Food Theory: Bees are Fish

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  • @BigBoss-jq4su
    @BigBoss-jq4su 2 года назад +6242

    Imagine being a lawyer and going to the court to convince the judge that bees are fish

    • @BigBoss-jq4su
      @BigBoss-jq4su 2 года назад +5

      @@hereisthefullclip7666 nice video thanks

    • @skittybug6937
      @skittybug6937 2 года назад +269

      And then winning the case.

    • @please-3889
      @please-3889 2 года назад +52

      @@skittybug6937 fr 🤡

    • @SergioLeonardoCornejo
      @SergioLeonardoCornejo 2 года назад +1

      Well. California is full of dumb, unscientific people who can't define simple scientific facts.
      TBH them reclassifying bees as fish isn't the dumbest thing ever in California.

    • @BonkersOfficialYT
      @BonkersOfficialYT 2 года назад

      @@hereisthefullclip7666 shut up nerd 🤓

  • @coolnerdlll6053
    @coolnerdlll6053 2 года назад +15970

    At this point, MatPat can probably convince me everyone is secretly a bowl of cereal. He's doing more to change minds than most politicians.

    • @inqyr4707
      @inqyr4707 2 года назад +358

      Dont give him ideas to make this an actual video

    • @cereal6554
      @cereal6554 2 года назад +295

      I am a bowl of cereal

    • @sploda9886
      @sploda9886 2 года назад +187

      The bowl is the skin and skeleton, the actual bits of cereal are all of your little organs and junk.

    • @boomer5778
      @boomer5778 2 года назад +83

      Lol soon humans are literally gonna be considered bowls of cereal 🥣 (wait my insides do feel as warm as milk

    • @notyoutube2599
      @notyoutube2599 2 года назад +11

      Ikk

  • @rman238
    @rman238 2 года назад +2344

    it's almost time for matpat to eat a Christmas tree. what a great tradition. good luck this year.

    • @travelfunpassion36
      @travelfunpassion36 2 года назад +78

      Omg I almost forgot about that one 😭 Can't wait for it tho ngl

    • @Booieann
      @Booieann 2 года назад +81

      I wonder if he can make that pine soda going around on tiktok from a Christmas tree

    • @lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198
      @lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198 2 года назад +30

      Happy Christmas tree eating season!

    • @TigerSira
      @TigerSira 2 года назад +41

      Is a tree seafood? I mean... They come from seeds which are from flowers that have been pollinated by bees 😬

    • @myleswelnetz6700
      @myleswelnetz6700 2 года назад +7

      Did he do that last year?

  • @Unknown.Stonks
    @Unknown.Stonks 2 года назад +675

    This brings flying fish to a whole other level

    • @desireer6915
      @desireer6915 Год назад +8

      Underrated comment truly lol

    • @vincenthartzell5391
      @vincenthartzell5391 Год назад +4

      Could you imagine if they pollinated stuff lol

    • @thegameroha
      @thegameroha Год назад +1

      Until I see a bee that lives in water for most of its life than I'm not buying it

    • @Teabag3491
      @Teabag3491 Год назад

      ​@@thegamerohathen go under the sea without going up it's definitely a good idea

    • @nerd9347.
      @nerd9347. Год назад

      *rimshot*.

  • @thebeeguy7457
    @thebeeguy7457 2 года назад +1216

    For a college research paper I wrote specifically about this issue. As someone who is a bee keeper, it is good to see attention brought to this issue!

    • @Werewolf914
      @Werewolf914 2 года назад +34

      I'm a Carnitarian (someone who doesn't eat Fish or other similar Aquatic Creatures) and now knowing Bees are Fish and Honey is equivalent to Caviar it's looking like I'll need to give up eating 🍯

    • @3xeplodng_3agle_studios
      @3xeplodng_3agle_studios 2 года назад

      @@Werewolf914 🤦‍♂️ only legally. Not scientifically. Please tell me that was a joke/sarcasm...

    • @tylerhorn3712
      @tylerhorn3712 2 года назад

      Biological gender is now subjective and bees are called fish. How many fish mate with the same gender and make children?

    • @UnknownPersonHere17
      @UnknownPersonHere17 2 года назад +8

      @@Werewolf914 I know it’s not serious but not really lol

    • @justlaurenslife4736
      @justlaurenslife4736 2 года назад +5

      Bee keeper? I think you'll find you are an aquarist my friend...

  • @farzanaalam7464
    @farzanaalam7464 2 года назад +3143

    I am surprised that matpat could go through the entire video without giving a bad bee pun. Good job matpat :)

    • @hyzmarie
      @hyzmarie 2 года назад +102

      The US Bee meme would like to speak with you

    • @nienke7713
      @nienke7713 2 года назад +86

      It is hard to beelieve, but sadly it's just buzz, beecause, and I'm sorry to have to tell you honey, there were bad bee puns in the video.

    • @heyimadino
      @heyimadino 2 года назад +100

      2:04 You should probably bee more observant. 🤓🐝

    • @1tkb6h66
      @1tkb6h66 2 года назад +5

      good bee matpat :)

    • @rykanshizen4443
      @rykanshizen4443 2 года назад +11

      It would BEE so awesome if he did make the bee puns, it kinda BUZZED me when he didn't do it when i finished the video

  • @justayeet5905
    @justayeet5905 2 года назад +1710

    As a beekeeper in California (not a big one I only have a small apiary) it is hilarious to see MatPat discovering some of the ins and outs of beekeeping and the funny laws we’ve got! And of course by beekeeper I mean fishkeeper. Of course. Anyway. Respect your native bees! We really need bumble bees and the rest of them! If you’ve got a hive in an inconvenient spot, call a local beekeeper who promises not to exterminate! And if the bees are in a place they’re not bothering anyone, leave them be(e)! They won’t bother you unless you bother them!

    • @Rencol666
      @Rencol666 Год назад +75

      Here in Europe (well at least in my country) its actually illegal to destroy bee or bumblebee nests, not even when you are endangered (like having allergy and they making hive on your frontyard) - when that happens you call specialists who put them to sleep and remove. Wasps and hornets are fair game thou and you can nuke them on your property if you are capable, but you are not supposed to without professional help. If you get hurt by hornets or wasps when destroying the hive on your own, your insurance doesnt apply, because you "brought this on yourself"

    • @LaxJack
      @LaxJack Год назад +45

      @@Rencol666 to be fair, yes, if I decide i want to fight a wasp hive by myself instead of paying a professional I'd argue I brought their wrath upon myself

    • @Rencol666
      @Rencol666 Год назад +35

      @@LaxJack well i worked for insurance company for few years. so yes this truly applies :D i had a call about guy getting attacked by hornets and i asked him if he tried to remove the hive. He paused and said veeeery carefuly "no, i was harvesting fruit near them". Every call is recorded, guy was smart and that line saved him money.

    • @bobthegamingtaco6073
      @bobthegamingtaco6073 Год назад +18

      As an eyewitness then, are the bees up to any... fishy business?

    • @couththememer
      @couththememer Год назад +3

      I was about to like the comment when you made that pun.

  • @ExaltNick
    @ExaltNick Год назад +110

    Imagine going to an aquarium and it's just a room with a buncha bees flyin around.

    • @ThePeterDislikeShow
      @ThePeterDislikeShow 2 месяца назад

      I dated a girl for 2 months only to discover "she" had the wrong organs.

  • @StuffandThings_
    @StuffandThings_ 2 года назад +930

    Okay here's a fun technicality for you with your annual christmas tree eating... there's a weird branch of conifers known as the Gnetales, of which the genus Gentum is of particular interest here. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable, and the nuts can be eaten various ways too. Instead of chomping down some pine needles, you could have a genuinely tasty meal and still *technically* have a traditional christmas tree, since an evergreen conifer sounds plenty christmasy to me!
    Quick edit with a little bit of extra info since this seems to be mildly popular:
    I'd recommend going for Gnetum gnemon, as it is one of two species of tree in the genus Gnetum, the other being Gnetum costatum. All other Gnetum are lianas (woody vines; technically you could grow these like a tree with a lot of pruning and patience... but why would you?), and all save for G. gnemon are ridiculously obscure (good luck finding so much as a scrap of information about them, let along some actual seeds or plants to grow). Even G gnemon doesn't seem to be particularly easy to come by... but definitely available with some quick searching online. Also, turns out there's more than just the leaves and seeds that are edible, pfaf has some good info on this. The genus even produces extrafloral nectaries, so if you really wanted to experiment I'm sure the nectar is edible.

    • @sleepy-emerald
      @sleepy-emerald 2 года назад +54

      We all care too much about seeing this man eat trees.

    • @eugeneimnotgonnatellyoumyl5513
      @eugeneimnotgonnatellyoumyl5513 2 года назад +9

      There's a type of trees called Genitals?

    • @darkm007
      @darkm007 2 года назад +9

      @@eugeneimnotgonnatellyoumyl5513 If you don't know how to read yet then yes, but otherwise no.

    • @alex.g7317
      @alex.g7317 2 года назад +3

      odd... but how is this related to the video?
      p.s. is there a recepie for this?

    • @mann_idonotreadreplies
      @mann_idonotreadreplies 2 года назад +1

      Cool story bro

  • @dylanzrim3635
    @dylanzrim3635 2 года назад +257

    7:59 bee farm inspections are stricter than fish farms, because an infection in a bee farm screws every farm in a massive radius, while an infection in a fish farm is generally contained

  • @Eleknor
    @Eleknor 2 года назад +427

    The bee rental companies don't just transport hives of honey bees from farm to farm. Some of them have collections of bee species that don't make hives. A number of these species are also very specific in regards to what kinds of plants they will pollinate. For example, a bee rental company may bring bees that focus on blueberry plants to a blueberry grower.

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 2 года назад +16

      Thanks, I did not know that.

    • @Eleknor
      @Eleknor 2 года назад +2

      @@peterjf7723 My uncle spent many years working at a lab studying non-hiving bees. They discovered many species that specialized lije that.

    • @peterjf7723
      @peterjf7723 2 года назад +1

      @@Eleknor I know they exist, but did not know they were used commercially as pollinators. One place I lived we had many leaf cutter bees.

    • @lucapeyrefitte6899
      @lucapeyrefitte6899 2 года назад

      Wow that’s really cool

  • @ionh7039
    @ionh7039 2 года назад +37

    If I ever somehow get into some futuristic accident, where I lose my spine, but still are living, I’m gonna say to myself, “Now I am fish”

    • @hadesoneiroi
      @hadesoneiroi Год назад +1

      Technically you are a fish already. We all are

  • @Cultured_Ayato
    @Cultured_Ayato 2 года назад +314

    as a law student, I love episodes like these. The little law technicalities are so funny and interesting to me

    • @godless1014
      @godless1014 2 года назад +6

      This isn't funny. It's embarrassing. We are a silly people.

    • @charliegranberry2594
      @charliegranberry2594 2 года назад +10

      @@godless1014 It is not only not funny, but it also threatens how democracy/ a republic is supposed to work, in making laws and the limitation on government power.

    • @gingerinajacket8519
      @gingerinajacket8519 2 года назад +3

      If it includes fishery products in this, does that mean beeswax, and by extension candles, are under the supervision of the FDA?

    • @Narra0002
      @Narra0002 2 года назад

      @@gingerinajacket8519 I think it should

  • @Auourlia
    @Auourlia 2 года назад +2352

    Petition for Mat to make a biology channel just dedicated to crazy theories about real life animals.

    • @queenofthecapes
      @queenofthecapes 2 года назад +49

      *signs*
      He could probably save some work by folding Food Theory into it, since biological organisms all need to eat.

    • @yeetfeetmeatheat4056
      @yeetfeetmeatheat4056 2 года назад +17

      i would sign that

    • @ashu4040
      @ashu4040 2 года назад +18

      love how you specified real life lol

    • @FinalLegend225
      @FinalLegend225 2 года назад +5

      signs

    • @notyoutube2599
      @notyoutube2599 2 года назад +6

      signs

  • @blazeswordpaladin9357
    @blazeswordpaladin9357 2 года назад +311

    5:45 It gets even funnier if you consider that, phyllogenetically, everything with a boney spinal chord is a fish
    So both vertebrates and inverebrates are fish.
    Everything is fish

    • @pXnTilde
      @pXnTilde 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/t1SXbcniDWc/видео.html

    • @clarehidalgo
      @clarehidalgo 2 года назад +21

      Didn't Scishow literally do a "Are we fish?" video last month talking about how tetrapods are in the middle between 2 groups we call fish and thus are fish

    • @pXnTilde
      @pXnTilde 2 года назад +2

      @@clarehidalgo Minute Earth did one 3 years ago

    • @requiem6465
      @requiem6465 2 года назад +5

      Everything is either fish or crab

    • @MasterStudioCZ
      @MasterStudioCZ Год назад +1

      Everything in my life has been lie.

  • @notyoutube2599
    @notyoutube2599 2 года назад +1793

    We just get even more and more worried about mat every week

    • @voidep4771
      @voidep4771 2 года назад +3

      Yep

    • @AlienVecna
      @AlienVecna 2 года назад +11

      @don't be surprised WOW YOU MET MATPAT WITH POTATO WEDGES?

    • @Artkatie
      @Artkatie 2 года назад +3

      Fr

    • @Rocco049
      @Rocco049 2 года назад +5

      @@AlienVecna he did say to not be surprised tbf

    • @Bugermanchi
      @Bugermanchi 2 года назад +4

      Next he’ll make how calm and reasonable Kratos is

  • @rutun2443
    @rutun2443 2 года назад +899

    MatPat can singlehandedly convince me that I'm not real and I'd believe him. The power this man holds is seriously uncanny.

    • @recitationtohear
      @recitationtohear 2 года назад +2

      Here is the full Clip : when I met matpat
      ruclips.net/video/mCfYi7634rU/видео.html

    • @Skelterbane69
      @Skelterbane69 2 года назад +29

      He should do a video on the "we live in a simulation" theory, if he hasn't already.

    • @ramonandrajo6348
      @ramonandrajo6348 2 года назад +11

      Blame the state of California for that.

    • @trixsisdead
      @trixsisdead 2 года назад

      yeah but technically you aren't real, you just a bunch of atoms conveniently placed to make multiple functioning organs including your brain which is just electric neurons - whatever, one word: solipsism. it doesn't matter if you are real or not or if anyone- sorry, you not being serious are you... XD nvm sorry.

    • @coolnerdlll6053
      @coolnerdlll6053 2 года назад +5

      @@Skelterbane69 That would probably be a Film Theory based around Truman Show.

  • @andrewtime2994
    @andrewtime2994 2 года назад +412

    From now on, I'm going to call honey "bee caviar".

    • @TheRandomizerYT
      @TheRandomizerYT 2 года назад +3

      Its not bee eggs tho...

    • @iAnonymous877
      @iAnonymous877 2 года назад +3

      Just call it bee pee, not accurate but definitely rolls off the tongue.

    • @SparkleP8nter
      @SparkleP8nter Год назад +1

      @@iAnonymous877 bee vomit isn't appetizing, you're right lol 😂

    • @Femaiden
      @Femaiden Год назад +1

      it's more like "bee milk" than anything else

  • @nymphrodellsalavin
    @nymphrodellsalavin Год назад +12

    I'm a beekeeper so I knew all of the facts that you presented in this video but I found your journey in learning them very amusing

  • @missingindy
    @missingindy 2 года назад +432

    10:53 fun fact: bees are one of the animals we can consider consenting to us taking their products, since bees can and will leave a beekeeper doing a bad job

    • @michawhite7613
      @michawhite7613 Год назад +58

      Yep. Bees don't seem to suffer much, so many people actually consider honey to be vegan.

    • @thealterego3187
      @thealterego3187 Год назад +15

      Tell that to Barry B. Benson

    • @user-fo9kt3rq3d
      @user-fo9kt3rq3d Год назад +42

      ​@@michawhite7613i am a vegan and i consider beekeeping and other uses of animals that are harmless to them totally acceptable , bees are also helping in agriculture.

    • @desaug
      @desaug Год назад +6

      yoooo i never realized, thats so cool

    • @inperspective360
      @inperspective360 Год назад +5

      That’s a really cool fact ö

  • @monikakavaliunaite8017
    @monikakavaliunaite8017 2 года назад +246

    My mom's a law consultant at a company. I told her about this and she absolutely loved the technicalities

  • @theoddone3938
    @theoddone3938 2 года назад +190

    The reason that almond alliance don’t want bumblebees protected is because if they were and on their land, the legally couldn’t harvest their almonds

    • @glitchguypr0411
      @glitchguypr0411 2 года назад +16

      Almond Alliance 🤣🤣

    • @theoddone3938
      @theoddone3938 2 года назад +34

      @@glitchguypr0411 almond Alliance has the justice league shaking in their boots

    • @monikathoppil2437
      @monikathoppil2437 2 года назад +5

      Good point👍

    • @danthiel8623
      @danthiel8623 Год назад +4

      ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh!

  • @christhefirstxenosian5544
    @christhefirstxenosian5544 Год назад +5

    "people have been debating whether a hot dog is a sandwich since mankind first placed a floppy tube of meat between two buns" that last part could be taken out of context for something much less family friendly.

  • @alexpuppylover1261
    @alexpuppylover1261 2 года назад +353

    My brain is slowly going insane with all these weird food laws, and I don't know how to feel about that

    • @lordoblivion8038
      @lordoblivion8038 2 года назад +18

      At this point I am becoming more cynical and pessimistic on the law and bureaucracy bullsht to appeal the lobbyists

  • @sacorra
    @sacorra 2 года назад +232

    You have to appreciate how this man can upload on three separate channels constantly him and his team is insane

  • @bloodybotanica2441
    @bloodybotanica2441 2 года назад +1546

    I'm a certified Naturalist for the state of CA and literally happy screeched when I read the topic of this video!
    Thanks Mat and the Theorists team for using your platform to teach people about this!
    Our native bees are in critical danger and that is something that should concern everyone in and out of the state! The Save the Bees campaign does not include Honey Bees because they are not endangered and NOT native to most countries. They basically are like cattle to agriculture businesses and we're forcing them to do an immense amount of work that a fraction of native bees like the bumblebee can do!
    There are some fruits and vegetables that cannot be pollinated by any other bee than that of the Bombus family. Tomatoes for example.
    Why doesn't AG just use native bees then? One of the many reasons, is that native bees are mostly solitary; you can't give them a hive and expect to be able to breed and ship them as easily as you can with the European Honey Bee. They need habitat, a lot of it, specifically THEY NEED NATIVE PLANTS. Because, unlike the Honeybee, our native bees are specialist pollinators, meaning they evolved along side native plants for thousands of years, so they are equipped to get the pollen from these plants in ways others cannot, and some plants act as the only host for nesting. But, these plants are being effectively destroyed by AG, human development, and the use of exotic invasive plants that people love to plant in their yards.
    It's an extraordinary topic I can talk all day about! But again, thank you and your team for presenting it in a concise and interesting way. I hope it will prompt people to learn more and inspire them to do what they can to restore native plants to their own yards so that our native fish (🐝)s might have a fighting chance!
    Consider converting your lawn into a Native Plant pollinator garden and create waystations for these little guys! You can technically tell your friends you've got an outdoor aquarium 🤣
    If you're in California and want more information on what plants are native to your neighborhood (and links to nurseries that stock them!) I recommend using calscape.org/ and visiting the California Native Plant Society's website for more information on the topic of restoration and how you can get involved! www.cnps.org/
    For all out of CA search, for your local native plant nursery or native plant societies!

    • @Reubentheimitator6572
      @Reubentheimitator6572 2 года назад +31

      If I believe I can help Bumble Bees, then I would be glad to help them, but I don't want to name bees fish.

    • @FelicityUwU
      @FelicityUwU 2 года назад +22

      Lol. Love this comment a lot! Thanks for shareing!

    • @bazzfromthebackground3696
      @bazzfromthebackground3696 2 года назад +28

      Thank god one of you was on here to say something. If I have another person screaming at me to save honey bees, or we're running out of honey bees...
      Well Nick Cage gives me some ideas.

    • @tpf6369
      @tpf6369 2 года назад

      shut up

    • @mantis7862
      @mantis7862 2 года назад +3

      Free fish!

  • @sebastianacevedo9444
    @sebastianacevedo9444 2 года назад +28

    I also like to point out that honey isn't just seafood.
    Per the FDA or is classified as a raw meat.
    That makes honey sushi

  • @cutiekitten4427
    @cutiekitten4427 2 года назад +108

    There's actually been a lot weirder fish classification arguments for Lent purposes throughout the centuries, at one point some monks wanted to get baby bunnies classified as fish for the same reason, I think they got denied though

    • @agsilverradio2225
      @agsilverradio2225 2 года назад +2

      Why specificly *baby* bunnys?

    • @cutiekitten4427
      @cutiekitten4427 2 года назад +5

      @@agsilverradio2225 maybe a little gross but I assume it's because they're in liquid in the womb?
      Also I checked and this particular rabbit story does seem to be mostly apocryphal, though apparently ducks were actually decreed to be fish for Lent purposes, which makes a little more sense

    • @MissCaraMint
      @MissCaraMint 2 года назад +1

      Yeah. According to them ducks are fish.

    • @crispyrolls93
      @crispyrolls93 2 года назад +5

      Beavers as well iirc.
      Edit: Get halfway through the video and Matpat beats me to it. Always watch to the end before commenting.

    • @clarehidalgo
      @clarehidalgo 2 года назад

      @@MissCaraMint I mean technically all tetrapods are "fish" including us Humans, Ducks, Cows etc on a scientific level

  • @sabatuerg2473
    @sabatuerg2473 2 года назад +309

    This gives a whole new meaning to "bumblebee tuna"

    • @BlandoGaming
      @BlandoGaming 2 года назад +13

      Ok. You win.

    • @wr6676
      @wr6676 2 года назад +9

      Yes! It makes total sense now.

    • @placeholder3863
      @placeholder3863 2 года назад +5

      whats bumblebee tuna

    • @wr6676
      @wr6676 2 года назад +8

      @@placeholder3863 It's a brand of tuna.

    • @davidroddini1512
      @davidroddini1512 2 года назад +4

      @@wr6676 yes but now we know that it is a brand of “tuna” made from bumblebees 😉

  • @fatesse3135
    @fatesse3135 2 года назад +91

    Me, allergic to both bees and fish: Ah yes, that explains so much.

  • @plumper303
    @plumper303 Год назад +36

    I am quite familiar with having bees shipped to our home. My father is a farmer, and I remember every year we would buy bee boxes. I always hated them because right when the trees started flowering I wouldn't go in them because there were so many bees, but it helped with pollination, so that's good, I guess.

  • @pallen2645
    @pallen2645 2 года назад +45

    The biggest problem is the almond groves are monocultures: no pollinators can actually survive there year-round because the only plants allowed to bloom are the almond trees themselves. That's also why the beehives are rented and trucked in from out of state: for the 11 months of the year when the almonds aren't flowering there's nothing there for the bees to eat.

  • @InfiniteChances
    @InfiniteChances 2 года назад +609

    This adds a whole new meaning to “Bumblebee Tuna”

    • @LostFunocity
      @LostFunocity 2 года назад +19

      Ace was on to something!

    • @Val.Kyrie.
      @Val.Kyrie. 2 года назад +12

      BUMBLEBEE TUNA HE KNEW

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 2 года назад +2

      E

    • @zerotheinsomniac3272
      @zerotheinsomniac3272 Год назад +9

      Im sorry, bumblebee what now 😃
      Edit: i have no idea what bumblebee tuna is so my first thought was, "do they grind up bees and put them in cans of tuna?!" I am so sleep deprived

    • @InfiniteChances
      @InfiniteChances Год назад +2

      @@zerotheinsomniac3272 Bumblebee Tuna

  • @ThatFadedAsian
    @ThatFadedAsian 2 года назад +125

    The reason bumble bees are not generally used for commercial pollination is because their hives tend to only number in the dozens whereas honey bees can number in the 1000s to 10,000s, they also produce honey as they do it which can help to offset their cost of transportation and upkeep.

  • @HuongNgo-zw9tr
    @HuongNgo-zw9tr Год назад +9

    I don't think I can live without bumblebee butts. They're too cute and play a crucial part in the ecosystem. They need to be protected at all costs.

  • @katiacleroux7376
    @katiacleroux7376 2 года назад +70

    I actually have a little experience in this situation, and it's sad what most corporations are doing. I grew up on a smaller scale orchard. We had community honey bees, rent a bees, AND a bumblebee community thanks to our provincial help. They installed special hives to encourage native bees to start residing. It was a win win situation, since the later was an no cost to us. The biggest issue with the big time almond orchard among others would be the pesticides they use ... But that's a whole story of itself.

  • @Mintstar_Oceanpop
    @Mintstar_Oceanpop 2 года назад +593

    Here's a fun fact. The drone brood, (young male bees) are actually harvested for food in some cultures
    Another note: I think the main reason honeybees are preferred for pollinating almonds is the sheer number of bees in a hive. I mean a queen honeybee can lay over a thousand eggs a day given the resources.

    • @MrChristianDT
      @MrChristianDT 2 года назад +22

      Also, the honey bees can subsist entirely off of just domesticated food crops, whereas different kinds of bees are specialized & may need other plants in their diet too, so you need to devote land to just feeding native bees instead of making money & cross contaminating with too many different kinds of bees after the same food sources increases the risk of disease in hives.

    • @aDumbBoiAndHisCats
      @aDumbBoiAndHisCats 2 года назад +10

      @whaaa t oh cool can he make a collab theory?
      Id *love* to see what content a bot like you could make.

    • @webberinternetpolice6431
      @webberinternetpolice6431 2 года назад +11

      @@aDumbBoiAndHisCats don't talk to them, lest they infect you too

    • @theblurryblackcat
      @theblurryblackcat 2 года назад +2

      @@webberinternetpolice6431 Lest they insect you too*
      Sorry, it was meant to bee

  • @Noodlessomethingsomething
    @Noodlessomethingsomething 2 года назад +321

    If MatPat becomes a lawyer we’re all screwed

    • @digzgwentplayer4159
      @digzgwentplayer4159 2 года назад +32

      2024: Breaking News, due to the overpopulation of bees, the state of California now classify bees as pigs. All lawsuits with contingencies that mention "when pigs fly" are now enforced. Haha

    • @MaximeLafreniere433
      @MaximeLafreniere433 2 года назад +13

      Law Theory when?

    • @ultimatecultchaos
      @ultimatecultchaos 2 года назад +8

      Honestly the laws kind of stupid to where you can classify a bee as a fish

  • @babeileedwards2333
    @babeileedwards2333 2 года назад +9

    I’m concerned this was on FOOD theory. You been eating bees MatPat?

  • @Nneptune360
    @Nneptune360 2 года назад +176

    You could probably convince me that goldfish crackers were secretly apples at this point 💀

    • @tacobell1299
      @tacobell1299 2 года назад +12

      "Well technically some flavors have 000000.1% apple juice there for technically making it part apple!" - Mattpat some day

    • @maplechei
      @maplechei 2 года назад +5

      dont give him ideas

    • @moonlightatonzfam6707
      @moonlightatonzfam6707 2 года назад +2

      Oh they hearted your comment…

    • @Nneptune360
      @Nneptune360 2 года назад

      @@moonlightatonzfam6707 oh no 😀

  • @humanoid251
    @humanoid251 2 года назад +577

    As a California resident, this is a hilarious piece of trivia that I’m definitely gonna tell people about 🤣

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae 2 года назад +27

      Addtl info, bees are considered fish, but honey is not considered a fishery product, bcuz fishery requires it be marine fish... Bcuz ofc they had alrdy know theyd have to exclude the land fish from fishery xD
      This means, bee sushi yes; honey sushi no.

    • @UnknownName5050
      @UnknownName5050 2 года назад +8

      Well while you’re at it let them know women can’t become men and Vice versa

    • @nieznajomy4398
      @nieznajomy4398 2 года назад +5

      Honestly it would be really good to spread this info because I can imagine that many republicans will use fraze like "bees are fish in california" as a way to ridicule/attack democrats (or "left" in general). Similarly how many right wing people (especially far right) was ridiculing EU when they decided that legally snails are "inland fish" so farmers who farm snails could receive subsidies.

    • @UnknownName5050
      @UnknownName5050 2 года назад

      @@nieznajomy4398 the left has killed 200m people and should be outlawed.

    • @nieznajomy4398
      @nieznajomy4398 2 года назад +14

      @@UnknownName5050 literally no one asked. Can you think about other things than "left" or it lives rent free in your head?

  • @ravenfelter3055
    @ravenfelter3055 2 года назад +511

    The one thing that MatPat conveniently forgot to mention is that Honey Bees are naturally aggressive and drive Bumblebees away from their home because they're territorial as well.

    • @bugginonthewall
      @bugginonthewall 2 года назад +31

      yeah agreed i can’t recall any bee species used in mass production that can be cohabitated together

    • @gogauze
      @gogauze 2 года назад +62

      And, ya know, that they're an invasive species that we're just kinda tactically using without considering the consequences to ecosystems that are more than just food and materials for humans.

    • @bugginonthewall
      @bugginonthewall 2 года назад +26

      @@gogauze exactly wild bees still suffer in the end because territory is overtaken by a lot of farmed species

    • @luckyloke5971
      @luckyloke5971 2 года назад +9

      @@hereisthefullclip7666 I've spotted a bot!

    • @depressantdrug
      @depressantdrug 2 года назад +4

      Where'd you get that information from? I'm reading differently that Honey Bees aren't any more aggressive than other types of bees. That they are defensive and protect their home.

  • @aquablue7773
    @aquablue7773 Год назад +3

    I start every one of matpat's videos by thinking: uhhhh matpat are you okay over there?
    I end every video by thinking: huh that actually makes sense

  • @Just_Some_Gal_Alt
    @Just_Some_Gal_Alt 2 года назад +150

    At this point, you could convince me I can breathe underwater 💀

    • @mugenokami2201
      @mugenokami2201 Год назад +8

      Well you can just not for very long

    • @AllyApoptosis
      @AllyApoptosis Год назад +7

      Well...since there is water in the air, and it is much better to inhale humid air than dry air, you technically are.

    • @anxiety_ridden3
      @anxiety_ridden3 Год назад

      technically,

    • @vincenthartzell5391
      @vincenthartzell5391 Год назад

      Alternatively you could accomplish breathing while submerged with the right tools.

    • @infinite4809
      @infinite4809 Год назад

      Humans couldn't be able to breath under a surface of a body of water because they don't posses any natural mutations such as gills or inner laser machines splitting the O2 from the hydrogen.

  • @ThePimpOfShrimp
    @ThePimpOfShrimp 2 года назад +111

    Thank you for covering this! I understand it was a theory with MatPat written all over it but issues like these are all over the place and any sort of publicity is positive in bringing awareness! Thank you!!

  • @pinbella523325
    @pinbella523325 2 года назад +50

    I was reminded that it’s the holiday season and my immediate thought was “MatPat are you gonna try to eat your Christmas tree again?”

    • @sleepy-emerald
      @sleepy-emerald 2 года назад

      Hope he does, we're all too invested in this little tradition.

    • @gingerinajacket8519
      @gingerinajacket8519 2 года назад +6

      No this time I think he is going to try to work on the ornaments.

  • @TheAdvertisement
    @TheAdvertisement Год назад +7

    2:52 Editors got to the joke before us lmao.

  • @nillanarrumi3795
    @nillanarrumi3795 2 года назад +92

    My sister, who loves bees, once tried to feed bees and ended up putting out a bowl of water. One bee went in the water and my sister just held it on her finger until its wings dried off.

    • @thedestroyerofworlds8685
      @thedestroyerofworlds8685 2 года назад

      She was suffocating a fish

    • @tokatstorm9270
      @tokatstorm9270 2 года назад +18

      That is adorable.

    • @annaplaysandsings
      @annaplaysandsings 2 года назад +13

      So cute. Protect her at all costs.

    • @judahlortz
      @judahlortz 2 года назад +8

      @@annaplaysandsings and the sister.

    • @Booieann
      @Booieann 2 года назад +6

      Theres allot of bees at the house i grew up, but theres also a pool. Id always try to rescue any bees that fell in, watch em dry themselves off. Then theyd fly around me for a bit before flying off. Maybe im just attaching human traits to em, but i do like to think theyre thankful for it.

  • @italianopera8479
    @italianopera8479 2 года назад +98

    If my friend ever asks for fish I’m going to order some bees and watch her confusion deepen. 😂

    • @--CHARLIE--
      @--CHARLIE-- 2 года назад +12

      Remember, it only counts if you're in California. I don't know if you are, but if you aren't keep that in mind.

    • @kallistiravenhurst5232
      @kallistiravenhurst5232 2 года назад +6

      better yet, if they ask for seafood just grab them the honey that seems to be a house-hold staple. far easier to accomplish and equally confusing

    • @clarehidalgo
      @clarehidalgo 2 года назад +4

      I mean, technically all tetrpods are fish so you could give them chicken or beef and "fish" would still be correct

  • @brianzmek7272
    @brianzmek7272 2 года назад +100

    2 horrible facts about rent a bees is that bees appear to react badly to having their hives moved a lot like regularly brokered bees which contributes to colony collapse disorder. And second it is more cost effective in many cases to buy a hive outright at the end of the season and then not winterize it allowing the whole colony to starve and or freeze to death.

  • @Gorgueous
    @Gorgueous Год назад

    11:52
    “Encourage honey bees to work harder” is so hilarious though like
    “Oh beethany look! Bumble bees are working here too, come on work harder we don’t want a bad reputation with them!”

  • @swellsauceFourNumbers
    @swellsauceFourNumbers 2 года назад +107

    MatPat: “BEES ARE NOW FISH”
    The viewers: “welp, I don’t make the rules.”

  • @spamtongspamton1400
    @spamtongspamton1400 Год назад +10

    You telling me im allergic to a fish?
    *No pool or beach will see me in/on them again.*

  • @SeekerOfFun
    @SeekerOfFun 2 года назад +34

    This video gives me immense "Is mayonnaise an instrument?" Vibes

  • @_MaryamTheSnek_
    @_MaryamTheSnek_ 2 года назад +111

    Welp now he's probably going to convince me that my stuffed animals actually have animals inside them

    • @gummibearzzz
      @gummibearzzz 2 года назад +4

      Cotton kinda counts

    • @taylorpack1120
      @taylorpack1120 Год назад +4

      Cotton is actually a plant. However, wool would count, as would silk, technically

    • @Goldenkitten1
      @Goldenkitten1 Год назад +1

      Zefrank1 has a video you might be interested in, "Teddy has an operation". Tells you everything you ever needed to know about the insides of stuffed animals.

    • @gummibearzzz
      @gummibearzzz Год назад

      @@taylorpack1120 I know that cotton is a plant

    • @dogeomnomnom
      @dogeomnomnom Год назад +3

      Game theory: “No, but your stuffed animals do have dead children inside of them”

  • @DoubleDOwnage
    @DoubleDOwnage Год назад +1

    11:30 You can claim bees are Fish and I won't bat an eyelash, but Dolphins aren't fish, they're mammals my friend.

  • @gilshemesh6751
    @gilshemesh6751 2 года назад +40

    At my school we had a kind of hackathon called a "makeathon", in which we tried finding and making solutions for problems in a specific field.
    The first theme was agriculture, and one of the problems was pollinating almond trees.
    Apparently bees don't like the taste of almond nectar because it's (this maybe has to do with the cyanide in almonds). Well we couldn't find a solution for that😅.

    • @Darkjustifier
      @Darkjustifier Год назад +4

      Splice a similar color orchard flower interspersed randomly so they will hunt both without realizing

  • @maenad1231
    @maenad1231 2 года назад +98

    Still waiting for the “Is Ketchup a Jam?” food theory

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae 2 года назад +8

      Ketchup preserves

    • @drewe2331
      @drewe2331 2 года назад +1

      No. Ketchup is a sauce using vinegar to preserve and enhance the flavour of someone else. For years, mushroom ketchup was the standard form of ketchup. Even more mind altering. Mustard is ketchup.

    • @4NeonFun
      @4NeonFun 2 года назад +3

      Ketchup is a smoothie

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae 2 года назад

      @@drewe2331 "Fruit preserves are preparations of fruits whose main preserving agent is sugar and sometimes acid, often stored in glass jars and used as a condiment or spread."
      Ketchup, in USA, is mainly preserved using sugar and vinegar (an acid) and is often stored in glass jars and is used as a condiment.
      Ketchup, as we commonly know ketchup to be, is a tomato preserve

    • @SylviaRustyFae
      @SylviaRustyFae 2 года назад

      @@drewe2331 Also, more on older ketchups... mushroom ketchup wasnt even the first ketchup either but was europeans attempts at mimickin a fermented fish ketchup from China. And that fermented fish ketchup, tho likelt independently created, was quite sinilar, with only a few local changes, to garum, an ancient roman fish sauce that they prty much used as we use ketchup today.
      and even beyond rome and china, and before them even, ketchup, or somethin akin to it, was aten by many folk and still is to those day in many other variations elsewhere. Most of which trace back eventually to fermented fish sauces.
      Which if anythin means we shud just make worcestershire sauce a little thicker and call it ketchup so its easier to say :P

  • @fazormcghee7936
    @fazormcghee7936 2 года назад +15

    1:22 the greatest defense ever displayed in a courtroom.

  • @Waste_of_space_lol
    @Waste_of_space_lol Год назад +2

    “Bees come in all different shapes, sizes, and flavors.”
    -MatPat 2022

  • @IowaIsTheWorst
    @IowaIsTheWorst 2 года назад +190

    This and the water video has convinced me that mat is officially descending into insanity.

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE 2 года назад

      E

    • @elliottnussey7516
      @elliottnussey7516 2 года назад

      @@EEEEEEEE E

    • @BbobIII
      @BbobIII 2 года назад +2

      Scam

    • @purplebean7
      @purplebean7 2 года назад

      I wanted to like the comment but it's at 123 likes and I don't want to mess that up :(

  • @GuineveresRoses
    @GuineveresRoses 2 года назад +17

    "A bee is a fish"
    *Ah yes. A cat is a crocodile*

  • @SoullarSkye
    @SoullarSkye 2 года назад +19

    I remember talking about this case in my Environmental Legislation class. A lot of the environmental laws we see today and are able to be so strict (comparably to the rest of the world excluding the EU) are due to these loopholes. If the US Constitution is any way "vague" environmental lawyers will fight tooth and nail to take advantage and get more laws in place for the environment. Its very interesting and sometimes amusing to see what these lawyers or the lobbyist counterpart are willing to do to achieve their goal. Nice video Matpat!

  • @Themtaters618
    @Themtaters618 Год назад +2

    “Since man first put a floppy tube of meat between two buns”
    -MatPat

  • @ooofinator4k684
    @ooofinator4k684 2 года назад +21

    That first Bee-Roll sushi joke really flew over my head

    • @Cranecraher
      @Cranecraher 2 года назад +1

      This almost went over my head 😭

  • @AbdellatifMohamed
    @AbdellatifMohamed 2 года назад +35

    0:28 I see what you did there

    • @nutsi3
      @nutsi3 2 года назад +4

      Don’t you mean 0:30

    • @AbdellatifMohamed
      @AbdellatifMohamed 2 года назад +2

      @@nutsi3 oh lol thx, it's the exact line

    • @nutsi3
      @nutsi3 2 года назад +1

      @@AbdellatifMohamed no problem

  • @GardenerOfTheFuture
    @GardenerOfTheFuture 2 года назад +14

    The thing about companies working alongside the protected bee species is that the problem lies in how the policy works. If the protected bees move into the area and begin pollinating, the companies lose the ability to use the fields. As Matpat said, California law states that you cannot use the land the threatened species is using. If they could work with the bees, it would be great, but the specific execution of the law means that the companies have to choose between making huge expenses on renting bees or not being able to produce almonds at all.

    • @lightningpenguin8937
      @lightningpenguin8937 2 года назад +1

      So the reasonable solution is to make a seperate law for insects, but I'm guessing people rarely want compromise. Ironically, it's probably not the big companies fault. Well those ones at least.
      Edit: I'm also sure the almond companies are innocent, but this doesn't seem to directly be their fault.

    • @sortamaddog
      @sortamaddog Год назад +1

      I was about to mention this. I live in California and this law can be extremely harmful for a lot of people in and out of state. It's not only companies but also small farmers or land owners. If the protected bees move into any farm that produces something for the rest of the country, the rest of the country won't be getting it or will have to pay so much more for it. With smaller farmers or landowners, they lose everything. I wish their was a better solution but the government, big companies, and environmentalists refuse to compromise. We need the food from the farmers but we also need these bees so if they can make a compromise it can give us both. Sorry my thoughts are scattered so this replay is a bit scattered.

  • @BobBob-zu2dt
    @BobBob-zu2dt 2 года назад +17

    food theory is my favourite theorist channel and has been for a while

  • @elisanoro
    @elisanoro 2 года назад +55

    I worked for a small produce company that planted watermelons. After we would plant the watermelon and they were so much far along, we would have to carry bees to the middle of the fields so they could pollinate. Luckily the boxes weren't too heavy but I was always scared they would attack me after opening their box 😂😂

    • @johnb8794
      @johnb8794 2 года назад

      I'd be way too scared to do that

  • @mofish3601
    @mofish3601 2 года назад +28

    As a fish keeper I knew of this phenomenon but it was very intriguing to hear Matpats well put together theory!

  • @BrandonBrown-q1s
    @BrandonBrown-q1s Год назад +1

    Them owning the rent a bee service is part of the point, if bees start being treated as endangered and actually get protects then they will repopulate and then farmers would no longer need the bee services, they also want control of that resource

  • @TheWhiteMamba3000
    @TheWhiteMamba3000 2 года назад +22

    I consider fish to be meat because they have muscle on bone. It isn't legally classified as meat because it lives in the water. Cows have meat because they are on land. Edit: Speaking of bees, a lot of people where I am from are allergic to bees, and the bees usually were squashed when spotted indoors. As many, many years have passed, the bees are a lot smaller in size. It is amazing how natural selection works.

    • @StuffandThings_
      @StuffandThings_ 2 года назад

      I don't think that's natural selection from your squashing, that's selection from insect populations collapsing due to man made factors

  • @griffint6215
    @griffint6215 2 года назад +8

    To be fair, it's possible that there is simply not enough of the endangered bumblebee species to pollinate all the almond fields, but bringing in the honeybees might drastically reduce the honey supply for those bumblebees which could be restricted due to CESA

  • @midoriya_mumble
    @midoriya_mumble 2 года назад +26

    Fun little story about almond joys, they were one of the few candies I liked that didn't contain wheat so they were kind of my go to when I was first diagnosed with celiac's. I don't eat as many sweets now, but they'll have a place in my heart just for that. You'd be surprised how many candy brands contains wheat.

    • @midoriya_mumble
      @midoriya_mumble 2 года назад +3

      For anyone seeing this later, this is in reference to a small tidbit at around the 4 1/2 minute mark

    • @treefrogg
      @treefrogg Год назад +2

      I have celiac!! I can 100% agree with you almond joy is one of my favorite gluten-free candies :)

  • @yeticaller
    @yeticaller Год назад +4

    So your saying if I rip out someone’s backbone they become a fish

  • @kellenatoroverlord3246
    @kellenatoroverlord3246 2 года назад +27

    With a butterfly being considered a fish we are now 1 step closer to being able to experience Spongebob's favorite hobby, jellyfishing. W

  • @KnightSlasher
    @KnightSlasher 2 года назад +14

    I'm just thinking this theroy came to light because Mat had a bee swim in his soda at a cookout

  • @Gerbejbin
    @Gerbejbin 2 года назад +23

    I actually know the reason why the almond bee relationship is the way it is.
    Almond flower nectar and pollen has very low nutritional value and the honey bees have actually starved out while pollinating before because they didn't have enough stored in their hives to make up the deficit.
    Most likely they were worried they'd be ordered to replace a portion of their almonds with something else that is more nutritious to the nectar eaters.

    • @Maybenotlol
      @Maybenotlol 2 года назад

      oooo that is fascinating, I guess MatPat has gotten used to leaving out information against his ideas from the game theorist channel hehehe

  • @LexNonARegeEstViolanda
    @LexNonARegeEstViolanda Год назад +1

    Lawyer here. You're correct that this shows that bees can be classified as fish because they did not indicate in the enumeration in the definition of "fish" that such enumeration applies the ejusdem generis rule.
    However, this does not necessarily mean that laws on fish and fishery will apply to bees. There is also a rule of statutory/legal construction that generic laws (e.g. laws that apply generally to all fish) shall yield to specific laws (e.g. laws that apply to a specific type of fish).

  • @SoggyCoffeeAddict
    @SoggyCoffeeAddict 2 года назад +27

    Gotta be honest, I always wanted a pet bumblebee. They look so cute

    • @viewing845
      @viewing845 2 года назад

      @@hereisthefullclip7666 They finally realised that nobody cares

  • @christhegendersloth2901
    @christhegendersloth2901 2 года назад +13

    6:06 Anything without a backbone? I can't believe politicians are fish

  • @davidpomerantz
    @davidpomerantz 2 года назад +14

    I was personally attacked by that almond joy joke

  • @camsero-v7k
    @camsero-v7k Год назад +3

    it is hilarious to see Mat Pat discovering some of the funny laws

  • @vii-ka
    @vii-ka 2 года назад +16

    0:58 Turn on subtitles for this part

    • @TPZ207
      @TPZ207 2 года назад +4

      Hehehhehe

  • @pumpkin8222
    @pumpkin8222 2 года назад +6

    "hey Barry, help me out here, a school of fish made its way into my house"
    "this is a bee removal company, and you live 120 km from the ocean"
    "yeah, ik, a swarm of fish are making honey in my floorboards"

  • @thesemicolon7269
    @thesemicolon7269 2 года назад +30

    Great video Mat, loved the part where you decided for sure whether bees are actually fish

  • @TheCreepsyEntity__Komaru
    @TheCreepsyEntity__Komaru Год назад +1

    I have learnd more from mp then i ever did at school, probs because this is fun so im not gonna sepress the memory im so glad the mp and the theorists team exsist so that i will qctually learn something

  • @Athithan_2000
    @Athithan_2000 2 года назад +11

    I’m allergic to Almonds,
    so down with the Almonds!
    12:33 That’s actually a really cute image!

    • @Savedsmile
      @Savedsmile Год назад +1

      Skill issue, get better at handling almonds😎

  • @mpfrver
    @mpfrver 2 года назад +8

    At this point i’m expecting a theory on how every meal can be categorized into ravioli, soup, salad, and sandwich

  • @legitlyspelunking
    @legitlyspelunking 2 года назад +11

    Not sure if this counts as a food theory, but I would love to see your take on the true "right way" to load the dishwasher

  • @Illogical.
    @Illogical. Год назад +2

    I already know what the origin of this video is, but I have reason to expect that Mat Pat will present it in an entertaining way while probably saying stuff I didn't yet know about it.

  • @willisilikefood9492
    @willisilikefood9492 2 года назад +8

    8:50 You can call it Jellyfishing now.

  • @-Kamy-Arc
    @-Kamy-Arc 2 года назад +22

    This is un-bee-lievable

  • @Temmie_on_smash
    @Temmie_on_smash 2 года назад +11

    13:07 YOU COULD HAVE SAID NO FISHY BUSINESS

  • @snakesanity
    @snakesanity Год назад +3

    nobody gonna talk about the "a piece of floppy meat between 2 buns" part?

  • @pav998
    @pav998 2 года назад +7

    I’m still sitting here confused on how it went from people arguing about a fish being a bee and then it just switched to different types of bees pollinating better or worse than other bees

  • @ryantully3947
    @ryantully3947 2 года назад +15

    4:22
    Matpat saying almond prices will rise brings me not fear, but joy as someone allergic to almonds, I don’t have this weakness, let the corporations burn!

  • @HonestMagpie
    @HonestMagpie 2 года назад +4

    I love that every time the law gets involved in a RUclips video outside of LegalEagle or Lockpicking Lawyer, everyone starts bringing out the Ace Attorney references. I hope that never changes.

  • @Jonathankuchera
    @Jonathankuchera Год назад

    9:30 you can also lease bee hives on someone else's land so they can receive property tax cuts because having bees on your property counts as agriculture.

  • @ArtIsMySin19
    @ArtIsMySin19 2 года назад +27

    This takes that brand Bumblebee tuna to another level.