How Worried Should We Be About the Bees?
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You’ve probably heard about how the extinction of honeybees will lead to some sort of bee-pocalypse doomsday scenario for humanity. But what would actually happen if all the honeybees went extinct?
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"Most U.S. Alfalfa is pollinated by a solitary leafcutter bee"
Damn, that's a busy bee.
Well, at least she is being recognised by her work. That's something right?
Miao
Australian mine shaft operator.
She must be exhausted.
Is this like a santa situation, she visits all blooming alfalfa in a single day?
Right off the bat, the endless recycling of a quote that Einstein never originated. QI (Quote Investigator) has located no supporting evidence that Einstein made the remark above. ( 00:18 ) Thank you for saying "he probably didn't say that". Instead, Quote Investigator has determined that a statement of this type was made by the major literary figure Maurice Maeterlinck in his work “The Life of the Bee” in 1901. The saying was widely disseminated in the decades afterwards. People send me this mis-quote almost daily, please help clear the air. I really enjoyed the video! There are real challenges facing honey bees and other bee species, thank you for helping to invite people to do better for all living beneficial animals. Supporting natural diversity is key.
Just watched a video about raising chickens, and now honeybees. Today I learned about the birds and the bees. Thanks SciShow!
I learned about the birds and bees on pornhub.
I learned everything I need to know about chickens from videos like this:
ruclips.net/video/WRpWnoKdKYM/видео.html
@@Master_Therion Oh my god lol! That was messed up and I loved it! How do you find such videos?
Master Therion you need a hobby.
@@clxwncrxwn dude, chicken choking is a hobby.
If bees went extinct, it would be a real buzzkill.
Beehive yourself
I'd like buzzfeed to be killed
REEEEEEEEEE
Bee careful
Ba-dum tsssss.
I understand that what the presenter was saying is that alfalfa is pollinated by one single species of bee.
But how he worded it makes it sound like one single solitary individual bee is resposible for all the alfalfa.
That is one busy bee. Yikes!
He means that a bee that pollinates alfalfa does not form hives, but lives by herself.
@@pierreabbat6157 So, your saying she's the strong independent type?
My respect rises even more.
Lol
That bee is like the Santa of flowers.
Solitary also means living singularly, as in not living in a hive, but living in a solitary lair and acting alone for the most part.
actually a single leafcutter can pollinate miles of farmland alone, it's an incredibly active bee. They more or less feed and lay as many eggs as they possibly can before winter.
(Missing Albert Einstein's quote)
_"If the bees disappeared, there would be no Bee Movie 2 and we all have only four years left to live."_
"Don't believe every quote you find on the internet, some of them might actually not be correct." Albert Einstein
#hehe
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Bad science podcast: Bee movie
Aside from humanity going extinct, would that exactly bee a bad thing?
ruclips.net/video/-Y8ybdzbfl4/видео.html
you guys are putting out longer more frequent and better produced videos than ever before. it’s really impressive to maintain that sort of quality and i’ve been around since the launch. keep up the hard work!!
"If the bee disappeared off the face of the Earth, man would only have four years left to live."
- Albert Einstein
I've also heard about this other great quote.
"Don't believe everything you read on the internet."
- Abraham Lincoln
I like to plant milkweed for the Monarchs and I get a big kick out of the ol bumblebee. Big ol, bouncing around sort of lazy, buzzing, gigantic fuzzy wuzzy buggzy.
so cute
Would you hug a giant one with huge flowers to feed him?
Adorable
Ah yes I have planted Milkweed for the Monarchs as well
Found 2 monarch caterpillars on my milkweed volunteers last year. Stubborn buggers don't end up on the ones I plant but they like the ones that pop up where I should be mowing. Ah well that's nature.
All pollinators are needed and useful. Such is nature. I myself prefer to build shelters for wild bee species. Honeybees are nice, but not the only important bee species. And don't forget the importance of bumblebees.
I think SciShow went veery sideways in this one.
Problem is, anything that pushes bees extinct probably pushes many other polinators too. So those "erroneus" quotes are still valid to call attention to the subject.
Plus they're even more valid since without pollinators, much of today's angiosperms would take a severe hit. Even if many of our biggest crops don't use insect pollinators, how long does the folks on SciShow think our supporting ecosystems would hold on? How many trees would dissapear, how many forests would take the final blow, how many forest services would we lose in many areas? Forest services like pest control, soil maintenance, water cycle continuity, etc etc?
I mean, did I really saw this, SciShow just completely ignoring an ecological crash "because many of our crops use the wind so no biggie"? As if we could live in a bubble with our few crops?
@@FelipeKana1 They are still lies and exaggerations and when people donate they don`t know where their money is going.
If you want to call attention to a subject, do so with FACTS, otherwise, people will find out, they`ll get upset and lose trust, and stop donating.
So although the sentiment is valid and the intention is probably good, it` important to stay factual and transparent, and not exaggerate.
@@FelipeKana1 Yeah, this video was comically dumb. With rising human population, ANY disruption to food network, even "measly" 10% (and not 90% they were forced to admit in passing during final moments) will mean mass starvation and wars worse than modern Syria. But hey, we can ""debunk"" fake quote to make clickbait video trying to downplay the importance of the problem! After all, there are other bees, who cares they are far worse at pollination and actually much more vulnerable to things killing honey bees, let's PARTY instead *facepalm*
Bumblebees' importance? Cuteness. I'm pretty sure.
@@FelipeKana1 The number of people who don't understand how ecosystems and niches work (and missed the entire point of the video) is too damn high! Honeybees are not the only insect pollinators in the world, and IF they went suddenly missing, many other species would quickly fill the void, maybe not to humans' content, but the Earth does not depend on human content to operate and can easily adapt if a single species disappears, it's not an ecological crash, you're buying into the hype! If you're that concerned about honeybees, did you note how they get dragged around and rented everywhere? Do you really think that's a decent way to live?
He never mentioned that without honey bees, we would have ..... no honey lol, thanks Steve Smith for agreeing
There are several wasp species that produce honey
As someone who studies bees for a living, I'd just like to say thank you for bringing attention to our native bees. It is a misconception that honeybees are in decline - their numbers are actually on the rise. The problem arises when we are growing far too many crops which current honeybee number cannot sustain. Wild solitary bees and bumblebee populations are declining across the globe however, and it is super important we start to care for them properly. It is extremely dangerous to rely so heavily on one species for most of our crop pollination (in this case honeybees) as if they become susceptible to a new disease they will very quickly decline in numbers. Supporting bee biodiversity is the best way to ensure sustainable crop production. Sorry that was long I just feel like it's really cool you're drawing attention to wild bees! 🐝
Problem is, anything that pushes bees extinct probably pushes many other polinators too. So those "erroneus" quotes are still valid to call attention to the subject.
Plus they're even more valid since without pollinators, much of today's angiosperms would take a severe hit. Even if many of our biggest crops don't use insect pollinators, how long does the folks on SciShow think our supporting ecosystems would hold on? How many trees would dissapear, how many forests would take the final blow, how many forest services would we lose in many areas? Forest services like pest control, soil maintenance, water cycle continuity, etc etc?
I mean, did I really saw this, SciShow just completely ignoring an ecological crash "because many of our crops use the wind so no biggie"? As if we could live in a bubble with our few crops?
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Bumble Bees do make honey, they just don’t make an excess amount of it like honeybees do.
I wish I could farm bumble bees they are way cuter
Bumblebees also kill many Incecticons.
Oof
😆
I finally found a Transformers reference
"No doomsday scenario"? How is a global coffee shortage NOT a doomsday scenario?
Pile of carbon, because coffee is overhyped, overrated, and it's increasing cultivation is environmentally detrimental; 37 of 50 countries with the highest deforestation rates, are coffee producing.
I’m 22 and never had a cup of coffee. I tried it when I was like 12 and it tasted like piss, so I never gave it another go!
Zaihan Kariyani
And much of that would be because of demand and corporations chasing higher profits, not the coffee. If you don't like it thats fine, but no need to be a spoiled sport about it and ruin it for those of us that do.
As for coffee tasting nasty, might I suggest a light/medium roast? Those tend to be more on the fruity/nutty side, more like good tea. The darker the roast the more bitter and 'burnt' it'll taste.
Don’t worry. You could still use cocaine
Amphetamines > caffeine.
Paul Erdos(greatest mathematician after Einstein and before Hawking) thought so.
Not being able to have a peanut butter and honey sandwich, is what I would call a Doomsday scenario!
honey keeps indefinately, so start stocking up :))
Adam Mickelson I agree! I grew up on peanut butter, honey, and cheese sandwiches.
Hmm. I’ll have to try this.
@@IJustWantToUseMyName question. What type of cheese. I’m not putting my Swiss on peanut butter I’m assuming.
@@K4RN3SS We used cheddar. American works, too.
when 'experts' say bees are gonna die, I think they include a lot of species. I read (aka watched a RUclips video) that insects popolation is decreasing because of humans... bees are not alone pollinating and we are killing all the others too.
They said that due to living in colonies bees suffer more than solitary insects, once a hive enters a downturn thousands of healthy bees die too while with individualists die one by one. That said if despite our best efforts honneybees were to be extinct in the wild then other polinators can't be far behind and a truly catastrophic outcome would be assured.
That's been wildly overblown. It doesn't mean much, partly because it's not conclusively demonstrated.
@@nathanlevesque7812 ????
What? Pollination by insects is not clearly demonstrated????? Or the colony collapse disorder?
I think SciShow went very sideways in this one.
Problem is, anything that pushes bees extinct probably pushes many other polinators too. So those "erroneus" quotes are still valid to call attention to the subject.
Plus they're even more valid since without pollinators, much of today's angiosperms would take a severe hit. Even if many of our biggest crops don't use insect pollinators, how long does the folks on SciShow think our supporting ecosystems would hold on? How many trees would dissapear, how many forests would take the final blow, how many forest services would we lose in many areas? Forest services like pest control, soil maintenance, water cycle continuity, etc etc?
I mean, did I really saw this, SciShow just completely ignoring an ecological crash "because many of our crops use the wind so no biggie"? As if we could live in a bubble with our few crops?
@@FelipeKana1That whole 'insect decline' thing people have been going on about. First they said that honeybees are declining, but that never actually came to fruition. Beekeepers adapted to CCD, which was mostly just what happens when you transport bees in overstuffed, poorly ventilated, overheating trucks (stressors) to get exposed to several times more environments and other colonies than they ever would normally (exposure).
Then they said it was wild bees, but only one small species is actually declining, and that's not at all surprising considering the whole 'mass extinction event' thing we've known we're causing for decades. So now they're pulling up figures for insects as a whole, hoping that no one will notice that--again--nothing has really changed.
all my favourite "man is killing the world!" theories are falling apart in front of my eyes. This is the best time of my life
Lack of bees will kill us, war will kill us, polution will kill us, natural food will kill us, GMOs will kill us, etc. What won't kill us at this point? Best thing is get on with life.
Do a piece on how badly other species would be affected if we were successful in eradicating the mosquito. I know that some depend on them as a food source.
@@ipissed no you don't actually.
@@ipissed because many of those species that feed on mosquitoes probably have other ecological support roles that we would not get and would miss if the mosquitoes were all in a zoo or extinct.
@@ipissed and actually we didn't put EVERY tyger in a zoo. In their homelands they still roam free (which should be an obvious information), which is good because as top predators they have very important roles of keeping other species in check.
Craig Corson thats a very good idea. Would like a video like that as well
@@ipissed dragonflies and lightning bugs would go away without mosquitos. I wouldn't want to live in that world.
You over-hyped the de-hype-ing. Saying that the "bee-pocalypse" is fake come off as saying pollinators aren't in trouble. Which is the opposite of the truth.
Watch the whole video. Not just read the title. Though I do agree. We need to be far more careful how we use insecticides so we don't keep putting pressure on pollinators.
It would be nice if everyone watched the whole video or read the whole article, but a lot of people get their news from headlines and video titles, unfortunately. I think this video title might lead to people abandoning their environmental efforts. : \
@@ieuanhunt552 I did watch it. I was commenting on the hyped, clickbait title.
@@possumbly Hype clickbait titles are the worst thing on the Internet (kinda) I expect better from Scishow. I understand your frustration.
Scishow often has this problem. See their “Surprisingly Helpful Invasive Species “ video that ignores the in-use definition of invasive and the huge negative ecological impacts of most the listed examples so it can be contrarian.
No more honey bees, no more honey, no more mead.
SAVE THE HONEYBEES.
I have a jar of honey from years ago that I helped collect. I want to transform it into mead but I don't because I'm too afraid of failing it :(
I forgot how awful meade was until u reminded me :(
Yeah mead is just too pure of a yeast piss flavor for me
Yea, mead was better than poop water though, which is why people drank it ages ago. There's a reason people stopped drinking it as soon as clean water became a thing.
@@sapphirII "the complete meadmaker" is a very nice book I use as reference when making mead. I haven't failed a single batch up to now.
The amount of birds, insects, frogs and amphibians have absolutely plummeted in the the last thirty years or so.
i like my blueberries thicc, and my bees alive
I too like my blueberries to be dummy thicc.
Otherwise, they just taste sour.
I need that on a shirt.
The thing is, it's not just honeybees that are going extinct
No species of bee is endangered.
@@nathanlevesque7812 said no one. I guess you don't even know how many bee species are there bro... pardon me if you're wrong, but looks a lot like my wharsapp uncle repeating anti-environment ideas "because its everything already, lets keep buldozing".
@@FelipeKana1 I see they added some in 2016 (all in Hawaii), then one in 2017. I started responding to the beepocalypse narrative years prior. There were none then, but I missed this update amongst the usual bs. Still no beepocalypse tho.
Edit: almost forget to mention that none of them are honeybees.
Yes, hopefully Humans to make way for the Rabbits. We make Love not war.
I mean I agree with the video. But how does this make the bee apocalypse fake? Using native species is important. But that doesn’t mean the issue is fake haha
It's the idea that losing honeybees would end the world that's fake. Not that there aren't real problems.
I totally agree, there was no mention of colony collapse disorder or any of the issues currently facing the entire bee genus. Maybe because the Honeybee is focused on more by commercial research that's why this one specific breed tends to dominate the conversation around conservation. I just think to someone who isn't well informed on the subject, they might misinterpret the information presented in this video and get the idea that bee extinction isn't all that bad.
Because the outcome of the "apocalypse" is exaggerated. It's like saying if I dont eat a potato chip I'm going to die. Am I going to die? No. Am I going to be hungry for a potato chip? maybe
Grimmington I’m sorry but that is not true. It is a serious issue. And the point you made was not mentioned in the video. In fact this same channel has a video explaining the issue and it is a real threat that is worth worrying about.
@@olibedsole1968 I think you're missing the point... The whole point of this video was to point out how IF the honeybee were to die off it wouldn't kill everything off. Would we notice if the honeybee died off? Yes of course. The whole point was to debunk the idea that humans would die off if the honeybee did, which we wouldn't; but it also would impact our lives in many ways, and impact farmers even more. The fact is that honeybees going extinct may very be inevitable, as sometimes insect species die off; and it's not always humans to blame, sometimes certain species can't deal with environmental changes and not absolutely all of those are because of humans.
So it's not "fake", it's just "not as apocalyptic as you might think"
I've been telling this for years...I live in Israel, and we didn't have a problem of colony collapse disorder while North America had... and I kept saying it's not a big deal because colony collapse disorder happens only in regions of the world the honey bee is a relative newcomer.
NeoNicotinoids affect many insect pollinators including bumblebees. Making crops toxic is a bad idea.
I think the real solution is to not destroy the environment
The bee that was in the picture that had the caption bumblebee was a bumblebee to begin with it was a carpenter bee. Carpenter bees look similar to bumblebees except they are bigger. They also have shinny abdomens and are known for their habit of boring holes into wood, specifically rotten/dead wood. I think you should make a video explaining the difference between bumblebees and carpenter bees.
An engineer once stated that loss of bees (and so on) really would not be an issue. We just have to make flying microrobots to do the pollinating. Oh, yeah! Now I am getting allergic to engineers.
As an Australian, I feel obligated to draw attention to the plight of our own native bees, though they may not really look like the traditional image of bees.
So um, yeah, hello.
Lilac Lizard Somehow I knew you were going to reference a wasp somehow.
@@lilaclizard4504 stingless bees right? Apparently here in the states we used to have some variety. Might if been the honey pot bees from South America. They apparently went from California to Texas.
@@SillyOmega not sure what you mean by "stainless bees" I'm sorry :(
This is the main one I was refering to www.sydneystinglessbees.com.au/native-bees-schools-kindys/ (commercial site for their sale with details about them suitable for beginner keepers including schools, kindergartens etc) & some more info on Australian (or at least Sydney) bees www.permaculturenorthernbeaches.org.au/native-bees
@@lilaclizard4504 sorry ment stingless bees. I hate auto correct.
@@SillyOmega lol ah that makes MUCH more sense now, thanks! I honestly didn't make the connection & was trying to figure out wtf you were on about! Figured it was some kind of nickname for a species/type you have there, but couldn't figure out how they would have got to both countries so what you meant lol makes MUCH more sense now! & yes I was talking about stingless bees :) & so are you saying you used to have them but they are now extinct or so close to it that you don't see them anymore? That's really sad :'( I hope yours are still out there somewhere & taht someone can do a breeding program to revive them!
oh & btw my browser spellcheck has different ideas to yours & wants to call them "tingles", "lastingness" or "singles" I think your spellcheck is smarter than mine lol stainless seems like a much more rational alternative than the words mine wants! (I didn't even look at spellcheck to try to figure out what you were talking about before though, didn't occur to me)
If we had no honeybees then winnie the pooh would cry
I dont want him to cry ;-;
Unless we could artificially create it
For me, the reason to protect them is simple - honey. xD That's the one thing that would stop existing if they were gone, and that's more than enough reason to protect them for me.
What about the report that came out yesterday that all bug colonies are starting to collapse? And the birds that eat them are disappearing as well.
It may be true that there are other species that could fill the role of a honeybee, but unfortunatly ALL Insectspopulations have problems today.(at least in europe where i am from)
I think the title is misleading a lot, because this is one of the major problems we have to face in the future.
Please excuse my bad english, i am from germany.😉
I have read science news about insect counts in Europe going down for some reason.
@@rollothecat2010 The original research was from Germany, where like 70% of insect biomass disappeared over the last 50 years. In Mesoamerica though they found that about 90% of Rainforest Insects are gone. So i think it is fair to say that this is a global phenomenon. Some point at Nicotine-derivates that are used in insecticides, which are stable over a long period of time i.e. concentrate in the soil, killing the offspring etc.
Good job writing in English. Only 2 subtleties missed that I can see, but overall your writing is very good.
Actual insane ad placement Well Done 👍
"Fatter" blueberries tend to be juicier, but smaller ones tend to be sweeter -- why my father favors using the latter in his pancakes and the former in the sauce (into which he adds sugar and a pinch of salt to bring-up the sweetness)
Man that solitary leafcutter bee must tired.
You don't need bees. Brought to you by Monsanto
not really actually. The alternative pollinators need multi-cultures not mono-cultures so they can have year round food, since they can't be moved to new food sources every few weeks, therefore, no spraying of roundup to kill everything but the 1 desired crop if we switch to them
@@lilaclizard4504
I thought that was a pretty clear dig at Monsanto. Maybe I was mistaken.
Now part of Bayer, the German pharmaceutic who in the 70s brought a medicine to the market for pregnant women that resulted in mentally disabled children.
@@ezakustam yes, but it doesn't work, monsanto doesn't care if other pollinators go extinct, it actually works VERY well for them! One of the strategies used in food pollination today is to use monsanto products year round & kill all native pollinators without care, then simply have a window of a few weeks where no sprays are used & during that time import the bees, pollinate, then send the bees away & return to MASS toxin spraying of EVERYTHING! Sometimes bees still die because of residuals, so the beekeeper just imports more from the breeding colonies in Spain or Australia to make up the numbers - only a few trillion each year they need to replace, no great loss is it?
imagine going to a science video believing neonicotinoids are poisonous to bees
That's a relief. I didn't want to lose my pasta.
And tomatoes are self-pollinating, so you'll still get to have sauce, too.
Yeah or your gut either xD !!! Lmfao
@@MK-dr7dx but honey sauce? D:
The future is meaningless, but the pasta is now.
I'm happy that this video exists. I never really bought into the "beepocalypse" scenario for the same reasons explained here, but no one would ever hear me out because I'm not a science major nor do I avidly study science for the sake of it. Thank you, SciShow.
Thanks again for a very informative, and timely, video!
The thing is though that insects in general are in a massive decline, not just honeybees
@m14wdotcom Um
Lets terpolate a bit
Do you believe OP is talking just about mosquitos?
Do you believe that OP may not like mosquitos but is talking about bugs as a whole and that, despite mosquitos dropping too, the unknown method at which they die is bad over all because it includes countless species important for biodiversity?
I dont understand you
@m14wdotcom The original comment was jot explicitly about mosquitos but talking about the ecological problems of losing what are essentially billions of individual insects.
Never mind killing off mosquitos would starve most species of bats and reduce their population as well as the animals that mosquitos do control.
But sure, lets just say killing all other insects is good because they don't kill mosquitos because we kill mosquitos in other more specific ways.
😢
@m14wdotcom
No mosquitos, loss of another pollinator.
Much as I hate them, they are themselves important.
I let the mosquitos and dragonflies battle it out without my interference. I just use Avon Skin - So - Soft Bug Guard. It really works.
I am one of those people mosquitos love, and it's torture! I use this product and become a human repellant. And the scent is much more pleasant than any commercial brand.
Ginny Jolly just 3 mosquito species lead to deaths of millions. There are hundreds of mosquito species that do not bite. Those species must be eradicated and will be one of the greatest feats of humanity. Bill Gates is currently working to eradicate these mosquitoes entirely
Edit: I think you're coming from the right place, but your information is skewed
The title is completely misleading. The bees are still dying out, even if the effects on humans won't be as pronounced. It's not "fake"
🤦♂️ you misunderstand what bee-pocolypse means.
Yeah honeybees are dying, but that doesn’t mean the world will end if they do.
Which is what this video is trying to explain.
The notion of an impending a(pocalypse) due to a lack of bees is fake.
Agree, this one comes across as rather clickbait, flamebait and biased, I expect better from a channel that purports to be based on science. ONLY 43% of crops mostly need pollinating by pollinators... 'ONLY'. Why the f**k are they downplaying the importance of bees and insects, like WTF?
Native bees are dying. Honey bees have, and continue to have an increasing population. They just have a higher attrition rate than previous years. But there are more bees.
@@Candorsmayhem Yep, just like people pollute the earth and affect the climate. Just not those getting the most blame and being expected to pay out vast sums of their hard earned money to not actually do anything that will solve the real problems where they are primarily located.
Actually, honeybee numbers are *increasing* worldwide:
www.acsh.org/news/2018/04/17/bee-apocalypse-was-never-real-heres-why-12851
www.farmmeetstable.com/en/protecting-our-environment/2018/are-honey-bees-really-dying-out
They do still face challenges, and could definitely easily be endangered if humans do something stupid, but they are not dying out.
I'm disappointed that there was no talk about animals that rely on honey as one of their food sources
Coffee would be threatened? The apocalypse is back on folks!
What would happen if "mosquitoes" go extinct?
It would be awesome, i think.
Although it would be awesome, some predators are dependent on them, like wasps, dragonflies and many others.
@@MrPenetroso if only we could adopt those indoors. Lol. Thanks for the insight. :)
@slam zamillion lol
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That leaf cutter bee has a LOT of work to do...
I mean say what you will, but honey bees are fairly useful.
Corporations poisoning your food and water and air isn't necessarily such a bad thing either. They'll manage without you when you're gone, and they need to lessen their dependence on you anyway
I'd like to point out that there are several different varieties of honeybee. Some of them come from different subspecies of honeybee and they can have a lot of variation - so it's likely some types of honeybees would survive.
If you want to help native pollinators, plant flowers native to your state, or native to your specific area if that information is available. Native pollinator metabolisms are more adapted to native flowers nectar or something like that, I forget what. But planting native flowers does helps native pollinators. We planted a pollinator garden at my house and the bumble bees are all over. The constantly shoving their faces into flowers for a drink. There’s even some kind of emerald moth caterpillar. I’d recommend using the iNaturalist app with it so you can identify the species visiting. I’m only now realizing how many there are. I thought it was just honeybees, bumblebees, hornets and wasps. There’s so many. If you’re in Illinois some native flowers you can plant are Anisse Hyssops, purple coneflowers, Black-eyed Susans and common milkweed(there’s also some yellow coneflower that’s name I forget). The bumble bees are all over the hyssops and purple coneflowers.
All insect are disappearing, bad for crops, bad for birds and bats... But good for MONSANTO`s shareholders , or is Bayer
No they aren't. Insects are thriving way more than any other creature on the planet. Just because you have a beef with Monsanto doesn't make it true.
@@John_Fx Science proves you wrong. Monsanto is one of the tools, Greed is one of the reasons.
I have been watching nature for more than 50 years and studying birds for 32 years
I have a small garden, and I find that my peppers and eggplants attract a few fuzzy little bumblebees. They definitely help the plants, in years that I haven’t seen them around my plants definitely produced less, even tomatoes get some help. And the bumble bees are just so funny and cute as they hover around clumsily trying to land on flowers
Honey bees are too light (or some say they don't vibrate at the right frequencies) to pollinate* tomatoes and other nightshades. The flowers need to be vigorously vibrated in order to loosen the Polen. You can actually pollinate* the flowers with an electric toothbrush, it looks pretty cool and improves yield if there aren't enough bumblebees around.
* not sure the term pollinate applies, it improves pollination, but is not mandatory.
When I was a kid we had a pear tree behind the house. There was nothing funnier than watching the half-drunk bumblebees trying to fly after drinking too much fermented pear juice.
Iceman0219 I miss them. A few bumble but no honey in this area of midwest.
"The Bee-Pocolypse is...Fake" but every time the word "bee" is said, a humorous image of Hank in a bee costume appears.
That single leaf cutter bee must be immortal to pollinate all the alfalfa on her own.
I believe the point may have been missed when this bee apocalypse was meant to involve all bees. Not just one specific variety. Yes, it would be terrible if this one species went extinct, but I believe we are all more concerned with the overall population drop of bees in general. Most reports I've seen have involved bumblebees as opposed to honey bees and their declining population. Good video, but I believe it misses the bigger question.
They are just the tip of the iceberg... and probably the most vulnerable ones as they live in colonies and depend mostly on nectar to survive...
The fear was brought by colony collapse disorder which doesn't affect all bees according to the video. Climate change is another, a bit more long term problem that will affect EVERY specie including us. You seem to be confusing the two.
The bee-pocalipse is actually real. And it's not just an emergency because it would be devistaiting to loose our honey bees, it is an emergency because honey bees are the canary in the coal mine. If we are loosing most of the nation's honey bees each year, we will also see similarly devistaiting losses in wild insect communities.
@@MrTomtomtest Colony collapse disorder has been observed frequently in native species too. It's just that most of the research done on this phenomenon focuses on honeybees, because of commercial interests in honey production. This is a complex subject and I think people who aren't very well informed may watch this video and think honeybee extinction isn't a big deal, when in reality it's symptomatic of a much wider problem, and that problem is a HUGE deal.
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American Spring Live? Is that a new US version of BBC Springwatch that’s been going years?
Probably
The shuffling around of bee colonies is one of the biggest issues with honey bee longevity.
Good video!
Just because not all of the 70% of plants that rely on pollination services are food crops doesn’t mean that they’re not important.
TBH, 1% is groundbreakingly important, but people are too stupid to understand anything but "APOCALYPSE NOW!" and fake news just wants to sell a shocking story.
So basically the bee-poclypse isn't fake but we may be ok... maybe.. probably.. sure yeah.. as long as your not poor.
A very important food staple would go away without honey bees. Honey Buns. That alone makes them worth preserving.
I had what I thought to be a honeybee issue a few years ago with a dog who thought it was his job to eat bees that flew past. Concerned over bee extinction and dog safety, I called a local beekeeper to see if he could handle it for me. He reassured me that we still have "healthy swarms" and not to be concerned about calling an exterminator. Turns out they were baby yellow jackets, and an exterminator was just the thing we needed. That dog feared nothing to the day he died, but he was allergic as hell to yellow jacket stings.
As a side note, honeybees aren't even native to North America.
Wow ive never been soo earlyy!! I would miss it if bees weren't around!!! I love my honey❤
@@bill_the_butcher True but its mine when i eat it😊
There were zero honeybees in both north and south america before columbus - plants there did just fine.
Interesting. Have native bees been outcompeted? How many crops grown there are also native and comparably pollinated by native species?
WeedMIC, industrial agriculture didn't exist then.
@@Zaihanisme Not really true. Agriculture in North America and South America was thriving for quite some time after agriculture rose in the Neolithic period. The term industrial agriculture is relative and fairly new, so it is inaccurate to use as a comparison.
@@matthewpolmanter8294
So, is it your contention that contrasting modern agricultural practices against historical agriculture in North America is a nonstarter, or what? Would you not use the term Industrial Agriculture? Modern practices seem very distinguishing tbh
Natives grew corn which is wind pollinated and potatoes, tomatoes and peppers which are self pollenated.
Honeybees really are the best option if we can not kill them.
2:41 "Most US alfalfa is now pollinated by a solitary leaf cutter bee" she must be exhausted.
Nice segue into your final commercial
There are many insects that can pollinate. Its insane. I see my kale and herbs have so many flies around it in the morning. They all look different and fly different. Its incredible.
TIL onions need to be pollinated
Colony Collapse Disorder is only the latest 'beepocalypse' As a former beekeeper I can relate how in the 1950's Hives died left and right from American Foulbrood. The 60's and 70's saw massive losses from pesticide kills. The 80's saw the triple whammy of Varroa Mite, Tracheal Mite, and the arrival of Africanized bees in the US. The 90's saw the arrival of Small Hive Beetle, and now CCD. With each issue, beekeeping gets a little harder. Support your local beekeepers!
Too bad where I live, it's either raining the whole day or no rain at all.
**MATPAT WARNED US**
bruv i love coffee
I am pleased to see so many recognizing the threat to other insects. Many decades ago I would sit at a flowering bush and pet the hundreds of bees that flocked to it. Upon recollection I don't think I went ten minutes without seeing a praying mantis at the time.
Those days have unfortunately become fiction to us all!
All the bugs are dying. Take a look at the front of your car this summer after taking a drive by the lake.
If all honeybees suddenly and absolutely went extinct, there would be short-term devastation to many plants, but evolution has this tendency to rebound and fill niches where needed so the flowering plant landscape would change, some of them rather significantly to accommodate it and over a longer period of time, most people would shrug and forget about it.
Evolution takes time. A lot of time. You're not going to get a biodiversity recovery due to evolution in a couple hundred years, and we have a whole hell of a lot shorter of a timeframe than that.
SciShow is getting more controversial, it's thought provoking. 35% of our crops would not be doomsday, but economically, that would be pretty seismic, like a Great Depression or Great Recession... except over food... and people aren't so nice when you take away their food...
But the food would still exist and be exported. It's just that somethings would get pricer, to which people would adapt to. If the honey bees didn't exist anymore we have other 6 species of honey bee in the world. If all of those didn't exist we would still have honey from Stingless bees. Heck, even bumble bees make honey lol They are not very productive but they do. People had adapted to the lack of ingredients or itens and would again. When the Brits wanted to protest the price of tea in England, they started drinking coffee and even started to enjoy it. There are many recipes around the world that were born because some ingredient got expensive and people got creative and created even better stuff. The famous brazilian feijoada was a stew made by the slaves with the rests of meat from the household and became a traditional festive meal for the country for people of all incomes. Miso based ramen was born because pork got too expensive, now it's traditional from a mountainous area of Japan that I do not recall the name.
This isn't really a controversial opinion among ecologists though. It provides some much needed context to a situation that many in the general public are aware exists, but have been led to believe it threatens the very foundations of society. That's not diminishing the problem, that's putting it into context.
Awesome thanks!
Somebody give that poor leafcutter bee a raise!
No! We got to keep worrying about our honeybees! 🐝
Then no one would like jazz, and jazz would cease to exist
Evil Whitefaced Nick Cannon I agree, I’m happy I live in the US. Communism destroys countries wherever it is implemented. I hope Trump overthrows the Communist Party soon
So anyone else notice that in a video talking about honeybees going extinct there was no mention of what effect having no more honey globally would have?
what effect would that be?
There's some medicinal uses that are needed, but that honey mostly comes from Australia & New Zealand anyway, who should both be fine
Honey is a luxury.
I have a healthy respect for animals that can cause pain, such as bees and wasps. That being said, these creatures are not out to harm you. I once had a wasp land on my hand while I was talking to a co-worker. When the wasp landed, I looked at the wasp and said (to the wasp) are you here to hang out or are you going to go on about your way? The wasp did a 360 turn on my hand and flew off. I did not get stung. My co-worker said "If that had been me, I would have freaked out!" I said what makes you think I wasn't. Generally, if you don't threaten them, they won't hurt you. Most stings happen because you don't know they are there, and do something they interpret as threatening, such as putting pressure on their body. I've had that happen as well. If you do get stung, seek medical attention. If you're wondering, the wasp was on the palm of my hand.
As someone that studies native bees, thank you so much. It's so important to educate and inform! There are so many different kinds of amazing bees! More people should know about them so they can love them as much as I do!
@KawaiiSlane93 Can you upload videos on what you do?
For my undergrad degree, I had to do a "thesis" (aka just a big ass literature review). I picked honey bees to study, since it seemed interesting and it had to, ideally, be a complex topic. Honey bees dying seemed to fit the bill. But the more I got into it, the more I wished I'd chosen native bees.
i live way out in the middle of nowhere in rural alabama. its easy to see (especially on corn) to see honey bees are not as common as they used to be (i'm 65 years old, and have had gardens for most of that time). bumble bees have become more common...by a lot. also, frogs have been disappearing for the last 10 or so years, but have recovered (in my area...based on their calls at night which have become stronger). yes, things change, but i don't think its time to panic.
I thought bumblebees and honeybees were the same thing so I learned at least one thing today
Short answer: More beneficial native bees will take over and our crops will be pollinated more effectively.
Oh my God you had me at coffee, save the freaking honeybees!
5:50 Honestly, i wouldn't join a party with bears coming out of hibernation
You wouldn't miss much, their parties are not so good. They only have the bare necessities.
I keep seeing honey bee inside of the building but they never want to drink something sweet or even just water
I had heard that honey bees are basically the only type of bee not going extinct because we only test pesticides for that one species
Coffee would be more expensive?!?!?! We NEED to solve this problem NOW!!!
so the honeybee concerns deal with pesticides. what's the pesticide vulnerability to the other pollinators?
also 13% for sure doomed (1 in 8) + 30% (1 in 3) = 43% (about 5 in 12) crop species so that's not reassuring.
also 35% of crop yields disappearing means we only get 2/3 of our food, we have enough food for only about 7/6 people in the world. therefore, we would still have famine.
that being said, yes, we need to get biodiversity to have versitility. but the pesticides still attack that goal.
overall, I'm not impressed with this video. but i do like the solution of promoting alternative pollinators & biodiversity.
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But Eva, your points were even more accurate. Good job.
Eve Kohley: They also are threatened by herbicides, it disorients them and makes it hard to return back to the hive. Herbicide is also poison, so it even passes on to the bees and causes immune related issues as well. Pesticide use is down across america since the 80's what has skyrocketed in recent years is the appalling use of herbicides across the board.
Shining Sakura omg this is good to know, thank you!
@@eve36368 You are welcome. I became a beekeeper recently and found this out while doing research of my own. Just trying to spread this useful knowledge around to others.
Self-pollination means that a plant can produce offspring using its own pollen (vs requiring a second plant). It does NOT necessarily mean that the plant spontaneously pollinates itself (though I think I recall that some plants can do that- nature is full of funky stuff like that). Wind/insects are still necessary to move the pollen around on the plant, even if it's just being moved a tiny distance. Also, some plants (blueberries, for instance) can self-pollinate, but produce more fruit when they cross-pollinate.
Honestly surprised nobody has commented the entire bee movie script.