Amazing Time-Lapse: Bees Hatch Before Your Eyes | National Geographic
Witness the eerily beautiful growth of larvae into bees in this mesmerizing time-lapse video from photographer Anand Varma. Varma said the six-month project, for which he built a beehive in his workshop, gave him a new respect for the meticulous job of beekeeping.
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at 1:02 that one bee on the left was like "Hold on, I think I left my phone in here somewhere"
LOL😂
so true so true man..
+JerrickoGT growtopia srsly bad game coped terraria
+BLEACH Best profile name and pic ever! I'd steal it but....there can be only one...
+Rubbeh Please learn to spell okay?
RIP middle bee. Fallen but never forgotten
why
Rip also other two bees
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Pretty sure theyr just taking a bit longer to mature :/
@@bobjobjoe8887 mites killed them
Let's take a moment to appreciate the cameraman who had to disguise himself as a bee and infiltrate a hive in order to take this video......
I bet you cameramans are invincible The are the best They have the real power
Maybe he just zoomed in
Yes
Inside Job.
Bruh you cannot be this stupid.... these are obviously paid actors
Omg the first thing they do is clean eachother up. That's just adorable.
WHAT?! i thought its french kiss
That's not cleaning lol 😅 I'm guessing they're trying to EAT anything they can find around.. it's the most basic instinct.
@@AnasKhan-ht2tb there's capped honey in hives, they don't search for food. The queen also decreases egg production during winter because food is low and increases production in summer months when food is abundant. There's also nurse bees who care for the developing pupae - they are well fed and taken care of. This is a very organized system.
@@namehere4954 Okay, that sounds more authentic. I'm gonna go with what you said..
@@AnasKhan-ht2tb I kept bees for 6 years. They're magic - truly beautiful to watch. The coolest thing was in 2017 when the eclipse hit my area, they all filed back into the hive like it was night & then flew back out once it passed. I have a video of it that I need to upload!
I was watching the one in the middle. It never hatched. Never forget, middle bee... ):
We'll always remember you, middle bee !
Connor King don't forget top left bee
RIP
actually in the end of the video we see how it's skin begin to shrivel a bit so i guess it's hatch was off the screen
Connor King RIP
I like how they celebrate their birth by furiously tongue kissing each other.
Lol celebration perverted bees
Lol. .I thought those tongues were moving rather quickly, now I know why...lol
they clean the place of birth before getting out.workaholics ha ha
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This comment have 666 likes. I wanna like it but i dont want to break it
Time to simp for the queen -bees right after they were hatched
😂😂😂😂 But isn't queen also their mom?
No I don't think they are from England
Simping perfected 👌
Lmaoo
lmaoo good one!
I was literally waiting for the middle one at the end, guess he didn't make it Edit: i really hope the middle one made it after filming.
Same here 🤣
@@martinsimeonov1563 😅
@@tishamania8902 same
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they have all died anyway
For those wondering, the varroa mites seen in the video are parasites that suck the hemolymph (Essentially blood) of the bees. This weakens the bee directly and also may lead to the transfer of viruses, which could significantly damage a bee colony.
I was going to ask what they were. Thanks for putting this in the comments! 😄
Doesnt the bee security division stop them?
This parasite comes from south east Asia. Bees of this area can deal with it and kick their asses any day. Sadly, human activities imported those mites in Europe, North America, you name it...where bees never had to deal with this parasite. So they don't know what to do and if the infestation is big enough, it will eventually destroy the whole hive. It's a big, big problem. Some say it's the top reason of the disappearance of the bees along with pesticides. A worldwide problem. Beekeepers, bee's best friends, have their ways of dealing with varroa destructor ( the name of this god damn mite ). I think we should all be beekeepers if we have the chance. I know I will :)
Bradley carter_2181110 what if bees eat the mites
Put them with the messed up breeding experiment that is the killer bee.
KZhead: Trust me, they will watch anything during quarantine.
Lame
Facts
соня - меха ? Do you mean the comment was copied?
How do you know that? You shouldn't it could be dangerous.
I thought quarantine is over...
I like as soon as they're done cookin, they just start licking everything around them like, hey, how's it going *lick lick lickey lick lick tastey taste taste...*
Is that what was sticking out of them at the end? Their tongues?
Well its not just anything ...it makes us think how even every small things on this planet has this much detail ..its a miracle of creation
Lmao this is comical, you don’t have to correct him, if you want to marvel at evolution do that yourself
truly is a miracle. look at how complex our own bodies are. amazing how much time and thought was put into everything. stepping back for a moment and just thinking about life really makes you appreciate everything a little bit more.
@@Animeshelly0120 considering that it is that way because less adapted (or attractive) creatures got replaced by creatures that are more well adapted (and or more attractive), until they eventually cleaned former creatures from the Genpool I'd say little to no thought went into the way the look
@@ruhage It would be instructive to learn how the human eye developed from an evolutionist standpoint. Or the human liver. Or lungs. And then finally the brain. There is no evolutionist explanation for the complexity of the human body.
@@leejames6800 you see according to Darwin every ever so slight survival benefit will spread so just having a DNA sequence that will make a barely noticeable difference will as long as the change caused by the sequence is beneficial spread and that's why in theory all species are perfectly adapted to there environment and Perfektion comes from the small things and having a lot of small things that each do something very specific and different is the definition of complexity Edit :in practice environmental and ecological factors change a little bit which makes absolute perfection impossible to achieve
Everyone talking bout middle bee but never Top left Bee or that other one that wasn't apart of the hexagon Sad..
I was just about to comment this.
did they die or something?
@@savingfoam7979 varroa parasites
why didn't they hatch
.. The bees are weird. Some how
Watch larva transform into bees before your eyes in this mesmerizing time-lapse video by photographer Anand Varma.
very cool, hey Kaylee Curtis check it out
سبحان الله
at first glance I thought it was a box of Russell Stovers
Wow That is really amazing! Thanks
Amazing photography showing nature's fantastic capabilities! Really enjoyed this video!!
Bees are amazing insects. They need our respect.
They deserve too
In that way all insects deserve respect.
@@raymonskariah6962 Yes indeed!
@@raymonskariah6962 roaches too?
They don't need or deserve respect. They're just insects. (Bees and butterflies and such insects are exceptional, firefly too)
The heart shape is beautiful and inspiring. What a beautiful world.
It was sad that the middle one didn't make it like the otherd
J 7 The last flower that blooms is the most beautiful.
Hãris حارس it's a female that is why I guess..
stanislaus pereira Every bee whose purpose is not to mate is a girl.
J 7 *others*
Hãris حارس there is parasite
0:07 *Forbidden loading screen*
lmfao
i guess nobody understood it. its the best comment.
lmao
It reminded me more of the Zerg larvae morphing, in StarCraft 2
True
Вот это настоящее чудо.Какая красота, большое спасибо за видео.😊👍❤️❤️❤️
No One Asked
@@whatdadogdoin6178 stop
@@bobabeach6248 No One Asked
@@whatdadogdoin6178 your mom
@@abdullah-bk6zi can't argue with that
1:03 lol, That one bee trying to get back into her cell, like "I don't want adulthood!"
Can't we relate sometimes? 😅
WE WANT A LONGER, MORE DETAILED VIDEO, PRETTY PLEASE.
k njoy ur 1 month long vidyo
+I Won A Math Debate lol !
and a bit longer to
A couple of years ago I found what looked like a very tired bee in my back garden. I picked him up with the use of a small stick but he wouldn't fly off. So I decided to give him some honey on a spoon. Looking at the bees in this video reminded me of that day, because near the end, you can see their tongues out, licking the sides of their 'birth channels'. I watched as the bee licked the honey from the spoon. He then flew off.
awesome! thanks!
K m8
why does this sound like a drake song lmaoo
***** Bees don't shit honey...
+Skeletal King her* own barf*
Simply beautiful and amazing at how intricate and complex the maturation cycle of insects are, truly a masterpiece of nature.
That composition with these shots is truly spectacular. Something about it is just simplistically beautiful and analytic.
0:06 Shoutout to that one larva who didn't make it. Your time may have been short, but you showed the whole world your love and greatness. Much appreciated. Rest in peace bro.
"here is a bee egg as it hatches into a larvae" larvae: *starts breakdancing*
underrated
I was looking just for this exact comment.
I get that these are joke comments but they are getting cringy.
@@User62728 my comment is older than your acc, shut up and keep it to yourself:D
" It's like that, It is just the way It is"....HUuah🌪️
I loved how they greeted each other kissing soon after hatching...
Its so poetic how the one in the middle never fully grew, or even saw it grow.
U mean pathetic or really poetic👀👀
Neither pathetic nor poetic
Its like pottery
Would have been really good to watch if the last 2 seconds a quarter of the bees hadn’t been covered with an anouncement for the next video!!!!
There's a way to get rid of it. Just keep long pressing the video pulling it down a little
@@runnn943 wow it worked thanks
@@runnn943 you have my thanks sir 👍
@@runnn943 fun fact hahhaha
I know, happens Everytime.
0:50 "FUCK YEAH! I'ma get out! Finally!" 0:53 "EYY! I'M EVOLVIN' ERR!" 0:54 "RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE"
XD!
LOL
Kaukuna! Evolve into Beedrill!
Those three are ultralisks; They hatch longer of course.
What are ultralisks?
@@kotresh most powerful unit of the swarm.
The swarm devours...
@@kotresh I think it's a Warhammer thing.
For those who are wondering how all these shorts are taken it's taken by our invincible cameraman lets appreciate that how he becomes a bee and then take these shorts so hats off to the cameraman🤛
👏
Uncle Bee: I knew you when you were a larva this small.
Youre corny...you deserve 1k likes
@@Doggmatic_ you're corny, this deserves 10 likes
@@xamo8667 You don't deserve any likes at all, but I love you
@@jumalakohtuotsus4174 lmao
Absolutely amazing. The growth process is just amazing. The 0:31 showing the inside growth is just amazing.
Wonderful nature. ❤
It’s cool how bees start of as maggot like larvae and become the things you see flying around outside
Well that's because they are larvae lol .
Love how they all stick their tounges out at eachother near the end aww
They are like "hehehe I hached first **shows tounge** hehe"
Absolutely stunning. Anand is beyond creative, innovative and because of him I got to see a glimpse into a world I would have never seen in my lifetime. And to think he spent 6 months on this project amounting to 1 minute, that one minute was just incredible to see.
The development of any living being is quite fascinating but especially the development of a baby in the womb.
Hmmm
have you ever read the development of a caterpillar to a butterfly? they literally desintegrate into a goop and reintegrate into a totally different insect. Its mindblowing
Don’t worry, libs are more fascinated with bugs than babies. They will have no problem trying to protect one, and slice to pieces the other. Because, priorities.
Yet some people don't believe in a creator with perfect design 🤔
This entire comment thread is why people hate us Christians now
Как прекрасна природа
1:01 Bee : Dammit i think i left my phone somewhere
bees are beautiful creatures and one of the reasons I appreciate life.
Those baby bees were playing a symphony while they were developing.😂🐝 🐝
I like how immediately theyre feelin and lickin eachother like "hey bro i was born!!" "no way bro me too bro!!"
Awww... That's sad to see the mites living off of the blood of the poor babies
Kinda like the Jewish dude performing a circumcision.
+Jacob Smith or a black person seeing green
Kinda like the dairy industry.
+Mike Beach just like your attitude.
+Beach Bum or, have a baby and produce honey that your kid will most likely eat because it was stolen from the bees nest forcefully.
Beautiful. That last bee looks like he's trying to get back to pupae stage. Like he had a taste of bee life and "nope-d" out lol
You'll be missed middle bee, other than that everything was truly amaziynd beautiful
Yes
Also the other 2 bees
@@chethiyashakya127 oh yaas-
Beautiful... That's an Act of Life itself ...
Who else focused on the middle one and played the video again focussing another to see the transformation..?
Nobody tacking about the other two fallen oyu guys dont care for them
Me me me!!
it's beautiful and horrible at the same time ❤🙈
@Verix L here's my reply Hi
Wow!!! Epic! I love this , thank you for capturing something that we could never see without the lens.
That was truly amazing. God is good♥️
0:30 you can see a parasite on a bee 🐝
Those feed on there bloodied think
Those mites are one of the reasons why bees aren't having such a good time these days, or so I've been told
Those killing bees and thats why the middle bee didnt hatch
Έχει βαρροα,δεν τους εκανε θεραπεία με οξαλικο μαλλον
MegaDude World Wow, try to imagine: You are born as a bee in a comb, waitting day by day drinking the sweet that your brother and sister gave you, and you notice a little friend here, they're seem like a friendly little guy just in a crust with you. After more day past by, and you haven't leave the crust, yet your other brother and sister has already left their crust "Why can't i get out of my crust?" Said the bee, "Wait a little while and you may free" said a little red bug on you Time went by more and more till you started to die, and after your death, the bug said "Thank you for the tasty meal, i hope the other tast like you" said the with a joyful tone And that how i see it
Mother nature is beautiful.
It really does get no more awesome than that. Like seriously. Much respect to our little pollinators.
This is the best KZhead reccomendation. I love it..
Evolution is truly amazing.
Nothing more truly amazing than organisms developing trough millions of years to survive, ending in the masterpiece that are the bees.
Surely I'm not the only person wondering this, but how come all but three finished transmorphism? Did those three die in the process?
i think because of the verroro mites
+Bron Bron Mad FUCK THOSE MITES
I think they were just laid later than the others. If you look early on in the video, you can see that their larvae look a lot smaller than the ones around them. So it's possible the others just got a head start and in a day or so they'll finish transforming, too.
They died because of the mites ugh
the mites suck the bees dry. they are just like flees they feed off them. I really hate those buggers if you don't control the situation it can kill a whole bee hive off.
IN MY VIEW This is FANTASTIC camera footage. Wow.
Amazing transformation,kudos national geographic.
DAMN VERROA MITES. JUST DAMN.
A FUCKING GREED
i know i saw that wtf that hive has gotta be burned.
0:44 it shaped like a heart❤.Awesome🤩🤩😍😍
This is awesome
Of course bees hatch before my eyes, if my eyes ever hatched that sounds like it'd be painful
It’s amazing on how a bees body starts developing just like how we develop in our mommies tummies. When we’re like 9 weeks old or something our bodies are kinda see through like the wasps!
The way they were greeting each other 🤗
How do you know they were greeting?
I like how the bee at 1:02 was like hold up I forgot my food and went back in multiple times
Nature entertains more than anything in world
0:28 stupid mites... hate those damn things
Agreed
I thought they were bedbugs!!
All they want to do is repopulate but basically they are sucking the blood from the bees and they do cause an infestation causing diseases to the bees so yeah that's pretty bad for them....
am I okay if I can like relate to your hate
Use Manley syrup to kill them off. I don't know the proportions, but you dissolve thymol in really pure grain alcohol, then mix a little of that into sugar and hot water to make a thin syrup for the bees to eat in the winter.
Am I the only one who thought the bees were cute?
+Eric YuXiang Li Bees are great, Wasps are terrible.
Nope
I thought so.
+Sha Gonzalez that the bees looked cute as they hatched
+Eric YuXiang Li bumblebees are cute
Every life process is magical...so sensuous, so intricate❤️
this intricating process don't leave me a choice but to believe in god...how amazing
@@amernew3ful Yup
This is truly amazing
Why the hell do varroa mites exist? Like damn.
the same reason scammers exist.
+Sod Alfredsod lol
Cause atheism said Evolution is the best...
because mites evolve to take advantage to other animals, while bees cant evolve because of us(stress from human activities,insecticides)
evolution isn't "the best" its just reality
It literally just showed how a Weedle evolved into a Kakuna and then a Beedrill.
This is mind-blowing!
Чудо! Спасибо!!!
So that's how they beecame bees
*Beestality
beesically
btpbtpbtp oml your comment is too good.
Kill it with fire (not the bees)
Ya like jazz ?
Pretty great! I've always wanted to see a timelapse of the pupae developing and the larvae shedding. You usually don't see it because they are sealed up under wax.
you look a bit too big and old to be a treecko
Great character development in this film
In one of the chapters of William Gibson's Neuromancer, the protagonist, Case, stares at a wasp nest cut in half while high. He compares it to a "biological machine gun" or something among those lines. He then starts going on about how perfect the "system" under which the wasps live is perfect and at the same time inhumane, with each wasp that dies being replaced by another one. He also says that he felt that looking at the nest was very unnerving for him. This video reminds me of that chapter.
What good do wasps do again? They're poisonous, and I don't want the insects themselves or nest around my living arrangements.
@@emilyandrews9857 What, do you think I keep a wasp nest on my living room or something? They have an important ecological job, though. And I'm sure they don't like you very much also. Though I don't blame them for that.
Fascinating... I love nature...
This is amazing.
Wow!!!
me too :)
As playing Pokemon Go: "A Larva?" Throws Pokeball. "Oh no. It evolved into a bee."
فتبارك الله أحسن الخالقين
Miraculous. Thank you.
1:08 OMG LOOK You press on it yet? MUAHAHAHAHA
"So...You like jazz?"
What an amazing creation of the Creator, think who is behind this amazing process of becoming something from nothing!
Wowww.... Thought that the effort you people are taking this entire process video.... Really appreciable ❤❤❤❤
Amazing time-lapse! Amazing world and natural masterpiece
Stunning.
How freaking neat!!! Thanx algorithm!
Nature is amazing!!
No one: Subtitles: *HERE IS A B EGG*
XD i like the way the 1st one to leave the pod climbs back in head 1st
هذا خلق الله فاررني ماذا خلق الذين من دونه سبحانكً ربَي ما اعظمك 👐
Happy Birthday Angel.
nature always leaves me in awe.
middle one didn't hatch......*R.I.P the middle would-be Bee*
Who cares im worried about the bee that hatched but got its head stuck in the hole it was born in
I did hatch but it didnt fully evolve
Same for the other two.
Amazing vid of a magnificent creature.
This was beautiful.....like beautiful...loved it