WEBVTT 00:01.433 --> 00:05.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: OOOHHH. HONEY. YUM! 00:05.266 --> 00:08.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% HEY WE WOULDN'T HAVE HONEY IF IT WEREN'T FOR BEES. 00:08.266 --> 00:10.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN FACT, WE WOULDN'T HAVE FOODS OF MANY KINDS IF IT WEREN'T FOR 00:10.900 --> 00:11.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEES. 00:11.800 --> 00:15.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEES PLAY A KEY ROLE IN OUR FOOD PRODUCTION, SO BEES ARE 00:15.333 --> 00:16.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% IMPORTANT. 00:17.266 --> 00:24.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% (MUSIC) CARTAN-HANSEN: A BEE IS AN 00:24.633 --> 00:28.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% INSECT, AND ALL INSECTS HAVE THREE MAIN BODY PARTS -- A HEAD, 00:28.633 --> 00:32.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% A THORAX, AND AN ABDOMEN. 00:32.266 --> 00:35.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ARE MORE THAN 20,000 DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEES ALL OVER 00:35.433 --> 00:39.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WORLD AND THE HONEY BEE IS THE MOST WELL KNOWN. 00:39.900 --> 00:43.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% A HONEY BEE HAS TWO ANTENNA TO HELP THE BEE TOUCH, TASTE, AND 00:43.600 --> 00:44.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% SMELL. 00:44.967 --> 00:48.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT HAS A LONG TONGUE CALLED A PROBOSCIS. 00:48.000 --> 00:50.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEES USE IT TO SIP NECTAR FROM FLOWERS. 00:50.867 --> 00:54.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% A HONEY BEE HAS COMPOUND EYES, WHICH MEANS THE EYES ARE MADE UP 00:54.266 --> 00:56.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF MANY TINY PARTS. 00:56.433 --> 00:59.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% HONEY BEES HAVE FOUR WINGS THAT ALLOW IT TO FLY UP TO 10 HOURS A 00:59.533 --> 01:01.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% DAY. 01:01.800 --> 01:04.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT BUZZ YOU HEAR (BUZZING) 01:04.266 --> 01:07.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% ITS THE SOUND OF THE BEE FLAPPING ITS WINGS AT OVER 200 01:07.633 --> 01:09.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% TIMES A SECOND. 01:09.700 --> 01:13.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT HAS A SPECIAL STOMACH TO HOLD NECTAR, AND ITS BODY IS COVERED 01:13.000 --> 01:15.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITH HAIR TO HELP PICK UP POLLEN. 01:15.700 --> 01:19.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% HONEY BEES HAVE BRIGHT STRIPES TO SCARE ENEMIES AWAY, AND SHARP 01:19.066 --> 01:21.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% STINGERS. 01:21.000 --> 01:23.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIKE PEOPLE, HONEY BEES ARE SOCIAL CREATURES. 01:23.967 --> 01:26.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY LIVE TOGETHER IN A COLONY. 01:26.066 --> 01:28.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PLACE A HONEY BEE LIVES IS CALLED A HIVE. 01:28.900 --> 01:31.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% HIVES CAN BE IN TREES, IN THE GROUND, OR IF THE BEES ARE BEING 01:31.533 --> 01:36.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% RAISED BY BEEKEEPERS, THEY LIVE IN BOXES LIKE THESE. 01:36.166 --> 01:38.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% HONEY BEES LIVE A VERY BUSY LIFE. 01:38.633 --> 01:40.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE QUEEN BEE RULES THE HIVE. 01:40.600 --> 01:44.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHE CAN LAY THOUSANDS OF EGGS IN A DAY. 01:44.000 --> 01:45.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% DRONES ARE MALE BEES. 01:45.734 --> 01:47.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY MATE WITH A QUEEN BEE. 01:47.700 --> 01:50.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE REST ARE WORKER BEES, AND THEY ARE ALL FEMALE. 01:50.734 --> 01:52.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DON'T LAY EGGS. 01:52.066 --> 01:54.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DO ALL THE OTHER JOBS. 01:54.533 --> 01:58.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOUSEWORKER BEES MAKE THE HONEY COMB CELLS YOU SEE IN A HIVE. 01:58.333 --> 02:01.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% THESE CELLS ARE MADE OUT OF WAX THAT COMES OUT OF THE BEE'S 02:01.367 --> 02:02.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% BODY. 02:02.867 --> 02:06.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CELLS ARE MADE INTO SIX-SIDED HEXAGONAL SHAPES. 02:06.333 --> 02:09.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE QUEEN BEE LAYS EGGS IN SOME CELLS, AND OTHER BEES STORE 02:09.166 --> 02:10.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% NECTAR AND POLLEN IN THE REST. 02:10.900 --> 02:14.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOUSEWORKER BEES TEND THE EGGS AS THEY DEVELOP INTO LARVA, AND 02:14.900 --> 02:17.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEN HATCH INTO BABY BEES. 02:17.533 --> 02:20.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% GUARD BEES PROTECT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HIVE. 02:20.333 --> 02:22.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY MAKE SURE BEES FROM OTHER COLONIES DON'T GET INTO THE 02:22.800 --> 02:23.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% HIVE. 02:23.734 --> 02:26.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND HOW DO THEY TELL A ROBBER BEE FROM ONE OF THEIR OWN? 02:26.967 --> 02:28.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% BY SMELL. 02:28.533 --> 02:31.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEES IN A HIVE GENERALLY ALL COME FROM ONE QUEEN, SO THEY ALL 02:31.333 --> 02:33.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHARE HER SCENT. 02:33.066 --> 02:37.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO GUARD BEES CAN SMELL A STRANGER. 02:37.000 --> 02:39.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOST WORKER BEES ARE FORAGERS. 02:39.333 --> 02:42.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY GO TO A FLOWER, SUCK OUT THE FLOWER'S NECTAR, AND PICK UP 02:42.500 --> 02:44.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE FLOWER'S POLLEN. 02:44.533 --> 02:48.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% A HONEY BEE CAN VISIT THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS EACH DAY, FILLING UP 02:48.433 --> 02:52.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% ITS POLLEN POCKETS AND NECTAR STOMACH, GOING BACK TO DEPOSIT 02:52.000 --> 02:55.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% ITS COLLECTION INTO THE HIVE, AND THEN GOING OUT FOR MORE. 02:55.900 --> 03:00.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PROCESS BENEFITS BOTH THE BEES AND THE FLOWERS. 03:00.633 --> 03:03.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% FLOWERS NEED POLLEN FROM OTHER FLOWERS TO GROW SEEDS. 03:03.867 --> 03:07.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO FLOWERS PRODUCE NECTAR AND POLLEN TO ATTRACT THE BEES, AND 03:07.800 --> 03:11.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEN BEES COME AND SPREAD POLLEN AS THEY FLIT FROM ONE FLOWER TO 03:11.266 --> 03:13.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANOTHER. 03:13.000 --> 03:16.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE BEES GET THE FOOD THEY NEED, AND THE FLOWERS GET THEIR POLLEN 03:16.333 --> 03:18.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPREAD AROUND. 03:18.266 --> 03:20.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOW, HOW DO YOU THINK THE HONEY BEES TELL EACH OTHER WHERE ALL 03:20.633 --> 03:23.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE FLOWERS ARE? THEY DANCE. 03:25.333 --> 03:27.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AH, NO. 03:27.000 --> 03:30.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEES FLY OUT OF THE HIVE IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN TO FIND 03:30.533 --> 03:32.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% FLOWERS. 03:32.433 --> 03:35.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN ONE FINDS FLOWERS, IT GOES BACK TO THE HIVE AND DOES A 03:35.633 --> 03:37.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% DANCE. 03:37.233 --> 03:40.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THE FLOWERS ARE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SUN, IT DANCES 03:40.000 --> 03:41.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% A FIGURE EIGHT PATTERN. 03:41.900 --> 03:44.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THE FLOWERS ARE TO THE RIGHT OF THE SUN, IT RUNS UP AND DOWN 03:44.900 --> 03:46.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE HONEY COMB TOWARD THE RIGHT. 03:46.900 --> 03:50.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THEY ARE ON THE LEFT, THE BEE DANCES TOWARD THE LEFT. 03:50.433 --> 03:54.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THE FASTER IT DANCES, THE CLOSER THE FOOD. 03:54.633 --> 03:58.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% HONEY BEES ARE THE ONLY INSECT THAT MAKES FOOD PEOPLE EAT. 03:58.633 --> 04:02.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% HONEY COMES FROM THE NECTAR THE BEES STORE IN THE HIVE. 04:02.500 --> 04:05.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THOUGH THE HONEY BEES ARE THE MOST WELL-KNOWN, THERE ARE LOTS 04:05.433 --> 04:07.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEES. 04:07.533 --> 04:10.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY COME IN ALL DIFFERENT COLORS AND LIVE IN LOTS OF 04:10.333 --> 04:11.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% DIFFERENT PLACES. 04:11.800 --> 04:14.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY DON'T ALL MAKE HONEY, BUT THEY DO ALL PLAY AN IMPORTANT 04:14.700 --> 04:16.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% ROLE IN OUR ECOSYSTEM. 04:16.734 --> 04:19.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITHOUT BEES AND THEIR POLLINATION, PLANTS WOULDN'T BE 04:19.500 --> 04:22.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% ABLE TO PRODUCE THE FOOD THAT WE EAT. 04:22.333 --> 04:26.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO BEES, FLOWERS, AND PEOPLE ALL WORK TOGETHER. 04:26.333 --> 04:29.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% ISN'T THAT SWEET? 04:29.367 --> 04:32.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT BEES, CHECK OUT THE SCIENCE TREK 04:32.433 --> 04:33.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% WEBSITE. 04:33.233 --> 04:37.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU'LL FIND IT AT IDAHOPTV.ORG/SCIENCETREK. 04:38.734 --> 04:53.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% (MUSIC) 04:57.533 --> 05:00.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANNOUNCER: PRESENTATION OF SCIENCE TREK ON IDAHO PUBLIC 05:00.166 --> 05:03.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% TELEVISION IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF 05:03.166 --> 05:05.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION, COMMITTED TO 05:05.967 --> 05:09.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% FULFILLING THE MOORE AND BETTIS FAMILY LEGACY OF BUILDING THE 05:09.166 --> 05:13.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% GREAT STATE OF IDAHO; BY THE IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY, 05:13.700 --> 05:17.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% MENTORING TALENT AND FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR ENERGY AND 05:17.266 --> 05:21.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SECURITY CHALLENGES; BY THE FRIENDS OF IDAHO PUBLIC 05:21.000 --> 05:23.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% TELEVISION; AND BY THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 05:23.500 --> 05:24.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% BROADCASTING.