How Sunflowers Bring All the Bees to the Yard | Deep Look
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- To make their seeds, sunflowers need to attract bees with a warm, bright bloom. So, the plants spend their youth preparing to face the sunrise just as the pollinators fly by.
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Sunflowers get their name from their big yellow blooms. But it’s not just about looks. Even compared to other plants, sunflowers are absolutely obsessed with the sun.
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Davis researchers are collaborating to figure out how these plants keep an internal clock that allows them to predict where and when the sun will travel each day.
--- When do sunflowers bloom?
In most temperate areas, sunflowers are typically planted in the spring and bloom between July and September.
--- How tall do sunflowers grow?
Sunflowers can grow quickly. Some varieties only grow about 1 foot tall while others can reach 15 feet!
--- What is heliotropism?
Sunflowers exhibit a behavior called heliotropism, where the young plants track the sun, angling themselves toward the sunlight throughout the day. The term comes from the Greek word for the sun: helios.
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Bees with massive pollen britches is the cutest thing
We agree! Here's another Deep Look episode where the bees have some pretty great pollen pants: ruclips.net/video/gJHCoP4WqMc/видео.htmlsi=rOI-dlv4ntZfGAOp
@@KQEDDeepLook Hell yeah! Cheers for your work!
Sooooo.....those bees are thicc! **snickers uncontrollably**
Remember to plant native flowers and not to introduce invasive European honeybees into your yard! The European honeybee is actually out-competing native bees and driving them to extinction, but certain plants rely on said native pollinators to survive! Also remember - many wasps, moths, flies, and even spiders play a part on pollination, so let them be!
@@bugjams They come here and are stealing our bee's jobs!!!!
Never knew sunflowers quit their rotation business once they bloomed. Beautifully done video, as always!
I’ve noticed that but never really thought about it. I guess I thought it was just one of those things we get told, an interesting folk tale.
Growing sunflowers is such a joy because of getting to watch the swarm of bees on them. 😊
I just love these Deep Look vids! Thank you guys for always putting out such high quality educational videos!!
We're so glad you like our videos! We love making them!
@@KQEDDeepLook So fascinating, I love this channel!
Animals and plants are wonderful!
Bees and bumblebees are so cute, loved petting them as a kid when going to school - they slept on flowers and it was easy to do it :3
They are fluffy like cats!
honestly one of my favorites channels on yt... I've been following your videos with so much curiosity and admiration for 5 years now. You always share the most unique things of this beautiful world that we tend not notice at all. Thanks to you I started noticing the beauty in the most small living beings.I'm so grateful for this and for all your work which is HUGE.
@AlexTrest, Wow, thank you for your kind words. We love making these videos! And we love it when people enjoy them!
those bees look extra thicc
They're so chonky
Thick thighs save lives, in this case thick thighs feed the hive
😂😂❤
I just got a random image of a bee twerking on a sunflower....
LOL. Thick bee thighs do save lives. Two kinds of bees appear in our video: honeybees and sunflower bees. While honeybees do live in hives, sunflower bees don't. Female sunflower bees dig small nests in the ground where they lay their eggs.
The bees are so cute actually ❤
This video came after I gave my Biology test and there was a question that "Sunflower is not a flower. Explain?" I was having no idea of it but now I do and think may this video had came just 1 day before. BTW I LOVE YOUR CONTENT. AMAZING VIDEO!!!!
Sunflowers are part of the Asteraceae family which includes daisies also. Their common primary characteristic is that they have compound flower heads made up of many individual florets. So yes, that is the answer.
@@costaldevomitoso how does this explain its not a flower? What is it if not a flower?
@@bari2883 it is many flowers
@@bari2883 it not a flower, but many flowers
@@costaldevomito Thanks for the answer
Ah, it all makes sense now... This is why they're called "Sun"Flowers.🌻And why they're known as dancing flowers with sunglasses 😎 so fascinating and smart. Another reason why we should be getting sun, eapecially at sunrise and at sundown when UVA/B rays arent as strong. 🌅🌄
Sunflowers are the suns of the land, making a day a bit more bright 🌻☀️
It’s fascinating how something as common as a simple sunflower has so much beautiful and complex aspects when you just take a ‘deep’ look at it
Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers. Tysm for this video, Deep Look!🌻💛
LETS GO! deep look going into other territories of content! as much as i love the bug content, its refreshing to get something different!
Glad you enjoyed our video!
The sun's favourite flower, is shaped like the sun itself ❤️🌞🌻
2:10 this is my reminder to go to sleep right now. It's late. Good night
Just as sunflowers dance with the sun, let your spirit buzz with joy and attract the sweetness of life like a bee. 🐝🌻💛
A lovely way to think about life.
something about this channel...although they dont post as frequently as other channels they still produce videos that are enjoyable to watch monthly. amazing work deeplook 🙌🏽
We appreciate your support! Glad you enjoy our videos.
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It's November the 1st, 2024 and I always like the saying:
"Quality over quantity.." 🤝
I'm so glad that I grew my favorite flower (sunflowers) this year, ha.
I always look forward to a new Deep Look video. This excellent clip is an example why. Thanks Deep Look👍
Hearing that makes us so happy!
I started planting sunflowers 2 years ago. They are like welcome signs to so many critters. My yard is calmer with them.
Thanks!
Now I know about this unusual phenomenon about sunflowers and its behavior following the sun. What a lovely day and I love this flower, like the sun shines. ❤
this video made me sneeze
When I was a kid I used to be obsessed with sunflowers 🌻, they were my favorite flower. Then when I moved to the US I was obsessed with sunflower seeds! 😁
Super cool, learning about the anatomy of the sun flower, its genes, and the bees, all in one episode!
We're so happy you learned something new!
Those bees full of pollen are cute :D
Thanks sunflower for protecting dave's brain! ❤
There’s a zombie on your lawn
earliest Minecraft compass, go sunflowers!
Fascinating 🌻
Thank you Deep Look !❤
We're so happy you enjoyed the video!
I do love these deep love videos. Been a fan for year..Never disappoints
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They're braver than I.. I flee from the accursed daystar whenever possible!
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Fantastic and very educational video, as always!
It’s a flower that lives by the golden hours of the day every day
Another awesome video by DeepLook!
We're so glad you enjoyed our new video!
Pollen Pants!
Oh good, a throwback
Deep Look the best 🌻🐝
Aww, thank you! We're so happy you enjoy our videos!
Ahhhh the changing weather and climate.
Day 486 of asking deep look to make an episode on fungus growing termites.
lies
@debblez what am I lying about?
So you're telling me if I pass by a dead looking sunflower, I have a free snack in the form of seeds? Intriguing
Have you not had biology classes in school?
@@ChaosInBgyou would be surprised, how many adults are "plant blind", thus lacking basic knowledge about plants as well, because it doesn't interest them. Maybe OP just found his new interest... or even a hobby?😃
Another beautiful video 🌻🌻🐝🐝! Thank you for always educating us. We love you Deep Look 💛💛💛💛💛
Also, a fun fact about honey bees. They are very meticulous about their pollen collection. They don't like to mix. So if you want to plant a garden to help provide for your local bee populations, consider planting large groups of the same flowering plants, not a large variety of plants. The bees will only collect the pollen from the same kinds of flowers before returning to the hive, so by giving them a wide selection instead of multiples of the same, they're forced to spend more energy going back and forth from the hive to the flowers.
This is also part of the reason they're so important as pollinators, as they spread the pollen to the same species rather than to different species that wouldn't result in proper pollination of the plants in general.
God is the best
Super deep details and beautiful harmony of creation
Aww look at those cute yellow pants...
Such a great collection of videos❤ Keep it up😊
Hi @nomanmalik007, Thank you! We're glad you enjoy them!
im so mad my sunflowers were maybe a few days away from mature seeds and these squirrels completely decimated them
Sorry about that!
Patiently waiting for every new video, this ones accompanying my bweakfast❤
Have a great day!
I always knew that my houseplants followed the sun.
I NEVER even thought about them moving at night!
Very Cool …
Thank you for making a video about my most favorite flower ❤😊
You're welcome!
Sunflower follow the sun.
Literally the sun is teacher, the flower is student.
So happy
I had no idea that the biology of a sunflower was this complex. Who knew? (Besides those scientists of course). 🌻
Sunflowers point towards the sun because they are, in fact, the sun in disguise.
How poetic!
Sunflowers are actually one of the fastest moving plants in the world. Not the fastest but still too slow to notice. You can only notice it taking periodic snapshots of it turning.
This is probably your most gorgeous video.
Thank You For Information I learned a lot from it❤
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i remembered this channel again
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO SO MUCH AND MISSED IT🙄
Hi @MarkKravchuk You're right on time -- like a sunflower facing the sunrise!
Amazing.
A plant that follow the sun 0:10 9hmygod ⭐🌟🔥🌟❤❤❤🌟🌟 awesomw
I love this channel. We learn something new
We're so happy you enjoy our videos!
This is so amazing🌻❤
I always wait on for @DeepLook videos, can we have longer videos, plzzzz
Hi @SakshiSuryawanshi-v1k Thank you for asking! We actually have started to create compilations of our most popular videos. Each one is around 20 minutes long. We recently posted our first one, which is all about insects and other arthropods that suck our blood and can make us sick in the process: ruclips.net/video/RQTi1GWv_lg/видео.htmlsi=DWGNvakOWlb8dgyF
This is just SO cool!❤❤❤❤
Solar tracker needs intelligent design!!
but this was an accident 😂😂😂
Everyone look out for plants in the family Asteraceae, that inflorescence structure never gets old! There are so many of them and they come in different shapes and sizes, really fascinating stuff.
We love Asteraceae too, @user-yw9mw9hv8o ! In fact, we made a video about dandelions and catsears. You can see their florets and the cool parachute-shaped structure they make -- the pappus: ruclips.net/video/_7SIHtWu2hw/видео.htmlsi=gTP8EGoMLLqyfIu4 Enjoy!
its really fascinating how plants seem somewhat self aware
They can't grow sunflowers in Alaska. The sun goes around in circles there, and that twists their heads off.
LOL. Actually, sunflowers do grow in Alaska.
Oh my goodness 😍
beautiful
Wonderful beeez.
Excellent stuff. Thank you so much from England.
Save the bees!! Without them the world would be a lifeless planet
It's funny how I just fell a rabbit hole on TikTok where weirdos claiming that sunflowers no longer follows the sun as it should be.
That's how WOKE PEOPLE think 😂😂
Why would they change the direction that they have been facing for all these years?
Sunflowers are so cool.
I love sunflowers! 🌻🌻🌻
I always thought deeplook owned by curiosity stream, because their early video always start with "this video brought to you by curiosity stream" then I assumed everything on RUclips start with "curiosity stream" is as good as deeplook video, but looks like I'm wrong
Very good video. Nice shots 📸
do flies ever get caught pollinating sunflowers? they are the oldest pollinators(along with beetles) and super prolific at pollinating stuff like mangos
There's some evidence that hoverflies pollinate sunflowers. Hoverflies also can help with pest control in orange groves. We made an episode about that: ruclips.net/video/E3nLuK7D7LY/видео.htmlsi=1RCrbqF-G4gltYnK Enjoy!
So cool, thanks for the video!
Do they swap back and forth if planted from seed in artificial lighting straight from above?
The sunflower plants will just grow straight toward the light if they only ever get direct light from an unmoving source. But if those same plants get taken outside they will start growing back and forth to track the sun.
This channel is insane.
these flowers grind the 9-5 yet my circadian rhythm can't get me up in time each Monday...
The fact some plants have circadian rhythms is very funny.
It's not only for oil, sunflower seeds are a good snack too
I remember when I was 2-3 years old when I went to Căuşeni moldova i entered bee houses thingies and I got stung by a thousands of bees
Amazing video as always Deep Look team! Fascinating to see ehat millions of years of evolution can do. We must protect our precious planet and it's inhabitants 🌎 ❤
Thanks ❤ it😊
thaks to you i now know that sunflowers know that the sun exsist's and it moves from east to west. my mind was blown when i saw them moving
Some other plants (like those in genus Anthurium) can do something similar in turning to face the sun by using a structure called a geniculum
You should take a deep look at antlions 💡
Those bees need all the sweet nectar from the sunflowers 🌻 to carry all that pollen on their legs. Talk about the bees knees.😮
this plant got a better circadian rhythm than me
2:07 that's what everyone means by sleep schedule. Sadly, my sleep schedule is 2-12 hours. Some nights, i sleep for 2 hours and other nights I sleep for 12 hours. Yep, my body is very cuckoo and the internal feeling for me to go sleep is somewhere between 4pm EST and 11pm EST. Crazy enough that I wish I could make money off it.
My sleep schedule is literally the same as yours!! I'm in college now so on some days I can only get 3-4 hours but on others 10-12, depending on when my classes start 😅
@@neyphutapieI have to regularly drink energy drinks (ironically coffee ☕ is too bitter for me) just so I don't miss work or appointments. Even so I regularly forget why I need to drink. 😂😂😅
Here's wishing you some good rest.
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my conscience:....what is rest again? I don't know how to make this, "relaxing" thing work either.
That is why the flowers are called SUN flowers.
The most correct name given to a plant by men.
I never knew that!
Do any of the other Helianthus species/cultivars also change direct throughout the day?
The oil is more expensive than petrol in my country, so people use palm or canola, and they choose to feast on a variety of sunflower seeds instead.
It's a pity I didn't have some with me while watching this video.
Ι love bees ...with out them could die