that petroleum is used to fuel the tractors that harvest the hay that is fed to the cows that make the milk that can be used to make ice cream.
@@Zeffarian bad analogy,
You should watch Daily Dose of Internet.
I'm already crying while eating ice-cream, and seeing these babies get punched for me makes me cry even more 😭
Wha-?
“She might use a *nook and cranny* in a log-“
Me: *smirks in Tom Nook*
LOL
No.
No.
No.
No.
3:22 *sweats nervously for honeyboi not to get thwacked by punching flower*
i wanted to see what would happen if it did get thwacked XD.
What a scene
Flower: (punches bee)
Bee: *Now this is an avenger's level threat.*
Pvz intensifies
I wish alot of honeyboi is 2999000 that is I want honey bois
Bee: Hello, I would like some nectar please?
Flower: WELL THEN SQUARE UP.
Lol 😂😂😂😂
Best comment. Here's a star ⭐
This got a real life laugh out of me.
I'm more interested in the fact that flowers even evolved a pressure plate mechanism and basically spring-loaded pollen holders. I didn't know there were flowers that evolved mechanical parts!
They're so cute!!!
Precious little things
Roses are red,
Grass is green,
This Bee Gets Punched by Flowers For Your Ice Cream.
Kayyf lol
That does not make rhyme at all like at all
@@aidenatorking1156 ok sir airdenator
@@aidenatorking1156 "Cream" and "Green" doesn't rhyme?
@@aidenatorking1156 but this rhyme though.so...um *green and cream rhyme!*
*a bow to the bees for my nightly glass of milk*
And I bow to God, creator of heaven and earth, for creating the bees, that produces milk & honey.
*• And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.*
Trulylatino God doesn’t exist 🤷🏾♀️
@@Trulylatino It doesn't also make it true if you believe God exists...
Same
yLewis7PT Maybe let people choose the life they want to live and don’t tell them what’s real and what’s not? You don’t know 100% that god isn’t real. Don’t speak upon something you aren’t fully educated about.
About two or three years ago when I started watching Deep Looks videos, I already had a passion for learning about nature but the videos truly made me realize that I want to pursue a career in environmental science.
I thought I was gonna see some hands being thrown 👊
The actual video was ten times better than what I thought.
I swear to god these titles get crazier and crazier! at one point there will be a title like: "this person plays the piano twice a year so that the clouds can move over to the field where people have picnics, then rain on them!"
The Waterleaf And even after. “Turtle uses vr to access 5th dimensional weather forecast after smoking corn. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS AFTER!”
The Waterleaf that’s pretty specific. What are you hiding
@@Irreverent_bob nothing...
@@thewaterleaf7929 .....You guys I if the person did that then they would probably found at area 51, Now water leaf tell me have you been found in area 51, *YET*
And I swear back the same thing
Me: Did you know bees get punched by flowers for your ice cream?
My Friends: ...
Kate Lee freands: I am confusion
*It's super effective!*
@@PotatoSaladMonkey I use *counter*
You don't have any friends?
These bees go up against the Ryu of flowers... "Hey alfalfa could I have some of your pollen?" "SHORYUKEN"
when i read the title i thought i was having an aneurysm
Bee: “yo... smack me in the face bruh”
Alfalfa: "Say no more fam"
Other CZcamsrs: Yea let's make a clickbait title so we can get more views.
Deep Look: Watch this, weak bees.
This is very accurate
Bees are just amazing, wonderfully industrious little guys.
everywhere else: bees pollinate flowers
Soviet Russia: flowers pollinate the bees
TailsGamingNM ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ No lies detected!
Flowers pollinate 🐝 anyway lol
TailsGamingNM that should be a thing in real life because bees are dying
What?
Honey Bee: _"Aren't you concerned about being punched in the face?"_
Hardcore bees from this video: _"Aren't you concerned about ice creams?"_
Aww, so cute. 😭
Lol
I love this comment
2:14 "Okay! Time to get punched!"
thank you. i love all types of bees. they're so pretty, definitely my favorite type of insect and one of my favourite animals
Next up: These raccoons work 9-5 in the fabric processing factory for your eldest daughter’s college fund.
Yes
I thought they were going to milk the bees I was so confused..
lol this made me laugh and wheeze very hard
*I can milk you*
@@itsoveranakinihavethehighg3522 _wait no thats illegal_-
[visible confusion]
Dio, no. That's not ok.
I love bees even more now! Thank you for your work guys!
Honeybees: Just collecting pollen from alfalfa flowers
Alfalfa Flowers: You fell for it, fool! Thunder Cross Split Attack!
It's Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees not Honeybees...
Styrofoam:”exists”
Bees:”Its free real estate!”
Not funny at all
Litterally! XD
Didn’t laugh
If you don't think its funny then why reply to it? It's not funny to YOU. If you're going to be negative for no reason whatsoever then don't comment
@@oxzonesalvation1102 well clearly 332 people disagree with you
These bees' nests make my claustrophobic heart pump more blood.
Ik imagine being a baby bee at the. Back of the line and waking up yikes
@@alphafrog4510 exactly. That last bee prolly doesn't survive
These bees make my apiphobic heart want to dye
Trypophobia isn't a real thing. It's just the images that make you uncomfortable. And honestly, I don't get that from these bee hives. Ant mounds on the other hand....especially when you kick their mound and they all start pouring out.
The quality of work they do, they deserve more subscribers.
I thought this was going to be one of those videos where I'm supposed to regret buying ice cream because the bees were being harmed in some way😂.
Alfalfa: exists:
Leaf cutter bees: "Its bee real estate"
b E *e*
Bees getting punched for my
Ice cream? Sounds about right.
XD
I came to this video becouse of that title.
Felipe Boero 🤔
1:12 That bee do BEE vibin tho
Bee: ooh look! A flower! Perfect for pollinating
***boss music plays in the background***
3:10 “I can’t believe you’ve done this.”
3:17 “I can’t believe you’ve done this.”
@Black Raven they missed the chance...
I guess youtube recommendations have brought us all back together again
Why is this the only hearted comment
Yep
Just strolled by your comment and tasted the irony.
Seth Samuel is such a genius. Nice illustration of the difference between the leaf cutter bee and the honey bee. Brilliant. Nice pictures too of course. :)
We agree!
I love learning new things about nature, its amazing. Sooo much diversity. Wierd & wonderful things on our planet tht you dnt give a 2nds thought UNTIL you're taught it. Then it becomes fasanating & the More you learn more you want to know. Best of all theres so many dif species of animals, insects, sea creatures and even micro living things. You literally can never run out of content and new info. Fascinating 🤗👍💜
1:12 "Eyyy! Keep it quiet down there! I'm tryin' ta build a nest up here!"
"Oh, shut up Gary, we're all tryin' ta build ours too!"
"Nah you shut up! Don't make me come down there!"
“Shut up Tom ya mother was a horsefly!”
Ahh Shut up Ben! ya dad was a cockroach!
Another bee: I’ll sting one of y’all if you don’t shut up
"And if ya jerks cant let me have a minute of sleep i bet all of you got flies for parents! And your mother cheated!"
*sips tea in the corner of the Yellow Jacket hive*
Do you ever read a title for a video and just cant scroll past it? Yeah? Well my dad left when I was 5 dad if you see this please come back
:
Not funny
son?? is that you?
thanos are you my father? Yes son come with me.
169 hehe
Bee: “YO CHILL, IM JUST TRYIN TO POLLENATE YOU RELAX”
Flower:” CATCH THESE HANDS FOO’ CATCH THESE HANDS”
bee: *gets punched by flower*
Flower: Where is my Icecream
The title has the weirdest combination of words I’ve ever read
Bees are really important to our eco-system and daily lives 😃🐝❤
This women’s voice is so satisfying, It’s 3 am and I’m watching these amazing vids and listening to her voice to make myself sleepy and it works perfectly.
1:13 OMG it's so cute lol
It’s so fricken cute
I dont know if I'm just too scared of em to see it, but those faces look scary to me
dirty, but cute
@@lexderp2766 looks like the eyes of something to hurt me
Those eyes make it looks cute and the tiny head why do they look so cute ;-;
Me just minding my business: *:)*
CZcams: This bee gets punched by flowers for your ice cream.
Me: *:(*
Lol relatible
Ikr I thought this video was gonna be inhumane but it wasn't bad lol
Science!
Yeah
Don't you mean minding your BEESness?
such a great vid! still learning something brand new at 47...love it, and thank you!
"Farmers use the seeds to plant new fields of alfalfa."
Me: ~You don't say~
I love Deep look so much, Thanks for you great work .
Zippitty22 no me
I genuinely love bees. Bumble bees are the coolest animal out. They are... The bees knees if you will.
i won't
@@nicole-3211 you did
They are so totally awesome! And the cutest little darlings ever. Bzz bzz bzz!
Jane Ross I love bees too. They are like an army of workers why give us honey.
Pat Gandin mwah mwahhh.
They're such pretty little bees, all silver and black. They look beautiful among all the purple alfalfa flowers.
PBS is the best. Glad you guys are online now.
2:28
So... no pollen?
Aight imma head out
Son: MOM! I JUST DROPPED MY ICE CREAM! 😭
These bees that started ice creams: *Shame*
ILoveAss lol
Eddie Murphy: You drop your ice cream, you drop your ice cream
Ahh a mope player first time I've seen one out of the community
Elite HonorGuard ive been here longer but thanks
Also mope is slowly dying atm
LordMope press y to shame
I used to hate bees when I was younger. Now I really appreciate them.
No wasps on the other hand...
Thanks for your work bees. ❤
I thought I was gonna get japed with such a clickbait title, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Flower: "yare yare daze. you can't pay back what you owe...in pollen! ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA"
Danm Jojo is everywere
xXPotato hedhnterXx and it’s beautiful
XD
I was also gonna point out the golden ratio...
@@RedKnightOfficial shut up jojo is never old
that is the cutest bee i ever seen!
my family wants to start beekeeping, and we grow alfalfa on our farm (which is actually a cattle farm) so we were doing research on these types of things :) it's so cute that they just get bonked on the head like that
Had to read the title a few times before I watched it to make sure I wasnt trippin
50 likes.
140 likes
I wish i were 10% as hard working as that leaf cutter bee🐝🐝🐝
Yeah I’m like a rock. I just sit on the ground for about 100,000 years
To then that's survival.
Them*
I shall thank these bees now every time I eat ice cream. 👏😌🍨
Effective titles. Makes you curious, and not clickbait.
*🅱️ee-kun, i-it's not l-like I want you to pollinate me or anything, b-baka!*
*Milker-kun, i-i, s-stop!*
Milk Trucc LOOOLLLLL owo
@@yanyan_ingayspace9124 uwu
Milk Trucc insect and plant hentai. we live in a great society
This is why we cant have good things
That apartment looked uncomfortable, too crowded. The price must be very cheap
Public housing for bees
Gusta Syaeful it’s free real estate
1:23 that's my current school 🏫 class and section
😂
🤣🤣😂
wat u mean?
I really love bees, and the fact we can make homes for them and have them work for us :D
I have never been more intrigued by a video title. Well done lol
It's almost 3AM and I was just about to exit CZcams and go to bed, then I saw that title. I don't need sleep anyway.
We need answers
Same
whoever is behind Deep Look, i hope your channel will have more subscribers soon
The title made me more confused than the video itself
Honey Bees: OOF! THAT HURTS !
Alfalfa Bees: Meh
Everyone has their kink.
Lol
*leafcutter bees
Flowers: How many punches can you stand?
Bee: Yes