Introduction to Solitary Bees

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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2017
  • Thinking about starting a gentle bee sanctuary? Emily and Rebekah cover all of the basics about solitary bees including their life cycles, how they differ from honeybees, and much more.
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  • @uhatekara
    @uhatekara 6 лет назад +42

    They are so friggin cute I can't even.

  • @guneetsinghraina7079
    @guneetsinghraina7079 2 года назад +22

    Hit if you all came here searching for these bees after seeing Our Mr been Man vs bee 😂😂

  • @jfkonlsd1364
    @jfkonlsd1364 6 лет назад +131

    fun fact the bees that the bee movies represents is an invasive species of bee that has a negative effect on environment because they (un-like the native solitary bees) harvest pollen in a way that the flower can not reproduce any more pollen after they are finished

    • @smallforestdweller6999
      @smallforestdweller6999 6 лет назад +4

      What bees are in the bee movie?

    • @jfkonlsd1364
      @jfkonlsd1364 6 лет назад +12

      Small forest dweller ruclips.net/video/Kf2-86o5S1o/видео.html
      This is were I heard it

    • @smallforestdweller6999
      @smallforestdweller6999 6 лет назад +4

      Wow didn't realize how weird that film actually is...
      I love a good film theory!!

    • @TheAnantaSesa
      @TheAnantaSesa 6 лет назад +3

      I didnt know what bee movie OP meant and thought he meant this vid about solitary bees. Still interesting reminder that european bees are not native. Tho the native N.A. bees may not be able to recover enough if honeybees die off. Possibly imported crops still depend on honeybee pollination.

    • @arher9598
      @arher9598 2 месяца назад

      ​@@TheAnantaSesa Any human raised honeybees often produce a disease, and will transfer to solitary bees via flowers... honeybees often receive treatments from human while these are not... yeahh

  • @thewebspinner
    @thewebspinner 6 лет назад +12

    I just realised that I had a solitary bee build it's nest in the truss rod hole on my guitar 5 years ago!!

  • @AmericanRX
    @AmericanRX 6 лет назад +18

    I think bees are the nicest insects. Definitely my favorite.

  • @jabrae312
    @jabrae312 6 лет назад +42

    To bee or not to bee, that is the question

  • @SuzyBriseno
    @SuzyBriseno 5 лет назад +5

    I'm a Texas Master Gardener, Master Naturalist and native bee aficionado and educator, and this is an EXCELLENT video.

  • @tyelrschits8174
    @tyelrschits8174 6 лет назад +59

    A month ago, I came across the most dandy tiny awkward bee in the yard. I thought it to be a honey bee but size was much smaller and abdomen not common. I picked it up placed higher in the bushes. #future beekeeper

    • @yoyo8077
      @yoyo8077 6 лет назад +1

      Alexander Novak what's a "sweat bee"?

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 6 лет назад +6

      Also called furrow bees in England, I think. They are solitary bees attracted to the salt on your skin. Most solitary bees do not sting unless provoked. They are the only bee building their nest, and don't have hundreds of sisters to sacrifice for defense like Honey bees do. I've never even had one land on me yet, looking for sweat--would find that quite interesting if I didn't just react and jump to scare it away before I realized what it was!

  • @tonydebates1954
    @tonydebates1954 5 лет назад

    Best of hundreds of garden-related videos I have watched in preparation for the season. Thank you!

  • @jasonwidmer8009
    @jasonwidmer8009 2 года назад

    Watching this yesterday I was educated again. Thank you so much for this. I will be sharing your videos to hopefully get folks adding solitary bee homes.

  • @ArtemusPrime
    @ArtemusPrime 6 лет назад +85

    This is fascinating!! Someday when I can afford having my own house/property I will definitely have bees

    • @PauSinaj
      @PauSinaj 2 года назад +2

      it's been 4 years do you now own a house? Do you now have bees? Please take a moment to reflect, thank you!

    • @ouch..3200
      @ouch..3200 2 года назад

      Then you should watch Netflix series Man vs bee😅

    • @xXwasup55Xx
      @xXwasup55Xx Год назад

      Why wait fuck your landlord

  • @jhl3653
    @jhl3653 6 лет назад +4

    Thank you lovely ladies for this important work!!!

  • @SansaStarkofWinterfell
    @SansaStarkofWinterfell 7 лет назад +11

    Thanks so much for all the information Emily & Rebekah. That was a wonderful presentation!
    🌾Merry meet 🌿

  • @johndalenino
    @johndalenino 3 года назад

    Great presentation! I have a new resident of a solitary leaft cutter bee in my garden, made proof by the circular cuts on my jasmine tree. The bee is so cute. I love seeing it when I water

  • @imwearingcons1137
    @imwearingcons1137 6 лет назад +2

    Wow! I have never heard this method of bee keeping! Seems like a fun family hobby to go along with our gardening!

  • @aidanmccormack5443
    @aidanmccormack5443 6 лет назад +8

    Very informative, thanks so much! Especially the part about the difference in care between leafcutters and masons. This helps in my particular area because I’ve started my journey a little late, and my mason bees will be out for a shorter time then I’d like. I’ll be starting leafcutters this year as well, though! Thanks again!

  • @jeffclarke5497
    @jeffclarke5497 Год назад

    Too much fun watching this. Great job! Thanks for your efforts.

  • @SimpleTek
    @SimpleTek 4 года назад

    Fantastic video! I've done videos on bees in greenhouses but this video touched on many things I never even thought of or knew existed! Thank you, I really enjoyed watching it.

  • @EngPheniks
    @EngPheniks 2 года назад +9

    Who else is here after watching the Rowan Atkinson Netflix series of Man vs Bee 🐝🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @precarious333
    @precarious333 6 лет назад

    I LOVE this concept! Just beautiful.

  • @salomearnarsdottir1496
    @salomearnarsdottir1496 6 лет назад

    I could watch this all day

  • @silverskyranch
    @silverskyranch 6 лет назад +2

    Stumbled across this while looking for info about growing my veggies. I have seen no bees at all in my neighborhood, and being allergic to honeybees, I think this might be a wonderful alternative for my garden!

  • @SeanKyle461
    @SeanKyle461 2 года назад +4

    I just looked for the video rowan atkinson was watching lol

  • @UncleVinnys
    @UncleVinnys 2 года назад

    Wow! VERY helpful and a great service to ecology-minded citizens. BIG THANK YOU!

  • @gabbygurloya
    @gabbygurloya 6 лет назад +8

    This is really cool. When I have my first job and my own apartment or house, I think I'll do this! I'm usually terrified of bees.. but I've been trying not to be as I know bee numbers are lowering. This is awesome!

  • @jclarkson3865
    @jclarkson3865 2 года назад +3

    Rowan Atkinson is a legend

  • @saulgoodman7370
    @saulgoodman7370 6 лет назад +1

    Oh my, bees are so beautiful. There has always been this little bee like creature living in an outlet in my backyard. I would see it come and go, usually coming back with a piece of flower in its mouth.

  • @floppinfish
    @floppinfish 6 лет назад

    What a cute video. The animations were adorable.

  • @thomasneal9291
    @thomasneal9291 6 лет назад +30

    be careful with your leafcutters... they can do a number on your local garden simply by cutting circles out of so many leaves. Our roses often looked like swiss cheese by late spring. :)

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 6 лет назад +7

      I like that, but some people might not. Choose Mason bees then...they prefer mud for nest building.

    • @Kameron-The-Crafter
      @Kameron-The-Crafter 2 года назад

      Just rember leaf cutter bees that will pollinate clover.

  • @user-mc9hp7zf3f
    @user-mc9hp7zf3f 4 месяца назад

    Thank you for all the information because because it helps me fall in love with nature especially the pollinators butterflies and all the native solitary bees. On my property.

  • @PJMDS
    @PJMDS 7 лет назад +2

    Awesome video, thank you very much.

  • @bongvicta4545
    @bongvicta4545 6 лет назад +50

    thought the bee @ 1:13 rolled a fat kief blunt

    • @mrurquhart9138
      @mrurquhart9138 6 лет назад +5

      just having a chill sesh after a hard day's pollen collecting

    • @BeeUndercover
      @BeeUndercover 6 лет назад

      I was thinking the exact same thing! But there seem to be bees that thrive on cannabis pollen :)

    • @bradley6386
      @bradley6386 5 лет назад

      Lay off the dope bro. Take a nature hike or something.

  • @a.c.6361
    @a.c.6361 5 лет назад

    This year we are setting up a bee hive for solitary or mason bees by our garden. Last year we noticed we had a few in our garden. So this year we plan to give them a new home.

  • @WildPortraitArtist
    @WildPortraitArtist 6 лет назад +4

    They're so cuuuute! 😍

  • @alm_alb
    @alm_alb 6 лет назад

    So beautiful.

  • @pollinatorprojectroguevall4088
    @pollinatorprojectroguevall4088 5 лет назад

    Excellent video!

  • @Mookiethedog
    @Mookiethedog 7 лет назад

    Great information ladies! Thanks

  • @Trimtank
    @Trimtank 5 лет назад

    Excellent video

  • @jimmyjoebob9040
    @jimmyjoebob9040 6 лет назад +14

    These are known as mason bees! They don't actually produce honey!! But as most bees they are wonderful pollinators!! We keep a bee house in the garden just for that reason!! We also keep butterfly houses for the same reason!!

    • @lupineallen5039
      @lupineallen5039 8 месяцев назад

      94 percent of bees don't make honey! And the ones that do dont make enough for people to harvest. Only 10% of our bees nest in tunnels and cavities like the mason bees, 70% nest underground and so having soil for them to burrow in and native plants to forage on is the best thing you can do for them

  • @GenericWhiteBitch1980
    @GenericWhiteBitch1980 6 лет назад +59

    Wow I knew nothing of these. I’m not sure if we have them in England but they sell little bee houses for gardens so I’m assuming we may have some and I’m just oblivious lol.

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 6 лет назад +1

      Look at the Dave Goulson videos for England. He has them in his yard, so yes, you do have them.

    • @migatron1
      @migatron1 6 лет назад +1

      I have them visiting the garden over the past 2-3 years :¬) So cool to watch!

  • @fcjcheah
    @fcjcheah 2 года назад

    excellent information, thank you!!

  • @elena_9002
    @elena_9002 2 года назад +7

    Who’s here for the tv serie man vs bee ?🐝😂

  • @tiedupsmurf
    @tiedupsmurf 4 года назад

    Great video

  • @goodgravy3047
    @goodgravy3047 6 лет назад

    I loved this.

  • @rip3483
    @rip3483 6 лет назад +3

    Bees are so cool

  • @missologogussy9552
    @missologogussy9552 2 года назад +6

    BEAN vs BEE

  • @nqobizizwesibanda8200
    @nqobizizwesibanda8200 3 года назад

    News to me 😃. Thanks for sharing 🙏

  • @kiro4279
    @kiro4279 Год назад

    Leaf cutter bees are so cool

  • @gmtetwa7
    @gmtetwa7 2 года назад

    Those big beautiful blue eyes, 😍 I came to learn about bee but now I'm in love

  • @Calastein
    @Calastein 2 года назад

    I’d love to hear your thoughts on some of my Solitary Bee habitats on my channel and absolutely loved thus brilliant informative video, thank you 🙏🐝🐝🐝❤️

  • @droolingfangirl
    @droolingfangirl 6 лет назад

    so pretty!

  • @ScienceByMike
    @ScienceByMike 6 лет назад +1

    Great info

  • @DarleneYoungartist
    @DarleneYoungartist 6 лет назад +1

    I didn't know bees could bee so cute.

  • @CrittingOut
    @CrittingOut 4 года назад

    This is so cute

  • @debbiebeck5826
    @debbiebeck5826 6 лет назад +1

    Great help, than you!

  • @GranRey-0
    @GranRey-0 6 лет назад

    I live in an apartment but I have a huge variety of bees coming to my plants so I'm considering getting a bee house!

  • @themachfivepets997
    @themachfivepets997 6 лет назад

    Oh man!! I have leaf cutter bees!!
    Theyre cuuute!

  • @michaelfoort2592
    @michaelfoort2592 Год назад

    Well done

  • @eschmidtiii4673
    @eschmidtiii4673 Год назад

    I have a large log pile from which to make nesting materials: holes 6mm - 8mm, randomly drilled in the ends of short logs stacked under a common roof structure was my thought. I can build several of these and place on my grape trellis posts that line my native pollinator patch. Should I include paper sleeves for harvesting cocoons or allow the natural process to occur? What are your thoughts?

  • @yeetoryeetor8872
    @yeetoryeetor8872 5 лет назад

    THEY ARE SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @McAmber
    @McAmber 3 года назад

    Nice video :)

  • @AeroicaGaming
    @AeroicaGaming 7 лет назад +62

    If I have a rather heavy wasp and humble bee population, can they operate under this condition or will they just get attacked?

    • @IVI00101
      @IVI00101 6 лет назад +92

      Supply them with appropriately sized AKs.

    • @isukwithnames1811
      @isukwithnames1811 6 лет назад +22

      IVI00101 I laughed way harder than I probably should have lol

    • @tomcruise2578
      @tomcruise2578 6 лет назад +15

      be careful doing that, they might a turn on you and become terrorist bees.

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 6 лет назад +10

      All bees suffer from predatory wasps, Bee wolves, are just one of those. It's a balanced system so not something you can do away with. I have lots of types of bees and the wasps here like my white flowers most--(so you could encourage bees most with colored flowers maybe?) The Bumble bees in my yard often seem to prefer the flowers that Honey bees like--European things like lavender. I have lots of native plants so I work at putting out enough floral resources for all of them! (I don't encourage Honey bees and I've no idea where they commute from, but both Honey bees and Bumble bees can fly for miles for flowers. Solitary bees stay closer to home and have much smaller areas that they forage in. since you call them Humble bees, if you are in Europe, then Honey bees belong to your system, unlike in America, where they were imported for pollination, honey and beeswax production.

  • @jackyinhere
    @jackyinhere 6 лет назад +1

    THEY ARE SOOOO CUTEEEEEEE

  • @nathanhale7444
    @nathanhale7444 Год назад

    🎶Don't know if I will
    But until I can find me
    A girl who'll stay
    and won't play games behind me
    I'll be what I be
    A solitary bee
    A sotary bee🐝🎶

  • @brandileema5298
    @brandileema5298 7 лет назад +10

    Thanks for the video, very informative. I always wondered what the bee houses were for. Other than locating them close to a food supply is there any other things to take into consideration when placing a bee house?

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 7 лет назад

      Don't they also like to face the morning sun to get warm more quickly?

    • @ChestersonJack
      @ChestersonJack 6 лет назад

      Lisa Robinson Yep!

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 6 лет назад

      They like clay soil/mud for building mason bee nests--so a damp place in the ground helps them.

  • @kevinstermer5344
    @kevinstermer5344 7 лет назад

    Very informative. Thanks!

  • @Vinegaroon
    @Vinegaroon 7 лет назад +1

    Hymenopterans are awesome.

  • @greynose5650
    @greynose5650 3 года назад

    fyi i was wondering what those gem-looking three dots on their heads were. They're called ocelli and are probably also eyes but we don't reeaally know yet what they do.

  • @pratikbasnet5309
    @pratikbasnet5309 3 года назад

    In which month bee nest of leaf cutter bees should be kept or set up in homes in nepal

  • @bda_deu_jamlu_bhakt
    @bda_deu_jamlu_bhakt 4 года назад +1

    If I built a solitary bee hotel at in this February so will these bees come to my hotel?

  • @vcheekv
    @vcheekv 5 лет назад

    💖🐝💖🐝💖

  • @112barbara
    @112barbara 4 года назад

    Hello, i live in Portugal and i also live in an apartment. I would like to have some solitary bees but i don't know what species(?) it's better for the place i live. How can i know that?

  • @MikeMcRoberts
    @MikeMcRoberts 5 лет назад

    How do multiple bees in the same tube get out?

  • @larryharris7541
    @larryharris7541 4 года назад +1

    I definitely have one of these species in my back patio. They are climbing inside the mason wall. They don't bug me at all. It looks like all their little holes also have leaves hanging out.

  • @mikesnitro
    @mikesnitro 4 года назад

    I'm dealing with a luxury, high rise condominium complex across the river from NYC. The residents are complaining of nuisance bees flying all around their patio doors. It is Giant Resin Bees. I'm not sure if they found holes in the nearby row of elm trees to nest but I can't figure where they are. It is affecting mostly upper level units. The people want them gone, regardless of them being beneficial. I am considering drilling chambers into pieces of wood and hanging them on the property to control the bee harborage, then relocating them to hatch and emerge in a place where they are less of a nuisance.

  • @kevinsenna6349
    @kevinsenna6349 2 года назад +2

    Aposto que vc veio aq pelo filme do Bean

    • @kevinsenna6349
      @kevinsenna6349 2 года назад

      @Joaozinho51 o mágico aq acerta e eu que perco ??? Kkkk vc quem assistiu o show quem paga e vc kkkkk

  • @adventureanglingpnw1821
    @adventureanglingpnw1821 6 лет назад

    Are carpenter bees good pollinators?

  • @abhijatsinghshakya1399
    @abhijatsinghshakya1399 2 года назад

    can you explain there lifecycle, I am really confused in there lifecycle

  • @wielderofspoons
    @wielderofspoons 6 лет назад +1

    Would this explain why I saw a bunch of bees hanging around a wall? I thought they were honey bees (not that I know if there are any other kind of bees in the UK other than Honey and Bumbles) but thinking back there were some holes in the mortar. There were about 3 of them looking like they were trying to get in

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 6 лет назад +1

      Probably. Honey bees would need a larger hole for them to build beeswax to hold larvae and honey.

  • @Apple-qo3uw
    @Apple-qo3uw 5 лет назад

    Do they sting?

  • @myrandomdays8086
    @myrandomdays8086 2 года назад

    Do they sting

  • @UHarshanBlackBoy1995
    @UHarshanBlackBoy1995 3 года назад

    Nice video! The bees and bumble bees are cuter than wasps and hornets. The last one is the enemy of (the) bees.

  • @Kouyou160
    @Kouyou160 6 лет назад

    Is it possible to get honey from these bees?

  • @KellyMPVM
    @KellyMPVM Год назад

    The title is incomplete. N. America is not the only place with solitary bees. Please bee specific in title and description. ;-)

  • @ravan1752
    @ravan1752 6 лет назад

    How did I get here?

  • @enkiimuto1041
    @enkiimuto1041 6 лет назад

    Can you make a video on south american bees?

  • @JavitTheJoker
    @JavitTheJoker 2 года назад +6

    Who else is watching because of Man vs. Bee? 😂

  • @pratikbasnet5309
    @pratikbasnet5309 4 года назад

    are there solitary bees in nepal

  • @ants7279
    @ants7279 6 лет назад +6

    I knew about these before it was cool

  • @ethan8278
    @ethan8278 6 лет назад +1

    Can these bees survive in Australia and do they sting? Also, are they okay with succulents? I keep a lot of succulents.

    • @ChestersonJack
      @ChestersonJack 6 лет назад +1

      I-kun Solitary bees are usually very docile, and there are species that are native to Australia

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 6 лет назад +1

      You have blue-banded bees there that look amazing. I'm sorry I don't know what other bees live there but you must have pollinators that belong there. Do a little research to see what lives there, please do not import anything that does not belong in Australia. Read about what happened when they introduced Bumble bees to Tasmania. Caused a lot of problems.

    • @ethan8278
      @ethan8278 6 лет назад

      Will do!

  • @goldenapplegames2055
    @goldenapplegames2055 7 лет назад +1

    Will my mason/leaf cutter bees attack or be agresseive with my honey bees?

    • @ChestersonJack
      @ChestersonJack 6 лет назад

      Goldenapple Games more likely the other way around lol

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 6 лет назад +3

      No. Honey bees actually work harder when competing with solitary bees.

  • @git_t0v
    @git_t0v 7 лет назад +2

    Do they have stingers?

    • @elevatordailies
      @elevatordailies 6 лет назад

      Females do but sting only when handled roughly. As long as you are gentle you can hold them in your hand without any danger.

  • @cole388
    @cole388 Год назад

    Had one nest in the port of an outdoor TV once... was not fun to clean out

  • @1meeel16
    @1meeel16 2 года назад +5

    Anyone here after watching man vs bee? Lol

  • @PastorPeewee20
    @PastorPeewee20 6 лет назад

    Will these housings produce honey?

  • @pepercat17
    @pepercat17 3 года назад

    Finally after years of seeing small
    Brown bees and thinking "this bee is different. I wish I knew more about this type
    Of bee" I find out about solidarity bees. To think, all this time all the info of bees I was exposed to was purposely pushed by honey bee owners.

  • @bigminigame
    @bigminigame 6 лет назад

    How can an insect bee (lol) this cute ?

  • @rngzus4537
    @rngzus4537 6 лет назад +13

    so do these bees sting?

    • @thephenom724
      @thephenom724 6 лет назад +34

      RNG zus No they are actually quite docile. They'll only sting you if you're trying to squish them.

    • @lisarobinson266
      @lisarobinson266 6 лет назад +4

      They can but rarely do. Gentle bees as a rule.

  • @alexclarke9014
    @alexclarke9014 5 лет назад +1

    Will pesticides sprayed on cherry and apple trees kill the bees?

  • @gabrielkawa3477
    @gabrielkawa3477 2 года назад

    Mason bees are cool