How Do Honeybees Get Their Jobs? | National Geographic
Every honeybee has a job to do. Some are nurses who take care of the brood; some are janitors who clean the hive; others are foragers who gather pollen to make honey. Collectively, honeybees are able to achieve an incredible level of sophistication, especially considering their brains are only the size of sesame seeds. But how are these jobs divvied up, and where do bees learn the skills to execute them?
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Honeybees rely on a mixture of genetics, hormones, and situational necessity to figure out what their job is in the hive. To learn more, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2TzIhz6
What happens in winter?
Undertaker bees 🐝 😂 COME ON...at least spend more than 10 minutes of research before you make a video
@@maevenoor7980 Honeybees will die if they freeze. To survive winter, they store honey and pollen. They eat the stored food, which gives them energy to move, which generates heat.
I maintained a top bar hive for about a year. In the winter, an estimated 90% of the bees died. But, the 10% who survived included the queen. Once food was available, the population quickly rebounded.
In the fall, the workers kick out the drones, and the drones die.
Sesame sized brain, yet does the job efficiently. Perfect design. Undertaker bees are new to me though... Nice one NG
They are such fascinating creatures! If you'd like to learn more about their jobs, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2TzIhz6
Ya but a sesame sized brain for that size body is like our brain size to our size body.
and the most deadly sweat bee , butterflies terminators
and they are really good in what for us would be trigonometry; they communicate 'angles', 'radius', 'degrees' while looking for polen.
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
I love bees so much, so underappreciated.
Why thank you very much :)
Me too, I love them so much.
@@RampinRabit I love you
do you have beehives?
Mee too love bees
Moral:🐝 are more disciplined than humans.
Wow
If you want Communism😂
تماما
@stan G I see you need to practice better English grammer!!
@@elianesparza3452 We live in a financial dictatorship! We are all modern debt slaves! Usury is the root of all evil and leads to a growth compulsion (growth imperative). The cancer of the world. A crime against humanity! The Arsonists are playing firefighters. Georgia Guidestones: *"Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature."* *"Be not a cancer on the earth - leave room for nature - leave room for nature"* *"A total world population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal."* -CNN Founder Ted Turner "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." -Edward Abbey No growth for the sake of growth, but for the debt and the greed of profit. *"Usury - The Cancer of the World"* /watch?v=3g7Ii3jazAY *"Usury War on Humanity"* /watch?v=FEheU28ea3c *"Usury - The Real Reason The Jews Would Kill Jesus All Over Again."* /watch?v=fEuVsCncs44 *"Jews Uniting Against Rothschild Zionist Bankers NWO"* /watch?v=DHO1tDwWdk4 *"It's a Trick, We Always Use It." (calling people "anti-Semitic")"* /watch?v=jUGVPBO9_cA *"You Are a Debt Slave: The Rigged Monetary System Explained"* /watch?v=KoiUTuMAJIQ *"David Rockefeller speaks about population control."* /watch?v=ClqUcScwnn8 *"We're ALL Debt SLAVES - Here's Why"* /watch?v=bH-nBcrTwYI *"Ted Turner Depopulation Plan Exposed (Agenda 21 Openly Admitted!)"* /watch?v=4EVodX6lCWA
What do you call a wasp... A wanna-bee
😂
😂😂😂😂
Yup
Some beekeepers call hornets, "welfare bees". 😁😱
What do you call a Hindu? A wanna-beef!
Bees are so cute when they're inside the screen 🥰.... Until I encounter one in the wild 😱😱😱🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️🏃🏻♀️
They're so unpredictable! If you'd like to learn more about them, you can read on here: on.natgeo.com/2TzIhz6
Bees are friends, wasps are not.
At 01:11 the drone has a varroa destructor mite on its thorax right in the middle. If we can just get those mites under control, the entire world of beekeeping will change for the better. At 03:15 those aren't honey bees, but they are also awesome! Thank you for sharing, bees are an endless source of learning and can lead us to a better understanding of our environment.
Narrators are able to achieve an incredible level of sophistication, especially considering their brains are only the size of sesame seeds. In a few months his hormones will change and he'll find a new job foraging for tin cans or begging for food, poor lil drone.
_they apply for a job and then if they're lucky they get the job._
*Bee movie intensifies*
@@wertyuser798 According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway. Because bees don’t care what humans think is impossible.” SEQ. 75 - “INTRO TO BARRY” INT. BENSON HOUSE - DAY ANGLE ON: Sneakers on the ground. Camera PANS UP to reveal BARRY BENSON’S BEDROOM ANGLE ON: Barry’s hand flipping through different sweaters in his closet. BARRY Yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black, yellow black...oohh, black and yellow... ANGLE ON: Barry wearing the sweater he picked, looking in the mirror. BARRY (CONT’D) Yeah, let’s shake it up a little. He picks the black and yellow one. He then goes to the sink, takes the top off a CONTAINER OF HONEY, and puts some honey into his hair. He squirts some in his mouth and gargles. Then he takes the lid off the bottle, and rolls some on like deodorant. CUT TO: INT. BENSON HOUSE KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS Barry’s mother, JANET BENSON, yells up at Barry. JANET BENSON Barry, breakfast is ready! CUT TO: "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 1. INT. BARRY’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS BARRY Coming! SFX: Phone RINGING. Barry’s antennae vibrate as they RING like a phone. Barry’s hands are wet. He looks around for a towel. BARRY (CONT’D) Hang on a second! He wipes his hands on his sweater, and pulls his antennae down to his ear and mouth. BARRY (CONT'D) Hello? His best friend, ADAM FLAYMAN, is on the other end. ADAM Barry? BARRY Adam? ADAM Can you believe this is happening? BARRY Can’t believe it. I’ll pick you up. Barry sticks his stinger in a sharpener. SFX: BUZZING AS HIS STINGER IS SHARPENED. He tests the sharpness with his finger. SFX: Bing. BARRY (CONT’D) Looking sharp. ANGLE ON: Barry hovering down the hall, sliding down the staircase bannister. Barry’s mother, JANET BENSON, is in the kitchen. JANET BENSON Barry, why don’t you use the stairs? Your father paid good money for those. "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 2. BARRY Sorry, I’m excited. Barry’s father, MARTIN BENSON, ENTERS. He’s reading a NEWSPAPER with the HEADLINE, “Queen gives birth to thousandtuplets: Resting Comfortably.” MARTIN BENSON Here’s the graduate. We’re very proud of you, Son. And a perfect report card, all B’s. JANET BENSON (mushing Barry’s hair) Very proud. BARRY Ma! I’ve got a thing going here. Barry re-adjusts his hair, starts to leave. JANET BENSON You’ve got some lint on your fuzz. She picks it off. BARRY Ow, that’s me! MARTIN BENSON Wave to us. We’ll be in row 118,000. Barry zips off. BARRY Bye! JANET BENSON Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house! CUT TO: SEQ. 750 - DRIVING TO GRADUATION EXT. BEE SUBURB - MORNING A GARAGE DOOR OPENS. Barry drives out in his CAR. "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 3. ANGLE ON: Barry’s friend, ADAM FLAYMAN, standing by the curb. He’s reading a NEWSPAPER with the HEADLINE: “Frisbee Hits Hive: Internet Down. Bee-stander: “I heard a sound, and next thing I knew...wham-o!.” Barry drives up, stops in front of Adam. Adam jumps in. BARRY Hey, Adam. ADAM Hey, Barry. (pointing at Barry’s hair) Is that fuzz gel? BARRY A little. It’s a special day. Finally graduating. ADAM I never thought I’d make it. BARRY Yeah, three days of grade school, three days of high school. ADAM Those were so awkward. BARRY Three days of college. I’m glad I took off one day in the middle and just hitchhiked around the hive. ADAM You did come back different. They drive by a bee who’s jogging. ARTIE Hi Barry! BARRY (to a bee pedestrian) Hey Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good. Barry and Adam drive from the suburbs into the city. ADAM Hey, did you hear about Frankie? "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 4. BARRY Yeah. ADAM You going to his funeral? BARRY No, I’m not going to his funeral. Everybody knows you sting someone you die, you don’t waste it on a squirrel. He was such a hot head. ADAM Yeah, I guess he could’ve just gotten out of the way. The DRIVE through a loop de loop. BARRY AND ADAM Whoa...Whooo...wheee!! ADAM I love this incorporating the amusement park right into our regular day. BARRY I guess that’s why they say we don’t need vacations. CUT TO: SEQ. 95 - GRADUATION EXT. GRADUATION CEREMONY - CONTINUOUS Barry and Adam come to a stop. They exit the car, and fly over the crowd to their seats. * BARRY * (re: graduation ceremony) * Boy, quite a bit of pomp...under * the circumstances. * They land in their seats. BARRY (CONT’D) Well Adam, today we are men. "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 5. ADAM We are. BARRY Bee-men. ADAM Amen! BARRY Hallelujah. Barry hits Adam’s forehead. Adam goes into the rapture. An announcement comes over the PA. ANNOUNCER (V.O) Students, faculty, distinguished bees...please welcome, Dean Buzzwell. ANGLE ON: DEAN BUZZWELL steps up to the podium. The podium has a sign that reads: “Welcome Graduating Class of:”, with train-station style flipping numbers after it. BUZZWELL Welcome New Hive City graduating class of... The numbers on the podium change to 9:15. BUZZWELL (CONT’D) ...9:15. (he clears his throat) And that concludes our graduation ceremonies. And begins your career at Honex Industries. BARRY Are we going to pick our job today? ADAM I heard it’s just orientation. The rows of chairs change in transformer-like mechanical motion to Universal Studios type tour trams. Buzzwell walks off stage. BARRY (re: trams) Whoa, heads up! Here we go. "Bee Movie" - JS REVISIONS 8/13/07 6. SEQ. 125 - “FACTORY” FEMALE VOICE (V.O) Keep your hands and antennas inside the tram .
They are good workers and they have perfect government
@@pogchamp2884 I'm surprised your hands didn't hurt after that
@@pogchamp2884 the harder you try to look intelligent the more idiotic you appear. Dude you're trying way too hard. Bees fly by turning their wings. On the up stroke the wings are close to vertical . Horizontal on the down stroke. I'm exaggerating but its true. Bees don't fly THEY SWIM THRU THE AIR. 😎
Bees genuinely display a very organized society with even a systematic plan for spawning new colonies (colony expansion). I appreciate how thorough you are on the topic @NatGeo
That drone had a varroa mite on it.
Robert Davis it did those spread quick
Also, the first worker bee shown had a deformed front leg.
I noticed that too!
Although it looked very big for a varroa mite.
lol of all the video footage they found a drone with varroa to talk about fertilization. 😂
Thank heavens for these wonderful creatures. If it wasn't for them, we'd be really hungry.
BWoodPhotography we wouldn’t starve without honey. This place is not made only for us and unfortunately we can’t understand the bigger picture, yet?
Alon Jak pollination. They pollinate. That’s how plants are made. Without plants there would be no meat, so we would starve. Edit: Specifically people who rely on land based food sources, and inland food prices would skyrocket, so most would starve.
Explosive Rift Life will go on, natural catastrophes on a much higher scale accrued on planet earth. but life always finds itself regenerating and adapting to the new environment. And as for humans, we will come up with a solution as well. But Of course it would be a shame.
@@explosiverift2037 You would be correct. I am not sure we would starve but our veggie and fruit selection would be greatly decreased and most food prices would greatly increase!
No god but Allah Islam way for peace and real monotheist Search about the truth with honest heart.
The questions is: How much each bee gets paid?
dollars 15 per pound
@@earlmoorman250 hmmm.... Maybe i wanna be a bee.
I wonder if there ever was a rebel bee. Like she couldn’t care about these phases and just do her thing.
I guess according to the number of bees in one colony, the accidental mutation like this would be real.
They would probably be neglected/killed if that did happen
They are expelled
Hello . what's up?
You would be considered a guard bee...watch out...if you sting you die.
What about the living on welfare bees?
Only the welfare queen does that. The rest all have a job to do.
Drones are fairly laid back
"What about the living on welfare bees?" ~ You mean the fat ones with emphysema? they chill South of the tracks.....
the queen lays from 1000 to 2000 eggs a day.... you call this "not doing anything" ?
@@danster4713 probably meant the males. They literally do nothing
Beauty and perfection combined together ❤️❤️
In the Holy Quran there is a chapter called “The Bees” In which Gods creativity is shown through the instinct of the bees 🙏🏼
Drones get a bad rap. Without them, the hive would have no structure and of course bees would go extinct
They also get focused by other pests like mites :(
Nicely done, and a narrator so we can watch the video footage!! Thanks!
Thanks for the wonderful footage! Is this a varroa mite riding on the back of the drone in the video? Varroa destructor is making the life of our busy honey bees even more difficult.
hilarious they had drone footage with varroa
How Honeybees get their jobs ? *They apply and clear the interviews and exams*
If they went on strike it was for more honey and shorter flowers haha
This is my third year of keeping bees. I still know so little, but learning everyday. I take as good care of them as i can. I do take some honey from them, but i make sure i leave them plenty for the winter
This is the only insect that I defend from other humans. Especially coming from a city which relied on honey as a major economy during harsh days.
Thanks......from the bees.
Beeautiful.
Bees would like to live in your location
What city would that be?
They look for a job at local beesnesses, but to get the job they want they need to know all of the proper buzz-words. But once they get accepted, that's when they get to rake in the honey!
LMAO!!! Good one.
They’re so cute.
That moment when you realise a colony of bees with tiny brains is more successful than humanity
It’s because the god Allah No god but Allah Islam way for peace and real monotheist Search about the truth with honest heart
What? I get it to a degree. Bees are awesome. I guarantee you not one bee has ever written a poem or discovered calculus. They also haven’t created entire cities with tens of millions of themselves doing more than a handful of jobs
@@amany247bees don’t believe in god, and if anything it’s religions fault for bad things in the world
They will have no revolutions and the most dreamy things about is that they “dance”😂
You aren’t very smart are you 😭
Amazing video thank you!❤
So a male bee is just a male concubine?
Pretty much. They're just about useless.
Not really actually. They do keep the hive warm too. Admittedly this is much much much less than what female bees do, but still. Also they die doing their other job, so maybe they deserve some recognition after all ;)
@FichDichInDemArsch All edge and no point.
@FichDichInDemArsch Your mother is disappointed in you
@FichDichInDemArsch Whew, I was worried for a second. Tell your mom I said hi
Didn't anybody notice the mite on the drone at 1:06 ?
funny how they found drone footage with varroa lol
Isn't that a marked queen?
Fast forward to 1:10 seconds...I believe that is a Varroa mite on the drones back.
yeah that was weird that their footage had a varroa on the drone. good catch.
Yep, very common for drones, since their incubation period is longer than that of worker bees. That’s precisely why there are drone frames as a natural way to cut down on varroa populations in apiaries
Yep it is! A big glossy Varroa Mite!
Sometimes the queen bee will be marked to identify her more quickly. Looks big so it the queen bee
Bees are wonderful! We need to take good care of them!
You go girls!
Those individual bees they show are all really cute!
Honeybees are the greatest creature of all time to me. Always so fascinated by everything they do and are.
1:13sec. GIANT mite on this drones back! Blood thirsty lil killers. Treat that hive before they’re dead!
regards insect seeker from indonesia 😊🙏
The narrator said that it is a thankless life, but they look pretty happy to me!
"I'll Bee back"
Beeautiful.
"And it shall come to pass in that day that the Lord shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet; and it shall also consume the beard." - 2 Nephi 17:18-20, Book of Mormon
bees is respected in all religion. bees is a model for democracy too. all decisions make by worker. everything including finding place to settle electing the queen done by worker. if one electing queen won and another lose the worker bee even prevent them from 1 on 1 fight and bloosdhed.
Very interesting! I wonder if they laugh, sing or play, that kind of life seems boring, like robots or machines.
According to famous bee researcher, von Fritcsh, young bees have been observed playing.
@@stansmith4054 If so, I feel happy for the bees!
Bees have it easy, no soul-searching for what to do.
Bees can switch roles, when needed, though. Sometimes circumstances change, so they have some ability to 'soul search' but who knows what that's like? :)
@@TragoudistrosMPH As you're describing it though, it would only be out of necessity, so they would already know the new role they need to fulfill, no "soul searching" necessary. Surely they don't have the mental ability to be imaginative, just go from A to B with every "decision".
@@Tentacular dude (or dudette) actually they are fascinating, look up their voting systems for determining the next hive location. Several bees find new spots, and they describe the location, and the bees vote on where to live, majority taking hold. Bees communicate, so we can observe a little of their decision making. We can see the A to B but we don't know. Same how our parents make decision B to response A, but we can only guess why. We get better at guessing as we know them more, but remember how often we find out there is more to the story? Parents hide a lot from us. (It's only relevant because "we don't know what we don't know" and if it's true with the ones closest to us, millions of years of differences can be staggeringly different :) ) Scientifically, how could we test their experience? We really don't even know the minimum amount of brain needed for emotions. Maybe they do, maybe they don't?
@@TragoudistrosMPH I think you are romanticising them too much. There's always logic to everything. Emotion is not some magical thing above science.
@@Tentacular and that's my point. Is emotion special? Philosophy and religion are the reasons Western societies think emotions are special because we are 'special/higher beings'. Science started with that premise and is testing it, but you have to start with either animals do or don't have emotions. I don't see proof for either, but I'd lean towards emotions because general feelings and preferences sound more plausible than finely tuned reactions to so many varied situations. Preferences, alone, make me think it's likely, because we typically feel out preferences. I don't know a good scientific test for it, so I'm not decided :) The voting isn't romanticization, the scouts compete, describing the location they found and the bees select among those. I didn't describe how or even if they feel anyway about it. It's interesting stuff, though.
Q: How do honeybees get their jobs? A: Attend a job interview la.
After watching this video I realized that being a worker bee is like being my wife.
Varroa mite on that drone is driving me crazy
I love Bees!
I THOUGHT this question was answered by the Bee Movie.
1:13 Varoa Mite, the security Guard bees missed this
smh that first drone has a mite on his back.
Like for the bee
Beautiful bees 🐝 😍
Keeping bees is magical. so underated
2:38 does not look like a honey bee to me. Looks more like a bumble bee. The varroa mite at 1:10 drives me crazy, as they are probably the biggest factor in honey bee deaths.
I'm sad now😕, when I see a bee🐝 going from flower🌺 to flower🌻, I'll now know it's days are numbered 🤔
Bees are cool
*Plot Twist: **_They apply online_*
❤️🐝🎉nice today, all about bees 👍👍👍
At 2:30 you say they leave the hive to collect pollen. Correct me if I'm wrong. But don't they go out to collect nectar, and the pollen is there from the plants for their own reproduction, not really used by the bees.
Bees also bring back pollen. It is made into something called bee bread and is fed to baby bees.
Agree with Stan. Nectar is not a source of protein, but pollen is. The bees bring it back to feed the brood so they can grow. Do a Google image search of "bee pollen basket", and you'll see the bees carry the pollen on their rear legs to bring back to the hive.
Bees important animal in the world no pollination no food no world
Love how they managed to film a drone with a huge big varroa mite sitting on it.
Im a beekeeper and i love bees!😍😍😍
The reason every insects queen is so big is because they are packed great knowledge for teaching the little workers.
they need that big body to keep producing more larve for their colonies.
it's bc it's full of secrets
I wish we could combine the photography of NG with the narration and music of the BBC. This sounds like my 14-year-old nephew trying to use big words.
Somewhere in space there’s a video just like this but with humans
Soubhan Allah WA behamdihe Soubhan Allah aal3athem.
God's handywork is incredible to see, astonishing creatures.
Fantastic video ! This is miracle of nature!
wow... really cool stuff.
Bees are such a marvel! That's why we have to do our part to save the bees!
The drone at 1:07 has a varroa mite on its back.
I’m curious, what will that mite do?
bees have infinity and discipline than humans....
Tanks for your information 👍
My Lord is a genuine!! 😍🐝😍
今天是世界蜜蜂日。20-5-2021. World bees day.大家要愛護蜜蜂。
Til we make them extinct.......
Thanks for this video it helps me to understand and study easily
Homey bee are the follower of natural principal of God.And these are admirable to see.
Wow now I really understand the expressions "worker bee" and "busy as a bee".
It’s really informative.
Did anyone notice the Varroa Mite on the drone bee?
I like to learn more about 🐝
Im actually passionate about being a beekeeper!
did you became a beekeeper yet?
Are you beekeeper now? 🐝
1:10 is that a Varroa?
I 💛 🐝's. Help preserve the 🐝
Está bem ..abelha!! Apesar de já ter sido picada várias vezes por abelhas ...não é por isso que deido de admirá-las e até tenho pena ...porque sei que a seguir morrem!! Este processo tão hierarquizado ...tudo é planificado ao pormenor para que nada falhe ...já tive oportunidade de ver de perto porque conheço colmeias e quem produza o mel ...Este néctar natural e faz bem à saúde!! Cada vez há menos abelhas .. a polonizacao e tao importante e vital?!! Há menos insectos ...muitas causas?? As vespas andam aí!!
E são essas mesmas malditas vespas(especialmente a asiática já em Portugal) que a população tem diminuido...
lovely beeessss!!!
reminds me of bee movie 😂
SubhanAllah `adada maa khalaq, SubhanAllah mil`a maa khalaq, SubhanAllah `adada maa fee-s-samawati wa maa fil`ardhi, SubhanAllah ’adada maa ahsaa kitabahu, wa SubhanAllah `alaa maa ahsaa kitaabahu, wa SubhanAllah `adada kuli shayy, wa SubhanAllah mil`a kuli shayy”
1:12 a drone with a varroa parasite on it... lol
Do you see the Mite?
Dean Buzzwell: Chose your job! Barry: 0:22
Wait they don't use LinkedIn?
Super
So the queen bee doesn't need to mate to produce offspring, so weird
Amazing!
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
Even Einstein understood how important bees are
Yes. I think he said that when bees go extinct, humans will only have about 5 years left. Interesting.
@@stansmith4054 right
I love honey bees, I am not a bee keeper, but I plant flowers for honey bees and butterflies. It just surprised me how good they are around me, they never sting me at all. I have one concern though, I put hummingbird nectar in my garden, and the bees are the one who consume it and looks like they become fatter lol.
Hahaha didn't know bees can gain weight!
I feed my bees on cheeseburgers & fries.
Dirty little Mite on the drones back
1:11 that varroa is free riding
Did anyone else see the Varroa mite on the drone?