WEBVTT 00:03.536 --> 00:04.804 >>> PRESENTATION OF "D4K" ON IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION 00:04.804 --> 00:07.640 IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF 00:07.640 --> 00:10.010 THE LAURA MOORE CUNNINGHAM FOUNDATION. 00:10.010 --> 00:12.645 COMMITTED TO FULFILLING THE MOORE FAMILY LEGACY OF BUILDING 00:12.645 --> 00:15.982 THE GREAT STATE OF IDAHO. 00:16.649 --> 00:19.085 >> BEES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE ON EARTH. 00:19.386 --> 00:21.654 THEY HELP POLLINATE PLANTS SO WE HAVE FOOD. 00:21.654 --> 00:22.922 HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT BEES? 00:22.922 --> 00:24.391 WE STANDING BY WITH ANSWERS. 00:24.391 --> 00:25.191 STAY TUNED. 00:25.191 --> 00:28.294 "D4K" IS NEXT. 00:40.940 --> 00:41.941 >> I'M JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN. 00:41.941 --> 00:42.742 WELCOME TO "D4K." 00:42.742 --> 00:44.110 THE PLACE FOR SCIENCE. 00:44.110 --> 00:47.047 BEFORE WE GO TO YOUR QUESTIONS, LET'S LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE 00:47.047 --> 00:51.651 ABOUT BEES. 00:51.651 --> 00:56.489 A BEE IS AN INSECT, AND ALL INSECTS HAVE THREE MAIN BODY 00:56.489 --> 00:58.992 PARTS -- A HEAD, A THORAX, AND AN 00:58.992 --> 01:00.627 ABDOMEN. 01:00.627 --> 01:03.229 THERE ARE MORE THAN 20,000 DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEES ALL OVER 01:03.229 --> 01:05.098 THE WORLD. 01:05.098 --> 01:08.234 THE HONEY BEE IS THE MOST WELL KNOWN. 01:08.234 --> 01:11.104 A HONEY BEE HAS TWO ANTENNA TO HELP THE BEE TOUCH, TASTE, AND 01:11.104 --> 01:12.972 SMELL. 01:12.972 --> 01:16.643 IT HAS A LONG TONGUE CALLED A PROBOSCIS. 01:16.643 --> 01:20.180 BEES USE IT TO SIP NECTAR FROM FLOWERS. 01:20.180 --> 01:23.550 A HONEY BEE HAS COMPOUND EYES, WHICH MEANS THE EYES ARE MADE UP 01:23.550 --> 01:25.118 OF MANY TINY PARTS. 01:25.118 --> 01:27.354 HONEY BEES HAVE FOUR WINGS THAT ALLOW IT TO FLY UP TO 10 HOURS A 01:27.354 --> 01:31.291 DAY. 01:31.291 --> 01:34.761 THAT BUZZ YOU HEAR IS THE SOUND OF THE BEE FLAPPING ITS WINGS AT 01:34.761 --> 01:37.897 OVER 200 TIMES A SECOND. 01:37.897 --> 01:40.734 IT HAS A SPECIAL STOMACH TO HOLD NECTAR, AND ITS BODY IS COVERED 01:40.734 --> 01:43.536 WITH HAIR TO HELP PICK UP POLLEN. 01:43.536 --> 01:46.206 HONEY BEES HAVE BRIGHT STRIPES TO SCARE ENEMIES AWAY, AND A 01:46.206 --> 01:48.775 SHARP STINGER. 01:48.775 --> 01:51.945 LIKE PEOPLE, HONEY BEES ARE SOCIAL CREATURES. 01:51.945 --> 01:53.680 THEY LIKE TO LIVE TOGETHER IN A COLONY. 01:53.680 --> 01:56.950 THE PLACE A HONEY BEE LIVES IS CALLED A HIVE. 01:56.950 --> 01:59.986 HIVES CAN BE IN TREES, IN THE GROUND, OR IF THE BEES ARE BEING 01:59.986 --> 02:04.057 RAISED BY BEEKEEPERS, THEY LIVE IN BOXES LIKE THESE. 02:04.057 --> 02:06.593 HONEY BEES LIVE A VERY BUSY LIFE. 02:06.593 --> 02:08.528 THE QUEEN BEE RULES THE HIVE. 02:08.528 --> 02:11.898 SHE CAN LAY THOUSANDS OF EGGS IN A DAY. 02:11.898 --> 02:21.441 DRONES ARE MALE BEES. 02:21.441 --> 02:22.275 THEY MATE WITH A QUEEN BEE. 02:22.275 --> 02:23.710 THE REST ARE WORKER BEES, AND THEY ARE ALL FEMALE. 02:23.710 --> 02:24.377 THEY DON'T LAY EGGS. 02:24.377 --> 02:25.178 THEY DO ALL THE OTHER JOBS. 02:25.178 --> 02:27.180 HOUSEWORKER BEES MAKE THE HONEY COMB CELLS YOU SEE IN A HIVE. 02:27.180 --> 02:28.915 THESE CELLS ARE MADE OUT OF WAX THAT COMES OUT OF THE BEE'S 02:28.915 --> 02:31.818 BODY. 02:31.818 --> 02:34.287 THE CELLS ARE MADE INTO A SIX-SIDED HEXAGONAL SHAPE. 02:34.287 --> 02:37.457 THE QUEEN BEE LAYS EGGS IN SOME CELLS, AND OTHER BEES STORE 02:37.457 --> 02:39.826 NECTAR AND POLLEN IN THE REST. 02:39.826 --> 02:43.129 HOUSEWORKER BEES TEND THE EGGS AS THEY HATCH INTO LARVA, AND 02:43.129 --> 02:45.765 THEN INTO BABY BEES. 02:45.765 --> 02:47.901 GUARD BEES PROTECT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HIVE. 02:47.901 --> 02:49.536 THEY MAKE SURE BEES FROM OTHER COLONIES DON'T GET INTO THE 02:49.536 --> 02:53.940 HIVE. 02:53.940 --> 02:57.143 AND HOW DO THEY TELL A ROBBER BEE FROM ONE OF THEIR OWN? 02:57.143 --> 02:59.145 BY SMELL. 02:59.145 --> 03:00.980 BEES IN A HIVE GENERALLY ALL COME FROM ONE QUEEN, SO THEY ALL 03:00.980 --> 03:01.614 SHARE HER SCENT. 03:01.614 --> 03:05.418 SO GUARD BEES CAN SMELL A STRANGER. 03:05.418 --> 03:08.722 MOST WORKER BEES ARE FORAGERS. 03:08.722 --> 03:10.423 THEY GO TO A FLOWER, SUCK OUT THE FLOWER'S NECTAR, AND PICK UP 03:10.423 --> 03:12.992 THE FLOWER'S POLLEN. 03:12.992 --> 03:16.996 A HONEY BEE CAN VISIT THOUSANDS OF FLOWERS EACH DAY, FILLING UP 03:16.996 --> 03:21.001 ITS POLLEN POCKETS AND NECTAR STOMACH, GOING BACK TO DEPOSIT 03:21.001 --> 03:24.337 ITS COLLECTIONS IN THE HIVE, AND THEN GOING BACK OUT FOR MORE. 03:24.337 --> 03:28.441 THE PROCESS BENEFITS BOTH THE BEES AND THE FLOWERS. 03:28.441 --> 03:32.278 FLOWERS NEED POLLEN FROM OTHER FLOWERS TO GROW SEEDS. 03:32.278 --> 03:36.549 SO FLOWERS PRODUCE NECTAR AND POLLEN TO ATTRACT BEES, AND THEN 03:36.549 --> 03:38.651 BEES COME AND SPREAD POLLEN AS THEY FLIT FROM ONE FLOWER TO 03:38.651 --> 03:41.121 ANOTHER. 03:41.121 --> 03:43.890 THE BEES GET THE FOOD THEY NEED, AND THE FLOWERS GET THEIR POLLEN 03:43.890 --> 03:46.393 SPREAD AROUND. 03:46.393 --> 03:50.930 NOW, HOW DO YOU THINK THE HONEY BEES TELL EACH OTHER WHERE ALL 03:50.930 --> 03:52.032 THE FLOWERS ARE? 03:52.032 --> 03:53.667 THEY DANCE. 03:53.667 --> 03:56.102 AH, NO. 03:56.102 --> 03:58.038 BEES FLY OUT OF THE HIVE IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN TO FIND 03:58.038 --> 04:00.507 FLOWERS. 04:00.507 --> 04:03.243 WHEN ONE FINDS FLOWERS, IT GOES BACK TO THE HIVE AND DOES A 04:03.243 --> 04:04.711 DANCE. 04:04.711 --> 04:13.253 IF THE FLOWERS ARE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SUN, IT DANCES 04:13.253 --> 04:14.054 A FIGURE EIGHT PATTERN. 04:14.054 --> 04:15.889 IF THE FLOWERS ARE TO THE RIGHT OF THE SUN, IT RUNS UP AND DOWN 04:15.889 --> 04:16.723 THE HONEY COMB TOWARD THE RIGHT. 04:16.723 --> 04:18.725 IF THEY ARE ON THE LEFT, THE BEE DANCES TOWARD THE LEFT. 04:18.725 --> 04:22.629 THE FASTER IT DANCES, THE CLOSER THE FOOD. 04:22.629 --> 04:26.900 HONEY BEES ARE THE ONLY INSECT THAT MAKES FOOD PEOPLE EAT. 04:26.900 --> 04:30.437 HONEY COMES FROM THE NECTAR THE BEES STORE IN THE HIVE. 04:30.437 --> 04:33.340 THOUGH THE HONEY BEES ARE THE MOST WELL-KNOWN, THERE ARE LOTS 04:33.340 --> 04:35.542 OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEES. 04:35.542 --> 04:37.444 THEY COME IN ALL DIFFERENT COLORS AND LIVE IN LOTS OF 04:37.444 --> 04:39.346 DIFFERENT PLACES. 04:39.346 --> 04:42.282 THEY DON'T ALL MAKE HONEY, BUT THEY ALL DO PLAY AN IMPORTANT 04:42.282 --> 04:45.118 ROLE IN OUR ECOSYSTEM. 04:45.118 --> 04:48.121 WITHOUT BEES AND THEIR POLLINATION, PLANTS WOULDN'T BE 04:48.121 --> 04:50.924 ABLE TO PRODUCE THE FOOD WE EAT. 04:50.924 --> 04:53.660 SO BEES, FLOWERS, AND PEOPLE ALL WORK TOGETHER. 04:53.660 --> 04:57.764 ISN'T THAT SWEET? 04:57.764 --> 05:00.600 JOINING ME NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT BEES ARE RON 05:00.600 --> 05:03.203 BITNER A PARTNER AT INTERNATIONAL POLLINATION 05:03.203 --> 05:05.572 SYSTEMS, AND OWNER OF BITNER VINEYARDS IN CALDWELL. 05:05.572 --> 05:07.941 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 05:07.941 --> 05:11.478 AND ALSO JOINING US IS KIRK TUBBS, OWNER OF TUBBS BERRY FARM 05:11.478 --> 05:18.351 AND MANAGER OF THE TWIN FALLS PEST ABATEMENT DISTRICT. 05:18.351 --> 05:19.886 THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 05:19.886 --> 05:22.422 OK, LET'S GO TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 05:22.422 --> 05:25.225 >> MY NAME IS JOHN, I GO TO DALTON ELEMENTARY, AND MY 05:25.225 --> 05:29.863 QUESTION IS, WHY DO BEES POLLINATE FLOWERS? 05:29.863 --> 05:32.265 >> THE POLLEN IS THE PROTEIN SOURCE THE EGG IS GOING TO BE 05:32.265 --> 05:33.633 LAID ON. 05:33.633 --> 05:38.071 IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE FLOWER BECAUSE THEY MOVE POLLEN FROM 05:38.071 --> 05:40.440 FLOWER TO FLOWER, SO THE SEEDS WILL DEVELOP. 05:40.440 --> 05:45.345 BUT IT'S STRICTLY A POLLEN SOURCE, THE PROTEIN FOR THE BEES 05:45.345 --> 05:47.747 TO LAY THEIR EGGS ON. 05:47.747 --> 05:48.081 >> HI. 05:48.081 --> 05:55.522 MY NAME IS LEDGER. 05:55.522 --> 05:59.292 MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO BEES STING? 05:59.292 --> 06:01.761 >> LEDGER, IF YOU THINK OF HONEY BEES AND HOW SMALL THEY ARE, 06:01.761 --> 06:03.963 THEY HAVE TO PROTECT THEIR WINTER FOOD. 06:03.963 --> 06:08.134 AND SO THAT STINGER IS THEIR WAY TO DEFEND IT. 06:08.134 --> 06:11.137 AGAIN, THINK OF THINGS LIKE BEARS THAT WANT TO BREAK IN AND 06:11.137 --> 06:11.771 EAT THE HONEY. 06:11.771 --> 06:14.607 THEY'VE HAD TO EVOLVE A WAY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST 06:14.607 --> 06:16.409 SOMETHING BIG LIKE THAT. 06:16.409 --> 06:19.412 BUT BEES DON'T LIKE TO STING UNLESS THEY HAVE TO, BECAUSE 06:19.412 --> 06:20.847 WHEN THEY STING, THEY DIE. 06:20.847 --> 06:24.784 SO IT'S SOMETHING THEY SAVE UNTIL THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO. 06:24.784 --> 06:26.786 SOMETIMES IF YOU GO -- IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY STEP ON A 06:26.786 --> 06:32.158 BEE IT WILL STING YOU BECAUSE, WELL, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S DYING. 06:32.158 --> 06:36.896 >> MOLLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHY IS THERE A QUEEN BEE? 06:36.896 --> 06:40.100 >> IN THE HIVE, SHE'S THE ONE THAT HELPS REGULATE THE HIVE. 06:40.100 --> 06:48.008 SHE HAS HER SMELL, HER PHEROMONES THAT CALMS AND 06:48.008 --> 06:48.875 REGULATES ACTIVITY. 06:48.875 --> 06:53.346 SHE LAYS ALL THE EGGS, WITHOUT HER THE HIVE WOULD CEASE TO 06:53.346 --> 06:53.646 FUNCTION. 06:53.646 --> 06:56.349 THE INDIVIDUAL BEE IS NOT SO IMPORTANT AS THE COLONY. 06:56.349 --> 06:59.486 BEES WORK TOGETHER IN A BIG GROUP. 06:59.486 --> 07:03.189 SO EACH BEE IS IMPORTANT TO THAT GROUP, BUT EACH BEE BY ITSELF 07:03.189 --> 07:05.291 COULDN'T SURVIVE. 07:05.291 --> 07:09.662 >> IN MY WORLD, IN MY BEES, THERE'S NO QUEEN BEE. 07:09.662 --> 07:11.064 THEY'RE SOLITARY BEES. 07:11.064 --> 07:16.403 A LOT OF TIMES THEY LIKE THE COMPANY OF OTHER BEES AROUND 07:16.403 --> 07:20.306 THEM, BUT EACH FEMALE IS LAYING HER EGGS, TAKES CARE OF HER OWN 07:20.306 --> 07:25.045 BROOD, AND THERE'S NO QUEEN AND THERE'S NO COLONY THERE. 07:25.045 --> 07:33.620 >> MY NAME IS BRIDGETTE, MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO BEES [INAUDIBLE] 07:33.620 --> 07:37.624 >> IN THE INSECT WORLD, THE INSECTS THAT HAVE WINGS, IT'S A 07:37.624 --> 07:38.992 METHOD OF GETTING AROUND. 07:38.992 --> 07:42.095 WITH BEES THEY HAVE FOUR WINGS, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THERE ARE 07:42.095 --> 07:46.232 SOME FLIES THAT LOOK LIKE BEES BUT IF YOU WANT TELL THEM APART, 07:46.232 --> 07:47.434 FLIES ONLY HAVE TWO WINGS. 07:47.434 --> 07:51.538 IT'S STRICTLY FOR GETTING AROUND AND FLYING THROUGH THE ORCHARDS 07:51.538 --> 07:52.639 AND VINEYARDS. 07:52.639 --> 07:55.275 BUT IT'S FOR FLIGHT. 07:55.275 --> 07:57.344 >> WITH THOSE FOUR WINGS IT'S LIKE A HELICOPTER. 07:57.344 --> 08:00.313 THEY CAN GO AND LAND AND GO WHERE THEY NEED TO, AND IT 08:00.313 --> 08:03.483 ALLOWS THEM TO GET IN THERE AND FIND THOSE FLOWERS AND GET WHAT 08:03.483 --> 08:04.751 THEY NEED. 08:04.751 --> 08:09.589 >> JASMINE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DO BEES HAVE A FAVORITE FOOD? 08:09.589 --> 08:12.225 >> JASMINE, BEES CAN TELL HOW SWEET SOMETHING IS. 08:12.225 --> 08:13.226 WHEN THEY TASTE IT. 08:13.226 --> 08:16.863 AND SO IF THEY FIND A FRUIT OR FLOWER THAT HAS A NICE NECTAR 08:16.863 --> 08:19.966 THEY LIKE, THEY'LL GO BACK TO THE HIVE AND TELL THE REST ABOUT 08:19.966 --> 08:21.668 IT, AND THEY'LL COMPARE NOTES. 08:21.668 --> 08:25.138 AND SO THEY'LL TEND TO GO TO THE RICHEST NECTAR SOURCE, WHATEVER 08:25.138 --> 08:27.307 HAS THE HIGHEST SUGAR CONCENTRATION. 08:27.307 --> 08:32.779 SO, YEAH, THEY DO HAVE FAVORITES THEY'RE AT ALL THE TIME. 08:32.779 --> 08:37.250 >> HI. 08:37.250 --> 08:41.688 MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO BEES LIVE IN HIVES? 08:41.688 --> 08:44.591 >> THE HIVE IS JUST A PLACE TO PROTECT THE BEES. 08:44.591 --> 08:47.894 BEES LIVE TOGETHER IN A COLONY, A BIG GROUP, AND THAT HIVE IS 08:47.894 --> 08:50.530 SOME PLACE TO PROTECT THEM AS THEY WORK TOGETHER. 08:50.530 --> 08:54.901 SO THE HIVE CAN BE IN A TREE, A BOX, WHEN I WAS A KID I REMEMBER 08:54.901 --> 08:59.039 STORIES OF MY GRANDMA KEEPING BEES IN A SUITCASE. 08:59.039 --> 09:01.908 THE HIVE PROVIDES THE PROTECTION. 09:01.908 --> 09:06.379 >> ALEX WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, ARE BEES INTELLIGENT AND DO THEY 09:06.379 --> 09:06.913 PLAY? 09:06.913 --> 09:08.748 >> GOOD QUESTION. 09:08.748 --> 09:14.821 I'VE NEVER SEEN BEES PLAY, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT FORMS OF 09:14.821 --> 09:15.188 INTELLIGENCE. 09:15.188 --> 09:19.125 WE REGARD THE HONEY BEE BECAUSE OF HER BEHAVIOR, SHE CAN LEARN A 09:19.125 --> 09:21.861 LOT, WORKERS CAN LEARN A LOT, THEY CAN GIVE DIRECTIONS, THEY 09:21.861 --> 09:23.229 HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. 09:23.229 --> 09:28.234 WITH THE SOLITARY BEES, MOST WHAT I SEE IS HARD-WORKING 09:28.234 --> 09:32.238 FEMALE BEES, POLLINATING THE FLOWERS, AND THE GUYS BEING GUYS 09:32.238 --> 09:36.976 ARE OUT FLYING AROUND, CHECKING THINGS OUT, THEY'RE ALWAYS DOING 09:36.976 --> 09:40.513 SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT THEY DON'T DIRECTLY POLLINATE THE 09:40.513 --> 09:41.348 FLOWERS. 09:41.348 --> 09:44.784 >> AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PLAY, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT BEES ARE 09:44.784 --> 09:45.352 VERY SMART. 09:45.352 --> 09:48.254 WHEN THEY WANT TO SEE WHICH ONE CAN SMELL BETTER, A BLOODHOUND 09:48.254 --> 09:49.889 OR BEE, THEY'RE NOT SURE. 09:49.889 --> 09:53.860 HONEY BEES HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO GO THROUGH MAYSES, TO FIND LAND 09:53.860 --> 09:56.996 MINES FOR THE MILITARY, THEY'RE REALLY SMART. 09:56.996 --> 09:58.631 AND THEY'LL FIGURE STUFF OUT REAL QUICK. 09:58.631 --> 10:02.068 IN FACT, SOMETIMES WHEN I'M AT THE HOUSE I'LL HAVE BEES, IF I 10:02.068 --> 10:06.539 WAS FEEDING BEES AND THEY FIGURE OUT I'VE BEEN PUTTING FEED OUT 10:06.539 --> 10:09.376 WHEN THERE'S NO FLOWERS IN BLOOM, I'LL HAVE BEES COME UP 10:09.376 --> 10:11.644 AND BUZZ AROUND ME. 10:11.644 --> 10:14.714 SOMETIMES IT'S A WAY TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE OUT OF FOOD, COME 10:14.714 --> 10:15.715 OVER HERE AND LOOK. 10:15.715 --> 10:20.820 THEY LEARN WHO YOU ARE. 10:20.820 --> 10:25.358 >> DID YOU KNOW THAT A BEE ISN'T BORN KNOWING HOW TO MAKE MONEY? 10:25.358 --> 10:28.294 YOUNGER BEES HAVE TO LEARN FROM OLDER BEES HOW TO MAKE THIS 10:28.294 --> 10:35.368 SWEET TREAT. 10:35.368 --> 10:42.142 >> HI, MY QUESTION IS, HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEES ARE 10:42.142 --> 10:43.677 THERE IN THE WORLD? 10:43.677 --> 10:45.779 >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 10:45.779 --> 10:49.482 IN THE WORLD THERE ARE MORE THAN 20,000 DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEES. 10:49.482 --> 10:52.052 MOST PEOPLE THINK OF THE HONEY BEE. 10:52.052 --> 10:54.587 THERE'S 10 DIFFERENT KINDS OF HONEY BEES IN THE WORLD. 10:54.587 --> 10:56.656 WE JUST HAVE ONE KIND IN THE UNITED STATES. 10:56.656 --> 11:00.260 AND WE HAVE ABOUT 4,000 DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEES HERE IN 11:00.260 --> 11:01.795 THE WESTERN STATES. 11:01.795 --> 11:05.098 IN IDAHO WE HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND DIFFERENT KINDS OF 11:05.098 --> 11:05.432 BEES. 11:05.432 --> 11:09.336 MOST OF THE BEES DON'T LIVE IN COLONIES, THEY'RE CALLED 11:09.336 --> 11:12.639 SOLITARY BECAUSE THEY MAKE THEIR OWN NEST. 11:12.639 --> 11:14.507 MOST OF THE BEES NEST IN THE GROUND. 11:14.507 --> 11:15.709 SOMETIMES THEY NEST IN TUBES. 11:15.709 --> 11:17.377 BUT THERE IS THAT BIG DIFFERENCE. 11:17.377 --> 11:19.979 BUT THERE ARE A LOT MORE OF THE OTHER KINDS OF BEES. 11:19.979 --> 11:23.350 THAT'S BEEN MY SPECIALTY, STUDYING THESE OTHER LITTLE 11:23.350 --> 11:24.818 BEES. 11:24.818 --> 11:29.089 >> BRIAR WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW DO BEES BUZZ? 11:29.089 --> 11:32.659 >> THE BUZZ YOU HEAR IS THE SOUND OF THEIR WINGS. 11:32.659 --> 11:36.296 AND SO WHEN THEY VIBRATE THOSE WINGS YOU'LL HEAR THAT BUZZING 11:36.296 --> 11:36.663 SOUND. 11:36.663 --> 11:39.399 IT'S REALLY NEAT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN OPEN A HIVE OF 11:39.399 --> 11:43.770 BEES AND HERE BY THE BUZZ WHETHER THEY'RE HAPPY OR MAD. 11:43.770 --> 11:46.406 SOMETIMES THERE'S DAYS WHERE THEY'RE NOT VERY HAPPY AND THEIR 11:46.406 --> 11:48.008 BUZZ WILL SOUND DIFFERENT. 11:48.008 --> 11:50.677 AND SO AS THEY MOVE THE WINGS YOU'LL HEAR THAT SOUND. 11:50.677 --> 11:55.215 JUST LIKE YOU HEAR A BUZZ FROM MOSQUITOES, EACH INSECT, HOW 11:55.215 --> 11:58.151 THEY MOVE THEIR WINGS L. HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SOUND. 11:58.151 --> 12:03.089 >> MY NAME IS MACKENZIE, GUY TO DALTON ELEMENTARY. 12:03.089 --> 12:08.061 MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE BEES DMORD HAIR? 12:08.061 --> 12:11.331 >> IT'S A GOOD THING THEY ARE, BECAUSE THAT HAIR IS WHAT HELPS 12:11.331 --> 12:12.098 THEM COLLECT POLLEN. 12:12.098 --> 12:15.502 IT STICKS TO IT, AND WHEN THEY GO FROM FLOWER TO FLOWER, THAT 12:15.502 --> 12:18.338 POLLEN GETS TRANSFERRED AROUND. 12:18.338 --> 12:21.608 HONEY BEES ARE GOOD AT GOING FROM THE SAME TYPE OF FLOWER, IF 12:21.608 --> 12:27.514 THEY'RE WORKING ON WATERMELON FLOWERS THEY STAY TO WATERMELON 12:27.514 --> 12:27.747 FLOWERS. 12:27.747 --> 12:32.619 SO THE HAIR HELPS THE POLLEN STICK. 12:32.619 --> 12:38.258 IT ALSO HELPS THEM TO PUT POLLEN HAULED BACK TO THE HIVE. 12:38.258 --> 12:41.828 >> WITH THE SOLITARY BEES, THERE ARE 10 OR 12 DIFFERENT FAMILIES 12:41.828 --> 12:44.631 OF BEES, AND THE WAY WE TELL THEM APART IS WHERE THEY COLLECT 12:44.631 --> 12:45.665 THE POLLEN. 12:45.665 --> 12:49.769 THE HONEY BEE HAS A SPECIAL COLLECTING POLLEN APP RAH TO US 12:49.769 --> 12:52.372 HER LEGS. 12:52.372 --> 12:56.576 MY BEES, THE FEMALES COLLECT THE POLLEN ON THEIR STOMACHS. 12:56.576 --> 13:00.146 DEPENDING ON WHERE THE POLLEN HAIRS ARE IS HOW WE TELL THE 13:00.146 --> 13:01.715 DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEES APART. 13:01.715 --> 13:05.952 >> DO BEES GET ILLNESSES? 13:05.952 --> 13:09.422 >> JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, EVEN LITTLE KIDS, A LOT OF 13:09.422 --> 13:12.225 DIFFERENT DISEASES THEY CAN GET. 13:12.225 --> 13:13.793 ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE STRESSED. 13:13.793 --> 13:16.996 THEY HAVE A SHORT LIFE SPAN, THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD EVERY 13:16.996 --> 13:24.237 DAY, AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS DISEASES THEY GET SICK WITH, 13:24.237 --> 13:24.637 YES. 13:24.637 --> 13:27.807 >> RIGHT NOW THERE'S A COUPLE VIRUSES THAT AFFECT BEES 13:27.807 --> 13:28.074 GREATLY. 13:28.074 --> 13:28.908 THAT'S SOME OF THE CONCERN. 13:28.908 --> 13:31.277 WHEN BEES GET SICK, THEY DON'T LIVE AS LONG, THEY'RE NOT ABLE 13:31.277 --> 13:35.515 TO WORK AS MUCH SO THE HYPHEN HAS TROUBLE MAINTAINING ITSELF. 13:35.515 --> 13:40.387 ONE OF THOSE DISEASES THEY GET CAUSES THEIR WINGS TO BE 13:40.387 --> 13:41.021 SHRIVELED UP. 13:41.021 --> 13:43.356 THEY CAN'T FLY, SO THEY DIE REAL QUICK. 13:43.356 --> 13:45.291 ANOTHER ONE CAUSES THEIR HAIR TO FALL OFF. 13:45.291 --> 13:48.728 THIS VIRUS, THEY DON'T SURVIVE THE WINTER VERY WELL. 13:48.728 --> 13:52.532 I GUESS THE HAIR HELPS KEEP THEM WARM A LITTLE BIT IN THE WINTER. 13:52.532 --> 14:01.307 >> MY NAME IS CADEN, MY QUESTION IS WHY ARE BEES BLACK AND 14:01.307 --> 14:02.208 YELLOW? 14:02.208 --> 14:04.144 >> NOT ALL BEES ARE YELLOW AND BLACK. 14:04.144 --> 14:07.414 HERE THE BEES YOU SEE ARE A EUROPEAN HONEY BEE, AND WE HAVE 14:07.414 --> 14:10.884 DIFFERENT STRAINS OF BEES, JUST LIKE YOU SEE DIFFERENT KINDS OF 14:10.884 --> 14:11.151 COWS. 14:11.151 --> 14:13.787 YOU HAVE BLACK AND WHITE COWS, AND BROWN COWS. 14:13.787 --> 14:15.722 THERE'S EVEN DIFFERENT RACES OF BEES. 14:15.722 --> 14:18.625 SOME OF THE BEES WILL BE DARK, ALMOST BLACK. 14:18.625 --> 14:24.064 THOSBLACK. 14:24.064 --> 14:28.435 THERE'S DIFFERENT OTHER ONES, THERE WILL BE VARIATIONS ON THAT 14:28.435 --> 14:28.802 COLOR. 14:28.802 --> 14:32.739 >> MY NAME IS LUKE FROM DALTON ELEMENTARY, AND MY QUESTION IS, 14:32.739 --> 14:35.709 HOW DO BEES FIGHT OFF OTHER BEES? 14:35.709 --> 14:39.446 >> IN MY WORLD, BEES ARE TOTALLY NONAGGRESSIVE. 14:39.446 --> 14:42.649 THEY DON'T PARTICULARLY FIGHT WITH OTHER BEES OR OTHER 14:42.649 --> 14:44.451 INSECTS, TRYING TO GET IN. 14:44.451 --> 14:47.120 THE HONEY BEE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY'RE 14:47.120 --> 14:50.457 SOCIALIZED, I DON'T LIKE TO THINK OF MY BEES AS DUMB, BUT 14:50.457 --> 14:52.625 PRETTY MUCH OBLIVIOUS TO EVERYTHING ELSE. 14:52.625 --> 14:56.029 WITH HONEY BEE THERE'S ACTUAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE BEES. 14:56.029 --> 14:59.466 >> OFTEN IN THE HONEY BEE, AT THE HIVE YOU'LL HAVE GUARD BEES. 14:59.466 --> 15:02.135 AND THEY'LL BE AT THE FRONT OF THE HIVE AND THEY'LL CHECK ALL 15:02.135 --> 15:03.937 THE BEES COMING IN AND OUT. 15:03.937 --> 15:06.706 SOMETIMES YOU'LL HAVE BEES FROM OTHER HIVES WANT TO SNEAK IN AND 15:06.706 --> 15:07.874 STEAL STUFF. 15:07.874 --> 15:09.042 AND THEY'LL STOP THEM. 15:09.042 --> 15:10.977 AND THEY'LL JUST GRAB THEM AND THROW THEM OUT. 15:10.977 --> 15:15.949 IF YOU HAVE A WASP TRYING TO SNEAK IN, THEY GRAB IT AND THROW 15:15.949 --> 15:16.683 IT OVERBOARD. 15:16.683 --> 15:19.252 THEY DO HAVE STINGERS AND SOMETIMES THEY'LL STING OTHER 15:19.252 --> 15:22.589 INSECTS OR BEES, BUT A BEE STINGS, IT DIES, SO YOU DON'T 15:22.589 --> 15:25.091 SEE THAT HAPPEN A LOT. 15:25.091 --> 15:29.429 >> AMY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DO BEES SLEEP? 15:29.429 --> 15:30.630 >> DO THEY SLEEP? 15:30.630 --> 15:32.899 YOU KNOW, THEY BECOME VERY QUIET. 15:32.899 --> 15:37.070 I'VE GONE OUT AT NIGHT AND LOOKED, AND WHETHER THEY HAVE 15:37.070 --> 15:39.072 THEIR EYES CLOSED, IT'S HARD TO TELL. 15:39.072 --> 15:41.608 THEY BECOME INACTIVE WHEN IT'S COLD OR CLOUDY. 15:41.608 --> 15:46.713 BUT THEY DON'T FLY AROUND AT NIGHT AT ALL. 15:46.713 --> 15:49.649 >> HONEY BEES, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE HIVE EVEN AT 15:49.649 --> 15:50.083 NIGHT. 15:50.083 --> 15:52.452 CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR, A LOT OF IT IS TEMPERATURE. 15:52.452 --> 15:53.653 YOU'LL SEE THEM REST. 15:53.653 --> 15:56.723 AND THEY'RE GOOD AT LEARNING THAT CERTAIN FLOWERS BLOOM AT 15:56.723 --> 16:00.126 CERTAIN TIMES, SO IF THIS FLOWER BOOMS AT 10:00 AND HAS REALLY 16:00.126 --> 16:03.963 GOOD NECTAR, THE BEES WILL HANG OUT JUST LAYING AROUND RESTING, 16:03.963 --> 16:08.335 MAYBE NOT SLEEPING, AND AT 9:49, THEY ALL FLY OUT THERE TO THAT 16:08.335 --> 16:16.142 FLOWER AND A LITTLE LATER THEY'RE ALL BACK. 16:16.142 --> 16:19.079 >> HI, AND WELCOME TO TUBBS BERRY FARM. 16:19.079 --> 16:20.413 WE'RE HERE WITH HEIDI. 16:20.413 --> 16:24.050 TELL US WHAT YOU'RE WEARING. 16:24.050 --> 16:27.420 >> I'M WEARING A BEE JACKET, WHICH HAS A VEIL, AND YOU'RE 16:27.420 --> 16:28.521 WEARING A VEIL. 16:28.521 --> 16:32.692 AND THE REASON WE WEAR A VEIL IS BECAUSE BEES ARE STINGING 16:32.692 --> 16:37.063 INSECTS THAT HAVE EVOLVED, AND AS PART OF THEIR PROTECTIVE 16:37.063 --> 16:40.066 MECHANISM THEY FOCUS ON ANIMALS' FACES TO STING THEM THERE, THE 16:40.066 --> 16:43.436 EYES AND SO IF WE WEAR A VEIL THAT HELPS PROTECT OUR FACES 16:43.436 --> 16:45.338 FROM BEING STUNG. 16:45.338 --> 16:46.706 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT HONEY. 16:46.706 --> 16:49.075 HOW DO YOU MAKE -- HOW DO YOU GET THE HONEY OUT OF 16:49.075 --> 16:49.809 THE HIVE? 16:49.809 --> 16:51.077 WHAT'S THE PROCESS? 16:51.077 --> 16:58.485 >> THE BEES BRING IN NECTAR, AND STORE IT ONCE THEY MIX IT WITH 16:58.485 --> 17:01.221 THE ENZYMES, AND STORE 90 THEIR CELLS, THEY EVAPORATE THE 17:01.221 --> 17:04.124 MOISTURE OFF OF IT UNTIL IT'S THE PERFECT MOISTURE CONTENT, 17:04.124 --> 17:05.759 WHERE IT WILL NEVER GO BAD. 17:05.759 --> 17:08.762 SO HONEY NEVER GOES BAD. 17:08.762 --> 17:12.399 ONCE IT HITS THAT POINT, THEY SEAL IT OVER WITH WAX. 17:12.399 --> 17:18.204 AND WHEN IT COMES HARVEST TIME, WE PULL THE HONEY OUT, TAKE A 17:18.204 --> 17:23.143 KNIFE OR A SCRATCHER AND BREAK THAT COATING OF WAX, AND THEN WE 17:23.143 --> 17:26.146 CAN EITHER SPIN IT OR TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN AND THE HONEY WILL 17:26.146 --> 17:27.881 RUN RIGHT OUT OF THE CELLS. 17:27.881 --> 17:31.785 >> ONE THING YOU OFTEN SEE BEE KEEPS DO DO IS USING SMOKE. 17:31.785 --> 17:33.086 WHAT'S THE SMOKE FOR? 17:33.086 --> 17:35.889 >> THE SMOKE DOES A COUPLE THINGS. 17:35.889 --> 17:41.995 FIRST, BEES COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER BYP HEROMONES, BY 17:41.995 --> 17:42.228 SCENT. 17:42.228 --> 17:45.365 SO THEY CAN TELL EACH OTHER THAT THERE'S AN INTRUDER OR SOMEBODY 17:45.365 --> 17:47.067 IS IN A HIVE BY A SMELL. 17:47.067 --> 17:52.372 WHICH ACTUALLY THE ALARM SMELL SMELLS A LITTLE LIKE BANANAS. 17:52.372 --> 17:56.643 SO THE SMOKE MAKES IT HARDER FOR THEM TO PASS THAT SMELL AROUND 17:56.643 --> 17:58.945 BECAUSE THEY WOULD SMELL SMOKE INSTEAD. 17:58.945 --> 18:03.383 THE OTHER THING IS THAT BEES EVOLVED LIVING IN HOLLOWED TREES 18:03.383 --> 18:05.585 AND CAVITIES, QUITE OFTEN IN FORESTS. 18:05.585 --> 18:09.656 SO FOREST FIRES ARE A BIG PROBLEM, I GUESS FOR BEAST. 18:09.656 --> 18:13.960 SO THEY'VE EVOLVED THAT WHEN THEY SMELL SMOKE, THEY RUN TO 18:13.960 --> 18:17.497 THE PANTRY, EAT AS FAST AS THEY CAN, GETTING READY TO LEAVE. 18:17.497 --> 18:19.966 BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEIR TREE IS GOING TO BE BURNED DOWN SO THEY 18:19.966 --> 18:21.201 HAVE TO LEAVE. 18:21.201 --> 18:25.405 SO WHEN WE USE JUST A LITTLE SMOKE, THE BEES ARE BUSY FEEDING 18:25.405 --> 18:28.408 INSIDE THE HIVE SO THEY'RE NOT PAYING AS MUCH ATTENTION TO US, 18:28.408 --> 18:31.878 SO IT'S EASIER TO WORK THE BEES. 18:31.878 --> 18:34.614 >> BEE KEEPING IS VERY REWARDING. 18:34.614 --> 18:36.082 IT'S A LOT OF FUN. 18:36.082 --> 18:39.085 THEY'RE FASCINATING, SO WE DO SPEND A LOT OF TIME JUST 18:39.085 --> 18:40.053 WATCHING THEM. 18:40.053 --> 18:42.989 >> IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A BEEKEEPER, FIRST, LEARN A LOT, 18:42.989 --> 18:43.723 IF YOU CAN. 18:43.723 --> 18:46.526 AND THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION OUT THERE. 18:46.526 --> 18:49.629 AND ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERNET, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY BAD 18:49.629 --> 18:50.530 INFORMATION OUT THERE. 18:50.530 --> 18:55.068 AND THERE REALLY ARE AS MANY WAYS TO KEEP BEES AS THERE ARE 18:55.068 --> 18:55.502 BEEKEEPERS. 18:55.502 --> 18:57.704 EVERY BEEKEEPER HAS THEIR OWN OPINION ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO 18:57.704 --> 18:58.672 TAKE CARE OF BEES. 18:58.672 --> 19:01.941 BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DISEASES AND PROBLEMS AFFECTING BEES THAT 19:01.941 --> 19:05.545 ARE FAIRLY RECENT IN THE LAST CONGRESSMEN DECADES, SO IT'S 19:05.545 --> 19:08.848 IMPORTANT TO KNOW ABOUT THOSE DISEASES TO KEEP YOUR BEES 19:08.848 --> 19:11.951 HEALTHY AND SO YOU DON'T SPREAD DISEASES TO OTHER BEES THAT 19:11.951 --> 19:12.952 MIGHT BE AROUND YOU. 19:12.952 --> 19:16.122 IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANOTHER BEEKEEPER THAT CAN 19:16.122 --> 19:20.026 MENTOR YOU OR GET INVOLVED IN A LOCAL BEE KEEPING ORGANIZATION, 19:20.026 --> 19:25.398 READ AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, TAKE A CLASS IF YOU CAN, AND JUST KNOW 19:25.398 --> 19:28.234 THAT WHEN YOU DO GET STARTED YOUR FIRST COUPLE YEARS WILL BE 19:28.234 --> 19:29.602 HUGE LEARNING EXPERIENCES. 19:29.602 --> 19:33.873 LOTS OF FUN, BUT YOU'LL LEARN A LOT. 19:33.873 --> 19:35.308 >> HEIDI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. 19:35.308 --> 19:37.410 I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO SHOW US. 19:37.410 --> 19:38.511 >> THANK YOU FOR COMING. 19:38.511 --> 19:41.081 >> LET'S GO BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 19:46.786 --> 19:53.993 >> MY QUESTION IS, HOW FAR CAN BEES FLY BEFORE THEY GET TIRED? 19:53.993 --> 19:57.430 >> AGAIN, WITH THE SOLITARY BEES, MY SPECIALTY ARE LEAF 19:57.430 --> 19:59.899 CUTTER BEES, IF YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND TREASURE VALLEY YOU'LL 19:59.899 --> 20:02.702 SEE SHELTERS WHERE THE BEES ARE NESTING. 20:02.702 --> 20:07.007 AT THE TYPICALLY FLY LESS THAN FOUR OR 500 YARDS. 20:07.007 --> 20:08.108 THEY'RE NOT STRONG FLYERS. 20:08.108 --> 20:15.348 I ALSO WORK WITH ALKALAID BEES AND BUMBLE BEES AND THEY'LL FLY 20:15.348 --> 20:19.019 FIVE OR SIX MILES, BUT THE STRONGEST FLYERS ARE THE HONEY 20:19.019 --> 20:19.753 BEES. 20:19.753 --> 20:23.456 >> UNLESS THEY'RE HEADING BACK TO THE HIVE, BEES OFTEN JUST 20:23.456 --> 20:24.924 BOUNCE AROUND A LOT. 20:24.924 --> 20:27.927 THEY'LL GO TO A FLOWER, LOOK AROUND, GO TO ANOTHER SPOT. 20:27.927 --> 20:32.265 I TELL PEOPLE MOST OF THE HONEY FROM THAT HIVE COMES FROM THE 20:32.265 --> 20:33.900 NEAREST MILE. 20:33.900 --> 20:36.936 IF THERE'S NOT MUCH IN THAT AREA THEY'LL GO THREE MILES OR FIVE 20:36.936 --> 20:40.840 MILES, AND WHEN I'M RAISING QUEENS, THEY'LL FLY AS FAR AS 20:40.840 --> 20:44.110 EIGHT MILES TO GO MATE. 20:44.110 --> 20:48.114 >> HOW DO BEES MAKE HONEY SWEET? 20:48.114 --> 20:49.849 >> THE BEES DON'T ACTUALLY MAKE IT SWEET. 20:49.849 --> 20:52.752 THE FLOWERS ARE THE ONES THAT PRODUCE THE NECTAR AND THE BEES 20:52.752 --> 20:56.389 AS THEY GATHER THE NECTAR AND PUT IT THROUGH THEIR HONEY 20:56.389 --> 20:59.225 STOMACH AND HAUL IT TO THE HIVE THEY PRESERVE IT. 20:59.225 --> 21:02.696 SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THE NECTAR SOURCE IS, HONEY WILL HAVE 21:02.696 --> 21:03.163 DIFFERENT FLAVORS. 21:03.163 --> 21:05.498 IF YOU HEAT HONEY TO HIGH TEMPERATURE, YOU LOSE SOME OF 21:05.498 --> 21:07.167 THE FLAVORS. 21:07.167 --> 21:10.904 BUT WHEN YOU TASTE RAW HONEY OUT OF A HIVE, IT WILL BE VERY 21:10.904 --> 21:12.439 DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE FLOWER. 21:12.439 --> 21:16.009 WE HAVE RASPBERRIES, WHEN THEY'RE IN BLOOM WE'LL HAVE 21:16.009 --> 21:20.814 RASPBERRY BLOSSOM HONEY THAT TASTES DIFFERENT, AND THEY HAVE 21:20.814 --> 21:23.016 ORANGE TREES, THEY'LL GET ORANGE BLOSSOM HONEY. 21:23.016 --> 21:26.186 SO IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN FLAVOR AS WELL. 21:26.186 --> 21:26.453 >> HI. 21:26.453 --> 21:32.125 MY NAME IS ZANDER, I GO TO DALTON ELEMENTARY. 21:32.125 --> 21:37.764 MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO MALES HAVE TO ALWAYS BE DRONES AND NOT 21:37.764 --> 21:38.665 FEMALES? 21:38.665 --> 21:40.300 >> THE BOY BEING ARE CALLED DRONES. 21:40.300 --> 21:43.203 AND THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS. 21:43.203 --> 21:47.941 THE COOL THING ABOUT THE DRONES IS AT LEAST IN HONEY BEES, THEY 21:47.941 --> 21:50.477 HAVE THESE BIG ROUND EYES, SO THEY'RE EASY TO SPOT. 21:50.477 --> 21:52.645 BUT THEY DON'T HAVE A STINGER. 21:52.645 --> 21:55.582 SO MY KIDS ALWAYS KEEP THEM AS PETS, BECAUSE THEY CAN PACK THEM 21:55.582 --> 21:58.952 AROUND, THERE'S NO STINGER. 21:58.952 --> 21:59.619 AND THERIOT DRONES. 21:59.619 --> 22:01.321 THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANY WORK. 22:01.321 --> 22:04.591 THEY'RE WELCOME AT ANY HIVE, THEY COME AND GO AS THEY PLEASE. 22:04.591 --> 22:07.327 THE BAD THING IS, WHEN WINTER COMES THEY KICK THEM OUT AND 22:07.327 --> 22:09.162 THEY DIE. 22:09.162 --> 22:14.334 >> ELEANOR ASKS, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE QUEEN DIES? 22:14.334 --> 22:17.604 >> WELL, THEY'LL USUALLY RAISE UP A NEW QUEEN. 22:17.604 --> 22:20.340 ANY OF THOSE -- ALL THOSE EGGS THAT ARE LAID 22:20.340 --> 22:23.710 FOR WORKERS, THEY CAN -- IF IT'S UNDER THREE DAYS OLD F. 22:23.710 --> 22:26.546 THAT LARVA IS UNDER THREE DAYS OLD, SHE CAN BE FED A SPECIAL 22:26.546 --> 22:29.015 DIET OF ROYAL JELLY AND THEY TREAT HER DIFFERENT, AND IT'S 22:29.015 --> 22:30.917 RAISED INTO A NEW QUEEN. 22:30.917 --> 22:34.187 AND WITHOUT THE QUEEN, THE HIVE DOESN'T FUNCTION. 22:34.187 --> 22:37.257 THAT QUEEN IS REQUIRED TO LAY THE EGGS TO KEEP EVERYTHING 22:37.257 --> 22:41.094 GOING, AND SO IT'S AN EMERGENCY, WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE A QUEEN, 22:41.094 --> 22:44.364 THEY HURRY UP AND RAISE A NEW QUEEN. 22:44.364 --> 22:48.902 >> HI, MY NAME IS ELIZA, AND I GO TO DALTON ELEMENTARY. 22:48.902 --> 22:51.838 HOW LONG DOES AN AVERAGE BEE LIVE? 22:51.838 --> 22:55.575 >> MY LITTLE BEES TYPICALLY LIVE FOR FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. 22:55.575 --> 22:58.678 SOMETIMES PART OF THE EGGS THAT ARE LAID WILL HATCH OUT INTO A 22:58.678 --> 23:02.782 SECOND OR A THIRD GENERATION, SO YOU MIGHT SEE THE BEES FLYING 23:02.782 --> 23:07.253 ALL SUMMER, BUT THE ORIGINAL FEMALE LIVES FOR ONE MONTH 23:07.253 --> 23:10.156 TYPICALLY, SOMETIMES FIVE WEEKS. 23:10.156 --> 23:13.860 >> IN HONEY BEES, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE QUEEN BEE, SHE CAN LIVE 23:13.860 --> 23:15.695 QUITE A LONG TIME. 23:15.695 --> 23:18.898 QUEENS WILL LIVE THREE, FOUR, FIVE YEARS EVEN. 23:18.898 --> 23:23.536 OFTEN TIMES IF THE 16 FAILING THE BEELESS REPLACE HER. 23:23.536 --> 23:27.540 BUT WORKER BEES, THE MORE WORK THEY DO THE LESS TIME THEY LIVE. 23:27.540 --> 23:30.810 SO BEES IN THE SUMMER, THEY MIGHT LIVE A MONTH. 23:30.810 --> 23:34.180 BEES THAT ARE RAISED UP IN THE FALL THEY'LL LIVE ALL THROUGH 23:34.180 --> 23:34.814 THE WINTER. 23:34.814 --> 23:37.350 THEY'RE JUST HANGING OUT, THEY'RE NOT DOING A LOT OF WORK. 23:37.350 --> 23:42.122 SO IT'S A RELATIVELY SHORT LIFE SPAN. 23:42.122 --> 23:45.358 >> WHERE DO BEES LIVE? 23:45.358 --> 23:48.028 >> WELL, HONEY BEES SEEK OUT SOME SORT OF CAVITY TO BUILD 23:48.028 --> 23:50.830 THEIR COLONY IN. 23:50.830 --> 23:53.633 SO BEEKEEPERS WILL KEEP THEM IN BOXES. 23:53.633 --> 23:55.101 THERE'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIVES. 23:55.101 --> 24:01.941 YOU'LL FIND THEM IN A HOLLOW TREE, A LOG SOMETIMES, AND I 24:01.941 --> 24:08.682 THINK MY GRANDMA AT ONE TIME HAD BEES INSIDE A SUITCASE. 24:08.682 --> 24:12.886 >> WITH THE BEES I WORK W. THE SOLITARY BEES, MOST OF THOSE 24:12.886 --> 24:14.087 BEES NEST IN THE GROUND. 24:14.087 --> 24:16.690 THEY BURROW HOLES IN THE SOIL TO NEST. 24:16.690 --> 24:19.526 THE BEES I SPECIALIZE IN HAVE TO FIND A CAVITY. 24:19.526 --> 24:23.630 IN NATURE THAT CAVITY IS,LY A BEETLE HOLE, OR CRACKS IN WOOD 24:23.630 --> 24:24.998 OR SOMETHING. 24:24.998 --> 24:28.635 BUT WHEN WE MANAGE THE BEES FOR SEED PRODUCTION WE DRILL HOLES 24:28.635 --> 24:32.339 IN WOOD AND PUT THEM OUT AND THAT'S WHAT THE BEE NESTS IN. 24:32.339 --> 24:37.644 >> MY NAME IS BEN, AND I GO TO DALTON ELEMENTARY IN HAYDEN, 24:37.644 --> 24:37.911 IDAHO. 24:37.911 --> 24:43.350 MY QUESTION IS, WHY DOES A BEE STING HURT? 24:43.350 --> 24:47.020 >> WELL, AGAIN, WHEN A BEE STINGS IT HAS A POISON SACK. 24:47.020 --> 24:50.090 AND A BEE STINGER HAS BARKS ON THE END OF IT. 24:50.090 --> 24:54.527 AND SO IT POKES IN AND HOLDS ON AND THEN IT RELEASES THAT 24:54.527 --> 24:54.761 POISON. 24:54.761 --> 24:55.929 AND IT HURTS. 24:55.929 --> 24:58.965 THAT'S WHAT IT'S DESIGNED TO DO SO YOU WON'T WANT TO MESS WITH 24:58.965 --> 24:59.566 BEES AGAIN. 24:59.566 --> 25:02.402 IT'S A WAY THEY PROTECT THEMSELVES. 25:02.402 --> 25:04.871 ANIMALS GET STUNG BY BEES REMEMBER THAT, SO THEY DON'T 25:04.871 --> 25:06.840 MESS WITH THEM AGAIN. 25:06.840 --> 25:10.877 >> IF A STUDENT IS INTERESTED IN STUDYING ABOUT BEES, WHERE 25:10.877 --> 25:13.780 SHOULD THEY GO? 25:13.780 --> 25:15.849 >> I CAN TALK ABOUT MY CAREER PATH. 25:15.849 --> 25:18.785 I'M A GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE OF IDAHO, I HADN'T CONSIDERED 25:18.785 --> 25:22.422 STUDYING BEES, BUT I GOT A GRANT TO GO TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO 25:22.422 --> 25:24.958 STUDY THE KINDS OF BEES IN INDIANA. 25:24.958 --> 25:28.428 AND THERE I JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH ALL THE BEES THAT WERE OUT 25:28.428 --> 25:28.695 THERE. 25:28.695 --> 25:30.430 BEING FROM IDAHO, I MISSED MOUNTAINS. 25:30.430 --> 25:34.267 SO I CAME BACK OUT TO UTAH STATE AND THERE'S ACTUALLY FIVE OR SIX 25:34.267 --> 25:35.802 USDA BEE LABORATORIES AROUND UNITED STATES. 25:35.802 --> 25:39.606 BUT I CAME TO THE LOGAN LABORATORY BECAUSE THEY DON'T 25:39.606 --> 25:41.274 STUDY HONEY BEES, THEY STUDY THE OTHER KIND. 25:41.274 --> 25:44.811 SO I DID MY PH.D. WORK ON THE LEAF CUTTER BEE. 25:44.811 --> 25:47.380 SO THERE'S ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION OUT THERE. 25:47.380 --> 25:50.717 SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE WHO 25:50.717 --> 25:55.455 UNDERSTAND BEES ARE 80-YEAR-OLD BEEKEEPERS WHO JUST HAVE LEARNED 25:55.455 --> 25:58.558 IT THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. 25:58.558 --> 26:03.029 BUT, YOU KNOW, BIOLOGY, GRADUATE SCHOOL YOU CAN GET STRICTLY INTO 26:03.029 --> 26:10.770 INSECTS IF YOU WANT, AND UNDERSTAND ENTYMOLOGY. 26:10.770 --> 26:15.041 THERE'S SUCH A DEMAND ON INSECTS, BUGS IN GENERAL IT'S A 26:15.041 --> 26:16.042 GOOD AREA TO STUDY. 26:16.042 --> 26:18.311 >> WHAT IS IT ABOUT BEES THAT GOT YOU STARTED? 26:18.311 --> 26:19.412 >> I'VE ALWAYS LIKED THEM. 26:19.412 --> 26:22.682 MY SISTER TELLS A STORY I USED TO HAVE A PET BEE, AND IT NEVER 26:22.682 --> 26:25.251 STUNG ME, BUT OF COURSE IT STUNG HER. 26:25.251 --> 26:28.888 BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED, BUT THERE WAS LOTS OF THEM 26:28.888 --> 26:29.956 AROUND. 26:29.956 --> 26:33.426 FOR YEARS I WANTED BEES, BUT I COULDN'T QUITE JUSTIFY IT. 26:33.426 --> 26:36.329 MY WIFE WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED, IF THEY WERE GOING TO BE 26:36.329 --> 26:39.499 HAZARDOUS TO HAVE AROUND THE HOUSE AND STUFF. 26:39.499 --> 26:43.503 WITH OUR BERRY FARM WE STARTED HAVING POLLINATION PROBLEMS. 26:43.503 --> 26:46.272 AND SO THAT WAS MY EXCUSE, AND IT'S GONE FROM THERE. 26:46.272 --> 26:49.175 BUT IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN BEES, IT'S REALLY NOT THAT HARD 26:49.175 --> 26:51.111 TO START A HIVE. 26:51.111 --> 26:52.178 AND TO GET STARTED. 26:52.178 --> 26:54.547 AND YOU'LL LEARN A LOT JUST FROM OBSERVING. 26:54.547 --> 26:56.383 WATCHING THOSE BEELESS TEACH YOU A LOT. 26:56.383 --> 27:00.653 AND GO TO SCHOOL AND STUDY BIOLOGY, TAKE THOSE CLASSES. 27:00.653 --> 27:04.124 I STUDIED WILDLIFE BIOLOGY AND A LOT OF THE SAME THINGS I LEARNED 27:04.124 --> 27:06.493 IN WILDLIFE ARE APPLICABLE TO BEES. 27:06.493 --> 27:09.596 >> WE'VE RUN OUT OF TIME. 27:09.596 --> 27:12.966 THANKS TO RON AND KURT FOR JOINING US. 27:12.966 --> 27:16.236 YOU CAN LEARN A LOT MORE ABOUT BEES AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC TOPICS 27:16.236 --> 27:17.404 ON THE "D4K" WEBSITE. 27:17.404 --> 27:20.306 WE'LL ANSWER MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT BEES ON THE "D4K" WEB-ONLY 27:20.306 --> 27:20.573 SHOW. 27:20.573 --> 27:24.210 IF YOU WANT TO SUMMIT A QUESTION TO "D4K," YOU AND YOUR CLASS CAN 27:24.210 --> 27:24.844 WIN PRIZES TOO. 27:24.844 --> 27:28.314 YOU CAN SEND YOUR QUESTION AS AN EMAIL OR AS A VIDEO QUESTION. 27:28.314 --> 27:30.316 RECORD OUT YOUR WEBCAM OR CELL PHONE. 27:30.316 --> 27:33.253 IF YOU'RE AN EDUCATOR, WE'LL EVEN LEND ACAMERA. 27:33.253 --> 27:37.524 LAST MONTH'S PRIZE WINNER WAS RYAN FROM MRS. 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